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Lady Gaga

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.

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Lady Gaga is saying that she dreamed of having the slim, delicate body of a ballerina, but instead she grew up with a fuller figure typical of her Italian heritage. She also highlights how her father's tradition of serving meatballs every night shaped her identity and lifestyle, making her different from the image she once wanted.

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