Lady Gaga reportedly made a low-key arrival at CorePower Yoga that turned predictably skimpy when she lounged around in public in her panties.
A latter-day Madonna (and the personification of the never-seen Maris Crane on "Frasier," in my imagination), Lady Gaga wrapped up a two-day concert stop at St. Paul's X on Tuesday night. The tour continues in Milwaukee Thursday night.
Amazingly, none of the five CorePower staffers on Washington Avenue in Minneapolis claimed to have heard a peep about Gaga taking a private lesson from a member of the staff, described to me as the surfer dude yoga instructor. Someone smarter speculated that the reason for this ignorance is that Gaga was due to return for more yoga on Wednesday.
Tuesday afternoon, lol-omg-blog.blogspot.com reported that a Tricia Khutoretsky had claimed an alleged Gaga sighting on Facebook.
"Gaga just walked into my yoga studio," wrote Khutoretsky, who may not actually work there. "She comes in with a huge bodyguard. Strips down to her bra and panties in the locker room TWO FEET away from me, and then disappears into a blocked off studio for a private lesson. So crazy. Then ... After class she is chillin', still in only bra/panties in the lounge area. So perfect. Only Lady Gaga does that."
Or somebody imitating Lady Gaga who has seen the countless Internet items on her going to yoga studios around the country, a suspicious gossip wonders.
Gaga has not responded (as if) to my Wednesday tweet seeking confirmation she was at CorePower. (Looks as though she only made one Twitter note while here, patting herself on the back for two sold-out shows.) Khutoretsky likewise has not responded to an e-mail I sent to her via Facebook.
I've been to CorePower twice trying to nail down Khutoretsky's information. Tuesday evening a man, who would not give his name but said he was a yoga instructor at another location, regaled me and a CorePower client about how Gaga "came in and took a class. She did a private. I don't think anyone who was here really knew it was her until afterwards. She didn't make a big scene or anything."