It turns out Lady Gaga never objected; the manager who handled the request for her simply rejected it without telling her (after giving Al the runaround, too.)

It turns out Lady Gaga never objected; the manager who handled the request for her simply rejected it without telling her (after giving Al the runaround, too.) Once she heard about it, she gave Al permission to publish. "Apparently the fact that she didn’t approve it was news to Lady Gaga herself!" ... "Gaga loves the song." http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga-update/ http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga-update/