It was originally reported Lady Gaga would not be performing at the Academy Awards, but things changed last minute and the star did a stripped down version of 'Hold My Hand' from 'Top Gun: Maverick.'
Gaga was initially not scheduled to perform "Hold My Hand" during Sunday's ceremony. Previously, Oscars producer Glenn Weiss revealed during a press conference that a scheduling conflict due to Gaga's involvement in the Joker sequel, Folie à Deux, prevented her from being available.
"We have great relationships with Lady Gaga and her camp [but] she's in the middle of shooting a movie right now, and here we are honoring the movie industry and what it takes to make a movie," Weiss said. "After a bunch of back and forth, it didn't feel like she can get a performance to the caliber that we're used to with her, that she's used to and all that stuff."
Weiss continued, "So she is not going to perform on the show. However, this is all from our point of view about someone making a movie, and us completely understanding that that's what is priority in this business, especially when we are honoring movies."
Multiple outlets confirmed hours ahead of Sunday's ceremony that Gaga would, in fact, take the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to perform "Hold My Hand."
Omg, so glad she ended up performing. This is a must-watch. Her message at the beginning is also very powerful.