"I was raped at 19 by a man twice my age" : Lady Gaga

 Lady Gaga has revealed she was raped at 19 by a music producer almost twice her age, an incident which sent her into alcoholism and later on emotional therapy for years.

The singer gave the shocking revelation during a recent radio interview with famed broadcaster, Howard Stern, December 2.

The 28-year-old told Howard and his audience: "I went through some horrific things that I’m able to laugh now, because I’ve gone through a lot of mental and physical therapy and emotional therapy to heal over the years,” adding that, “I was a shell of my former self at one point. I was not myself.”

Just like Bill Cosby's alleged sexually assaulted victims, Gaga (real name Stefani Germanotta) said she was too scared to report the crime or even confront her attacker all these years.

“I don’t know what I was thinking. I didn’t tell anybody. And I didn’t even tell myself for the longest time".

She however came face-to-face with her attacker years later and she said: "I saw him one time in a store and I was so paralyzed by fear because it wasn’t until I was a little bit older that I went, ’Wow, that was really messed up".

Gaga was only 19 when she was raped and thought: "'Oh, is this just the way adults are?’ I was very naive."

However, she decided to seek professional help later with the belief that her alcoholism was dependent on her emotional distress thanks to the rape!