Lady Gaga — riding her triumphant big-screen debut opposite Bradley Cooper in the blockbuster flick “A Star Is Born” — faces tragedy as her life-sapping lupus has returned with a vengeance, said friends who fear the condition will catapult her into an early grave. The singer is already gripped by piercing pain and other gutting symptoms of the disease, in which the immune system attacks the body instead of protecting it, and has been too miserable to enjoy her movie success, sources claimed to The National ENQUIRER. Read on for details of Gaga’s struggle, and click here for more news of stars struggling through health crises ….
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“There are days when she doesn’t even want to get up in the morning because she’s so tired and listless,” dished an insider. “She suffers from
chronic pain where she hurts all over. It’s not just her joints that ache — it’s every muscle, every fiber of her being that hurts.”
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Now, the superstar’s friends fear she’ll be too weak to exploit her success with another movie or concert tour — and could even die young! In a 2010 interview,
Gaga revealed to CNN host
Larry King she tested “borderline positive” for lupus, which savages joints and organs.
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“Lupus is in my family, and it is genetic,” Gaga said at the time — and noted her aunt Joanne died from the disease. She’s also admitted battling mental illness and the pain condition fibromyalgia.
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Now, as her career soars, “she doesn’t know if she has the stamina to do another film,” said the source. “Her dreams of a Hollywood acting career are in danger of fading unless she can beat this thing.”
“There are days when she doesn’t even want to get up in the morning because she’s so tired and listless,” dished an insider. “She suffers from
chronic pain where she hurts all over. It’s not just her joints that ache — it’s every muscle, every fiber of her being that hurts.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Now, the superstar’s friends fear she’ll be too weak to exploit her success with another movie or concert tour — and could even die young! In a 2010 interview,
Gaga revealed to CNN host
Larry King she tested “borderline positive” for lupus, which savages joints and organs.
“Lupus is in my family, and it is genetic,” Gaga said at the time — and noted her aunt Joanne died from the disease. She’s also admitted battling mental illness and the pain condition fibromyalgia.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Now, as her career soars, “she doesn’t know if she has the stamina to do another film,” said the source. “Her dreams of a Hollywood acting career are in danger of fading unless she can beat this thing.”
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