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Lady Gaga on hip recovery: 'I hid from my fans to preserve my image'

Pop sensation Lady Gaga has confirmed that she decided to take herself out of the spotlight after suffering a hip injury that caused her to axe the remaining dates of the 'Born This Way Ball' tour to stop her fans from thinking of her in a different way. 

Speaking exclusively to The Guardian before her headlining set at the 2013 iTunes Festival, the 'Applause' superstar explained that she actively "hid" from the media and her Little Monsters alike to preserve her image:

"I hid in my house. I hid a lot... to preserve my image as a superstar to my fans. I don't mean I am a superstar, I mean that they only ever see me at my best. And it really drove me crazy. So I've really had to make more of an effort to go out more. I mean, can you imagine what it's like not to feel real wind? Honestly, I hadn't felt real wind for years!"

She opened up about the lengths she would go to in order to stay out of the public eye: "I would be indoors all day and then I'd get in a car in a garage and then drive to another garage and get out and rehearse and then do it again, from country to country, and never walk outside."

Gaga added dramatically: "I remember some of the longest walks I had were from the car to the aeroplane on the tarmac."

 

 

 

 

 

Watch footage of Gaga rehearsing a track called 'Manicure' below: