Carlos Leon Says Lady Gaga 'is Such a Big Fan' of Madonna

Actor, Carlos Leon chatted with Joy Behar on her HLN talk show tonight about the Lady Gaga rip-off controversy.

Joy played a tape of Lady Gaga's appearance on the Jay Leno show on Valentine's Day, during which Lady Gaga says that Madonna and "her people" sent her an email lending their complete support to Gaga's new song "Born This Way." Lady Gaga waved her arms ceremoniously and said: "If the queen says it shall be, it shall be."

"She looks like she just stepped out of a crypt," Joy Behar quipped.

Jessica Coen, editor-in-chief of Jezebel.com and comedian Chuck Nice also joined Joy's panel to discuss whether "Born This Way" is a Madonna rip-off or a Madonna homage.

First Joy talked with Carlos Leon, the father of Madonna's oldest child:

Joy: "Carlos, you and the 'queen' -- Madonna -- were an item. In fact you have a child, Lourdes. Now you know Madonna. Lourdes looks like you a little bit ..."

Carlos: "Good"

Joy: "So we know it really was you."

Carlos: "It was me, definitely me."

Joy: "She looks a lot like you."

Carlos: "Well, thanks."

Joy: "Do you think that Madonna cares? And what do you consider that? Did you see it?

Carlos: "I did"

Joy: "Do you think it's a rip-off or an homage?"

Carlos: "I think it's, you know, she was inspired -- she's so much inspired by Madonna that, you know, I think that she takes bit and pieces of her and I don't think it's a rip-off. It's just -- she's such a big fan, you know."

Joy: Yeah, I think it's a compliment."

Carlos: "Yeah, exactly."

Chuck Nice brought up Lady Gaga saying she took 10 minutes to write the song and he thought "That makes sense cause Madonna wrote it first so it should only take 10 minutes."

Jessica Coen said Lady Gaga's entire career "is an homage to Madonna."

Source:
The Joy Behar Show (2/15/2011)