Weird Al Wins! Al's Well That Ends Well as Lady Gaga Reverses Course, Approves 'Born This Way' Parody

Winner and still champion of Weird, folks - Weird Al Yankovich.

"Like a Surgeon," Weird Al Yankovich went online yesterday and told Lady Gaga to "Eat It" after she apparently turned down his "Born This Way" cover "Perform This Way."

Fans of the ultimate "White & Nerdy" one made a stink online, causing Lady Gaga to reverse course and agree that she too would "Dare to Be Stupid."

Gaga blamed her manager for never forwarding the request, and the Yolkstress With the Mostest said she apparently loves the song. Did she throw her manager under the bus on this one, or is she just feeling like she got 'Yankoviched' like those chumps over at Funny or Die?

Frankly, so long as all is right with Weird Al's world, we're fine with it.

Listen to "Perform This Way":

From Weird Al's Blog:

Well, this was a strange day.

After putting my Lady Gaga parody on YouTube this morning – and announcing that it wouldn’t be on my next album because Gaga didn’t approve it – there was a huge outpouring of disappointment from the Internet.

Apparently the fact that she didn’t approve it was news to Lady Gaga herself!

Gaga’s manager has now admitted that he never forwarded my parody to Gaga – she had no idea at all. Even though we assumed that Gaga herself was the one making the decision (because, well, that’s what we were TOLD), he apparently made the decision completely on his own.

He’s sorry.

And Gaga loves the song.

I’m thrilled on many levels to hear this, because 1) I truly respect and admire Gaga as an artist and it pained me to think of her as having less than a great sense of humor, and 2) it means I GET TO PUT OUT MY ALBUM!

As promised, all my proceeds from the song (and the MUSIC VIDEO… I can’t wait…) will go to the Human Rights Campaign.

Thank you, Gaga. And thanks to everybody who had my back.

Whew!

Your pal,
Al