Lady Gaga And Prince William Team Up To Tackle Mental Illness Stigma
Posted on Tue Apr 18th, 2017 10:10am PDT By X17 Staff
Here's two names we never thought would go together.
Prince William reached out to Lady Gaga to help break the stigma associated with mental illness, and the two discussed the public health issue during a FaceTime call, which they proceeded to share on Instagram and Facebook.
"Harry, Catherine and I really felt this was such an important area that throughout all our charitable work, whether it was the veterans, homelessness, addiction, most of it seemed to stem back to mental health issues. I read your open letter you wrote the other day, and I thought it was incredibly moving and very brave of you to write down such personal feelings." the royal tells Mother Monster in the clip.
"For me, waking up every day and feeling sad and going onstage is something that is very hard to describe. There’s a lot of shame attached to mental illness. You feel like something’s wrong with you. In my life, I go, ‘Oh, my goodness, look at all of these beautiful, wonderful things that I have. I should be so happy.’ But you can’t help it if in the morning, when you wake up, you’re so tired, you’re so sad," she responds.
The future King then invites Gagaloo overseas in October to work with his, Kate, and Harry's charity Heads Together, which aims to get people talking about mental illness. "It's OK to have this conversation. It’s really important to have this conversation and that you won't be judged. It's so important to break open that fear and that taboo, which is only going to lead to more problems down the line," he adds.
We love them for bringing this to light!