While a number of the names attached to the “We Are the World” remake lent their voices to the charity single benefiting Haiti, a few notables were absent from the roster, including Lady Gaga. The Grammy-winning pop singer explains that while some media reports linked her to the “We Are the World” project, she had never planned on being involved with it. “I’ve actually been in rehearsal for my new tour, but I was never supposed to do ‘We Are the World.’ So that’s a rumor,” Lady Gaga told “Access Hollywood.” “I believe that they may have asked, yes, about it, but I was unable to do it.”
But Gaga is quick to point out that just because she didn’t get involved with “We Are the World” doesn’t mean she hasn’t done her part for the nation. “I’ve been working on my own charity projects for Haiti,” she explained. “We’ve raised over half a million dollars for Haiti already and we like to work specifically with charities that are based in Haiti itself.”
Most notably, Gaga donated all proceeds from her Radio City gig in New York on January 24, as well as a day’s sales of merchandise on her Web site, to Haiti relief, totaling $500,000. “I donated all of the proceeds from one show worth of ticket sales as well as all of the merchandise from that show and for 24 hours we had a ‘Gaga for Haiti’ day where everything that was bought on the Web site … every dollar went to Haiti,” she said. “We’re continuing to work on more projects and we’re supposed to go to Haiti later this year for a show, which is very exciting.”
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