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Gaga’s X-Factor attire attracts complaints to OfCom
By Aly Barchi | Published on Wednesday 30 October 2013
The flesh-coloured pants and shell-bra combo Lady Gaga had on during her appearance on ‘The X-Factor’ last Sunday have drawn over 250 complaints from offended ITV viewers, who to be honest should consider themselves lucky she wasn’t either naked or dressed like shredded wheat.
ITV producers have defended Gaga’s pre-watershed performance, which saw her sing a medley of ‘ARTPOP’ tracks ‘Do What U Want’ and ‘Venus’, stating: “We do not believe Lady Gaga’s performance was inappropriate for the family audience of the ‘X-Factor’ results show, which has an established tradition of featuring performances from the biggest music stars. Lady Gaga is well known for her highly individual performance style”.
And speaking of ‘established traditions’, Gaga is only the latest star to attract criticism for an explicit ‘X’ routine; both Rihanna and Christina Aguilera having been deemed by media regulator OfCom to be “at the limit” of pre-9pm suitability back in 2011.
