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Lady Gaga Calls Out Doubters

Lady Gaga appeared on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Wednesday and said that she used to practice her Oscars acceptance speech when she was a 14-year-old restaurant hostess in New York City. "I'd be standing there with nothing to do and I would just go, 'I'd like to thank the Academy for this tremendous honor. I've wanted to be an actress my whole life,'" Gaga recalled. The singer said that people at the bar "would howl with laughter, like, 'That's never gonna happen.'" Gaga recently took home an Oscar for best original song for "Shallow," which is part of the award-winning movie "A Star Is Born." Lady Gaga used to practice her Oscars acceptance speech as a 14-year restaurant hostess, and people used to underestimate her. "Everyone at the bar would howl with laughter, like, 'That's never gonna happen,'" Gaga recalled during an appearance on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Wednesday. The Oscar-winning singer explained that she took on a job as a teenager because she "wanted more money than my allowance." While working as a hostess in New York City, Gaga said that she sometimes found herself bored when business was slow. To pass the time, she'd craft her speech. "I'd be standing there with nothing to do and I would just go, 'I'd like to thank the Academy for this tremendous honor. I've wanted to be an actress my whole life.'" Since releasing "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" in 2008, Gaga has successfully managed to establish herself as a prominent entertainer. Aside from multiple studio albums, the 32-year-old won a Golden Globe for her role on "American Horror Story." At the 2019 Golden Globes, the singer took home an award for best original song in a motion picture for "Shallow." The song was written by Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt and appears in "A Star Is Born."