Lady Gaga had to get drunk to sign her tax returns

WENN, Thursday, December 8, 2011, 12:11am (PST)

By newsdesk@wenn.com (WENN Newsdesk)

• Lady Gaga had to get drunk to sign off on her taxes this year because she was required to pay such a huge sum to the Internal Revenue Service.

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