Barbara Walters Finds Lady Gaga "Most Fascinating" in 2009

Lady Gaga has been very busy the past two years touring and promoting her first album, The Fame. Now with eight new songs on her second album, Fame Monster, she is ready to tour the entire world! But before Lady Gaga sets off around the world to make monster music for her fans, Barbara Walters wants to talk to her. The mother of all celebrity journalists will sit down with the self proclaimed freak, Lady Gaga, this week on ABC - and you don't want to miss it!

It is not surprising to see Lady Gaga on Barbara's short list of the Most Fascinating People of 2009. Lady Gaga has only been on the music scene for less than two years, and already she's breaking records. Her freshman album, The Fame, is the first album in history to have four #1 hits. Lady Gaga broke the old record, which was held by a famous group of brothers you might recall, The Jackson Five. And just this week, Lady Gaga was handed five Grammy Nominations.

Lady Gaga has been publically admired by the likes of Madonna and Smokey Robinson, to name just a couple of her high profile fans. MTV news recently reported that Smokey Robinson has a real soft spot for Lady Gaga. "I think that Lady Gaga is so different, and she has taken the world by storm. I enjoy her music. So I think that she's unique. Unique always has a chance" said the legendary Smokey Robinson. In October Lady Gaga and Madonna teamed up for a comedic skit on the late night show, Saturday Night Live. It was very funny! See that Lady Gaga performance here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut4rueoq12Y

It is being reported that for her interview with Barbara Walters, Lady Gaga gave up her extravagant rubber, feather and metal costumes for a sleek classic black Chanel pants suit. The bizarre Lady Gaga must have realized that she would be wise to demonstrate some reverence to the woman with the golden microphone, Barbara Walters. The impending interview on ABC will naturally put Lady Gaga in front of millions of households who have never seen her. Toning down her dress code to a more acceptable, classy look for worldwide television is a very smart move by Lady Gaga.

I was able to find some leaked reports of the already recorded Lady Gaga interview. The best one is when Barbara asks Lady Gaga about how she got her name. "My friends started to call me Gaga. They said I was very theatrical and that although I'm into pop music, there was a performance-art element to my shows like Freddie Mercury. So they said, You're Gaga." Lady Gaga confirmed to Barbara Walters that Gaga is actually what everyone calls her.

Barbara Walters 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009 airs on Wednesday, December 9^th at 10PM on ABC. Although Barbara Walters has not disclosed her list for this year's show, a few nominees have been leaked. Other celebrities appearing on the show with Lady Gaga will be; Adam Lambert, Kate Gosselin, Brett Favre, Tyler Perry, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. What an eclectic lineup!

Barbara Walters turned 80 years old this year, but you wouldn't know it by the broad catalog of political and celebrity interviews she continues to supply us with. Barbara has the unique ability to talk to young starlets and old seasoned greats, pulling out new bits of gritty information that no one else in the media is capable of. I can't wait to hear what sort of secrets she draws out of Lady Gaga. The entire show should be very interesting. I wonder who Barbara will bring to tears. If you can't watch the interview on ABC when it airs, look for interview clips on YouTube. I'm sure Lady Gaga fans will be putting them up later this week after the interview airs.