The Positive and Negative Reactions to Lady Gaga's Fibromyalgia Announcement
The negative responses
Photo: Lady Gaga. Source: National Pain Report.
However, there were also some who depicted ignorance, cruelty, and misunderstanding toward the singer. Some of them considered the announcement as the singer’s way of seeking attention or as a sign of her getting older. Some didn’t even believe that the disease exists. Below are the some of the unfavorable comments for Lady Gaga taken from Fibromyalgia News Today:
“It isn’t Fibromyalgia. It is an acute case of an adult seeking attention.”
“It’s called depression and hypochondria.”
“Fibromyalgia is what used to be called getting older.”
“The real name is Wimpy White Woman Syndrome.”
“I don’t believe it’s real. It’s a made up term to make people feel good about having ‘something’. It even sounds scary!”
“Sadly there are some fibromyalgia sufferers who like to be competitively ill.”
“How dare she say she has fibro when she can work and party and do what she wants to.”
“I’d love to fibro her myalgia.”