Lady Gaga made quite an entrance Thursday at the Los Angeles premiere of her concert film Gaga Chromatic Ball , and caused an even bigger splash when she told the crowd she did five shows with COVID during the eponymous tour in 2022, per social media footage.

I shared it with everyone on my team, Gaga explained . I said, I dont want anyone to feel uncomfortable at work and you dont have to perform and you dont have to work that day, but Im going to do the show, because I just didnt want to let all the fans down.

Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, argued fans were putting themselves in harms way by attending her concerts anyway.

The footage of her comments went viral, as fans promoting social distancing and critics who slammed Gaga as a hypocrite sounded off on social media.

She raised over $128 million which all went towards covid relief and vaccine development, her entire crew was vaccinated and you were required to be vaccinated to enter any of the venues so dont try and start nothing, wrote one user Friday on X, formerly Twitter .

I wont attack her, but even vaccinated people died, someone replied . The crew may have consented to exposure, but fans and arena crew didnt. Its odd to raise money while putting people at risk. Idk why she even let this out. Its a bad press move imo.

While those at the premiere audibly laughed and applauded Gaga, many on social media slammed her for performing while infected.

Fuck this, wrote one user on X . This is not a flex. This is what happens when youre stuck due to insurance policies with no out for covid. This is not showing care for your fans, especially not your disabled or immune compromised fans. Do better, @ladygaga.