BANGKOK (AP) — Lady Gaga wants to go shopping in Bangkok — for a fake Rolex.
The
singer made the comment to her 24 million Twitter followers, sparking
an online uproar Thursday in Thailand where some fans called it
offensive, insulting and bad for the country's image.
It's the latest publicity-making turn of events as "The Born This Way Ball" travels through Asia.
Lady
Gaga's provocative lyrics and costumes have angered Christian groups in
South Korea and the Philippines and Islamists in Indonesia, where the
show may be banned.
Now she is stirring nationalist fervor in
Thailand, where people tend to get upset when the country's seedy
underworld is highlighted by outsiders.
"We are more civilized
than you think," tweeted Thai DJ Surahit Siamwalla, who has a ticket to
Friday's show in Bangkok but said he plans to boycott.
"She came to our home, but instead of admiring us she insulted us," said a commentator on popular Thai web board pantip.com.
Lady
Gaga posted her tweet shortly after her private jet arrived Wednesday
night: "I just landed in Bangkok baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai
monsters. I wanna get lost in a lady market and buy fake Rolex."
It
is unclear what a "lady market" is but some Thai fans assumed she meant
the popular outdoor Ladies Market in Hong Kong, where she already
toured — and also eyed the luxury knockoffs.
"I love this city,"
she tweeted April 30 after taking a Hong Kong spin class. "You can work
out & buy a fake Birkin on the same street."
Not
all Thai fans objected to the off-color comment. A screaming mob
greeted Lady Gaga at the airport. Crowds thronged her 5-star hotel,
where she signed autographs and hugged one female fan who left in tears.
People have camped outside Rajamangala stadium for days, hoping to be
first inside and win the prize of meeting the pop star in person.
If
Lady Gaga does have time to shop in Bangkok, she'll see that the city
has more to offer than just fake watches, Thai fan Nont Armarttasn
sarcastically noted on his Facebook page.
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