Girl Gaga addressed the backlash towards her movie Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to the 2019 blockbuster Oscar-winning movie Joker, for the primary time. After its world premiere on the Venice Movie Pageant in September of final yr, Joker 2 acquired blended evaluations from critics and followers alike.
The gritty courtroom thriller holds a 31 % Rotten Tomatoes rating and was picked as one of many “worst” films on the 2025 Razzie Awards. The Grammy-winner who portrayed the titular DC villain Harley Quinn within the sequel was positioned within the “worst actress” class.
Chatting with Elle, Gaga shared her ideas on the criticism and replied, “Folks simply typically don’t love some issues. It is that straightforward.”
The Pokerface singer confused that artists are speculated to be ready for the worst doable outcomes of their movies. They have to proceed doing what they do even when sure tasks do not connect with the viewers in the best way it was supposed to.
Gaga has moved from the movie and already has loads on her plate. Other than making ready to launch her subsequent album, Mayhem, on March 7, the pop star shall be seen within the third and upcoming season of the hit Netflix present Wednesday, the Adams Household spin-off led by Jenna Ortega.
The Dangerous Romance singer admitted to the outlet that when the concern of failure seeps into one’s life, it turns into uncontrollable. “It is a part of the mayhem,” she added, referring to her extremely anticipated forthcoming album.
As for Joker 2, which is at the moment accessible to stream on Amazon Prime Video, Gaga had excessive hopes and religion in director Todd Phillips’s imaginative and prescient for the movie. Chatting with Selection in August, she revealed that Phillips added “audacity and complexity” to the story along with his distinctive idea.
“It is a testomony to [Todd] as a director that he would somewhat be inventive than simply inform a standard story of affection,” she mentioned on the time.