Lady Gaga Says She's 'Pain-Free' and Hasn't 'Smoked Pot in Years' amid Chronic Disorder

Lady Gaga says she’s finally “pain-free” after battling fibromyalgia for years — and shares that she’s even stopped self-medicating with marijuana.

The Joker: Folie à Deux star, 38, revealed in her October cover story Vogue that 2022 tour for the Chromatica Ball tour “was the first time I’d ever performed without pain in… I don’t even remember.”

The “Die with a Smile” singer previously said she has fibromyalgia, which the Mayo Clinic says causes muscle pain and tenderness, fatigue, sleep, memory and mood problems.

“Fibromyalgia amplifies painful sensations by affecting the way your brain and spinal cord process painful and non-painful signals,” explains the Mayo Clinic.

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Lady Gaga on the cover of ‘Vogue’ for October 2024.

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In his 2017 documentary Gaga: Five foot twoThe “Born This Way” singer revealed that she is trying to ease the pain caused by her disorder, and shared that she has been relying on marijuana to deal with the pain. In the same year, she had to cancel a performance in Brazil after being hospitalized due to “severe pain”.

As Vogue notes, her battle with fibromyalgia began in 2013, when she broke her hip, forcing her to cancel several tour dates and undergo surgery.

However, as the Oscar winner told the paper, the Chromatica tour – and her now-fiancé Michael Polansky – helped her on her way to overcoming chronic pain.

Lady Gaga performs on the 2022 Los Angeles stop of the Chromatica Ball Tour.

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“Michael and I did that tour together,” she said Vogue. “I did it painlessly! I haven’t smoked weed in years. It’s like I’ve changed.”

“AND many“, she continued and hinted at what to expect from the upcoming seventh album.

“I feel like this new album is, in many ways, about that time, but from a place of happiness instead of misery. And now Michael and I are very excited to organize our lives — and our marriage — around our creative work as a couple.”

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Lady Gaga and fiance Michael Polansky at the Venice International Film Festival in September 2024.

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She continued: “For a long time, most of my career,” she told the publication, “my life was controlled by this job: what people wanted from me; what they hoped to achieve; how to sustain me And that can be a lot of pressure and it’s scary.”

“But I feel like I’m finally coming out the other side.”

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