Lady Gaga's News

By Kayleigh Giles On October 17, 2013

Whether it's her choice of costume or her music, Lady Gaga is often compared to Madonna, but now pop royalty Cher has spoken out on the comparison and insists that the Poker Face singer should be celebrated in her own right because "all people are themselves".

Cher - who released her new album Closer to the Truth in the UK this week - praised some of today's performers for being themselves and was quick to dismiss comments that Lady Gaga is merely a young Madonna.

When asked who the young Cher of the music world was by Attitude magazine, Cher said: "None. There is no young me. If you get to be that, if you get to a certain level, you have to be the young you.

Cher has confessed that she is a fan of Gaga's quirky image and doesn't think she should be labelled "the young Madonna" (WENN)

"You can't be the young anybody else." She contined, "That's why Gaga is Gaga and Madonna is Madonna. All these people are themselves. You can't be the young anybody.

"Until I'm dead. Maybe when I'm dead, someone will go, 'Oh that's the young Cher,' but I like Gaga because of her audacity."

But Gaga isn't the only popstar lucky enough to be praised by the 67-year-old megastar, she's also fond of Rihanna and the late Amy Winehouse.

"I wish Amy Winehouse was here because I really liked her. Aside from her music, I liked the fact that she was so authentic - not looking like anybody else and not caring." She said of the Back to Black singer who sadly passed away in 2011. "If her eye make-up was smeared, that was fine... there was no veneer there. She was all wood. I really loved her. "Rihanna is a great artist. I think there are a lot of great artists out there now. There are a lot of mediocre ones too, but that's always been."