Stephanie Mills calls Lady Gaga a culture vulture, says star owes her an apology

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Set us as preferred R&B icon Stephanie Mills revealed she had an unresolved beef with “Mother Monster” Lady Gaga.During Wednesday’s episode of “The Jason Lee Show,” the Grammy-winning “Wiz” star didn’t hold back when she explained what went down between her and Gaga and how the experience left a sour taste in her mouth.

“I feel like Lady Gaga is a culture vulture,” Mills said.“Can I tell you something.

...I don’t even know if I should say it now.” But Mills went on and said it anyway.

She said she was approached by her former manager a few years ago and asked to fly to New York, where Lady Gaga was doing a fashion shoot.Mills’ megahit “Home” was Gaga’s favorite song, according to the manager, who asked Mills, “Would you come and surprise her and sing?” Music Lauryn Hill is off the hook as Essence takes blame for a set that wrapped after 3:30 a.m.

Stephanie Mills, however, is still hot over how the festival was run.“At first I said no,” Mills continued.“Why would I do that? And I was talked into it.

Never let somebody talk you into something.“I went,” Mills said.“She had a little black dog there, and all the other people, and so I sang for her.

She didn’t smile.She didn’t do anything.

She looked at me like I had two heads.” Mills said she finished singing “Home,” and the stars took photos, but before she left, Gaga’s team stopped her at the elevator and insisted she delete the pictures.“And they did not let us leave until they saw every picture being deleted,” she said.

“Very disrespectful.” The Broadway star further explained that she thought Gaga was a culture vulture because she was managed by a Black man, Troy Carter, who also worked with John Legend, Eve, Nelly, Meghan Trainor and Charlie Puth.Carter is widely credited with ushering the “...