I'm proud of my body: Lady Gaga

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Lady Gaga hits back at cyber bullies who made fun of her body during her spectacular halftime show at Super Bowl.

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Singer-actress Lady Gaga has responded to her body shamers, saying she is proud of her body.

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"I heard my body is a topic of conversation. So I wanted to say, 'I'm proud of my body and you should be proud of yours too'," Gaga wrote with a photo of herself from the show.

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"No matter who you are or what you do. I could give you a million reasons why you don't need to cater to anyone or anything to succeed," she added.

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"Be you, and be relentlessly you. That's the stuff of champions. Thank you so much everyone for supporting me. I love you guys."

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The 30-year-old has also announced her Joanne World Tour, with plans to kick it off in August in Vancouver before wrapping it up on December 14 in Salt Lake City.

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A fellow artiste also backed Gaga up after criticism from fans who believed she took her high-flying stunts from singer Pink.

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"Tried to enjoy @ladygaga's performance, was distracted by the flab on her stomach swinging around," tweeted one viewer, Nathan @negans_swing.

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Others came to her defense. "Guys making fun of Lady Gaga's 'muffin top' is the reason why girls have so many body image issues," wrote Twitter user Alexa Morgan.

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The "Bad Romance" singer said in 2012 that she had suffered from anorexia and bulimia since she was 15 after being criticized at that time for apparently putting on weight.

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Gaga's halftime performance at the National Football League championship game between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons was a high energy medley of some of her biggest hits. The show mixed patriotism with anthems to inclusion, and drew widespread praise.

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