Lady Gaga told 'too ethnic' for success

Lady Gaga told the crowd during her Madison Square Gardens gig that when she was younger her drama teachers told her she was 'too ethnic' for success.

Gaga told the crowd how the teachers said to her: 'You'll never be the heroine, the blonde, the star. Your hair's too dark. you look too ethnic.'

She said she had replied to them 'what about Liza', referencing actress and singer Liza Minelli who was in the crowd, reports Contactmusic.