Lady Gaga with Liza Minelli .. for the win.

[Budi]

Link to tweet

This is like a lesson in how to facilitate older people while honouring who they are.
What a class act by @ladygaga with legend Liza Minnelli.
The conferred whispers of "I gotcha" "I know" picked up by the mikes make it especially touching.

File under:
HEY, MEDIA!!
🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
Yet they crawled over top of each other to blast that ' explosive' bs drama headline in a loop, made for enquiring minds, clicks & advertisers.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This made me smile

[Hoyt]

2. Great moment. Somewhat surprised Colbert made joke about Liza last night.

[Budi]

3. Gaga should have walked out onstage & slapped him, too.

But that's not what the ever classy Lady Gaga would do.
She'd look him straight in the face & make him feel like a really shitty man.

[Hoyt]

5. No joke.

[UTUSN]

8. DU/pal - what was Stephen's joke? - 2nd request!1

[Hoyt]

12. Colbert was saying Smith should have slapped someone weaker than Rock. He

He mentioned someone I don’t remember.

Then he said or “Liza Minnelli.” Got a serious groan, too.

[Rebl2]

16. Shame on

Colbert

[twodogsbarking]

19. I think the other one was Jason Momoa. Get the connection?

Me neither.

[TiberiusB]

28. That's a jab at Will Smith, not Liza Minelli

It wasn't a great joke, but it was definitely not aimed at Minelli.

[Hoyt]

29. Calling Minnelli feeble was not good in any respect.

[TiberiusB]

31. He didn't call her anything

He literally said, "or Liza Minelli...At this point...At this point, she's clearly un-killable, She is... she's gonna live forever."

It was a bad joke, and he obviously knew it with the clumsy attempt to turn it into a compliment, but...

Clearly he was saying Will Smith was the opposite of manly when he hit Chris Rock, and was calling him out by asking why he didn't pick on an elderly woman in a wheel chair with a history of substance abuse (the long winded way of saying "feeble&quot . The gag has gotten no attention anywhere I can find outside this forum. It's a bit disturbing that some are so riled up that they are suggesting he deserves to get assaulted, too, it would seem.

[Hoyt]

32. OK. He was very complimentary to Minnelli.

[TiberiusB]

35. and I quote

"It was a bad joke, and he obviously knew it with the clumsy attempt to turn it into a compliment, but..."

[BlackSkimmer]

33. That's terrible!

Surprised at him.

[BlackSkimmer]

34. Exactly.

Gaga has way to much class. Not to mention self control lol.

[Torchlight]

9. I missed his show. What was the joke?

[Hoyt]

13. See post #12. Definitely a groaner.

[arlyellowdog]

22. But the joke was that Lisa was stronger than Smith

[Hoyt]

30. Still can't find anything funny about making jokes about those in wheelchairs.

[samnsara]

4. Liza is so frail.. I was surprised shes only a cpl years older than me..

[oregonjen]

6. It felt like Liza was exploited, not by Gaga, but by having her on in the first place

It was clear she is frail and may not have had an idea of where she was. Lady Gaga was pure love and respect.

[BlackSkimmer]

14. I read that Gaga asked for her to present the award with her.

Lovely gesture.

I had no idea Liza was so frail.

It may well have been her last Oscar ceremony, and the moment was stolen by a selfish jerk.

[AuntieKatie]

27. I agree

It was really sad to me.

[hamsterjill]

7. Gaga is awesome!

She’s done well with Tony Bennett, too.

[BlackSkimmer]

10. It was a lovely thing to watch. Lady Gaga obviously is a wonderful person.

THAT should have been the story of the night.

K and r.

[jaxexpat]

18. "THAT should have been the story of the night."

Don't fret. It is. Will Smith being a boor to Chris Rock being Chris Rock will make the 15 min. of shock-and-awe news but Liza is timeless. L. Gaga, by association, will be held in greater esteem, even beyond the current line of sight.

[BlackSkimmer]

23. Thank you. I do hope you're right.

It was really something to see.

[mcar]

11. That was such a lovely moment

thanks for reminding us of it, Budi.

[bahboo]

15. The Lady is a great human being....

she was also great with Tony Bennet...

[bottomofthehill]

17. Not a big Gaga fan but that was CLASS.

She is an amazing talent but her music is not my music. That said, this was a very human interaction and showed her character.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

20. Boy do I feel old today...

Liza is only 1 1/2 years older than me. She abused alcohol and drugs while and after being a dancer and more for much of her life. And of course her mother Judy Garland was only 47 when she died.

Gaga is a marvel. She suffers from fibromyalgia. She suffers. She writes, paints, performs, playing piano and singing like a diva. She has a huge heart. I think Liza Minelli must be so proud to be there with her - DISPLAYING THE OPPOSITE OF TOXIC MASCULINITY.

[FailureToCommunicate]

21. I've spent my entire life among people with disabilities, I instantly recognized...

what Lady Gaga was doing, and cheered them both on.

It was such a touching moment...in with the hours of ho-hum.

[BlackSkimmer]

24. Yes, it's a real talent, and she has it.

Tremendous empathy combined with respect.

None of that horrid baby talk you hear some people do with those who are older or in any way impaired. Hate that.

[CloudWatcher]

25. Can I get Lady Gaga to take care of me when I'm old and frail?

What a classy lady.

[BlueIdaho]

26. Through the years I have come to understand

Just what a wonderful talented person Lady Gaga is. She has my deepest respect.