Girl Gaga really has a poker face.
Over the weekend, a concert-goer on the pop icon’s Toronto present for her Chromatica Ball tour posted a video of the singer getting whacked within the head by a flying plushie whereas she was performing “Maintain My Hand” from the “Prime Gun: Maverick” soundtrack.
Gaga remained skilled in the course of the incident and continued together with her music as if it by no means occurred.
“How do some followers suppose that is OK... that is so harmful and unhappy,” the Twitter consumer who posted the video wrote.
A Girl Gaga fan account backed up the unique poster’s concern, writing:
“This not solely is harmful to Gaga, however objects may catch on fireplace within the jets as effectively and trigger injury.”
There’s a joke conspiracy concept floating across the web that Gaga’s surrounded by an invisible protecting forcefield onstage to guard her from flying objects. It’s unclear the explanation somebody pelted a plushie on the “Shallow” singer.
However a fan testing out this concept doesn’t appear to be the explanation why the doll was thrown at her.
It appears the explanation could also be linked to a brand new live performance custom meant to indicate appreciation for the performing artist.
Because of sleuthing social media customers — who might have tracked down the fan who threw the toy — the plushie appears to be a stuffed Dr. Simi doll.
Dr. Simi is the mascot of the Mexican pharmacy chain Farmacias Similares, and it’s a distinctly beloved Mexican image. Mexican followers have reportedly been throwing the doll at artists acting on stage since 2021, per the Mexican every day newspaper El Financiero, translated by HuffPost. It first started when a fan at a live performance for Norwegian singer Aurora threw the doll onto the stage, Aurora took the plushie and hugged it in a candy second. Since then, the doll has been thrown to acts like Coldplay, The Killers and 5 Seconds of Summer season.
The fan who threw the Dr. Simi stuffie at Gaga appeared to out himself on-line.
He posted a video holding the toy whereas the music “Maintain My Hand” might be heard within the background. He additionally posted photographs of the doll, which has the phrase “Mexico loves you” written on it.
In keeping with his posts, the alleged doll-launcher tweeted:
“Out of nerves, I didn’t file once I threw it, haha, sorry.”
When one other Twitter consumer identified the way it might’ve been a fireplace hazard, the doll-launcher responded that he tried to not throw it too far, and had no intention of hitting Gaga.
HuffPost reached out to him for extra data, however didn't obtain a direct response.
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