Leslie Jordan dishes on working with Lady Gaga: “You know, she is so insulated in her little fame”

You gotta love Leslie Jordan for telling it like it is.

The Emmy-winning actor is on a real career high right now with the new hit sitcom The Cool Kids on Fox which I really like as well as the Sky1 comedy Living The Dream in the UK. In addition, he reprised his hilarious role of Beverly Leslie in an episode of Will & Grace.

Jordan has done a very candid interview with Attitude Magazine which I urge you to read in its entirety. But I am excerpting for you what I thought was the juiciest part about working Lady Gaga and before that, Jennifer Lopez:

Q. You starred with Lady Gaga in American Horror Story in 2016. What was that like?

A. Pretty amazing but they were all night shoots. She’s a night girl. It’s like 3am and she’s getting ideas. She says: ‘I’ve got a good idea, let’s head to the parking lot, let’s shoot and go’.

Q. You must have had a night out with her though?

A. I didn’t. You know, she is so insulated in her little fame. I’ve never seen that and it’s of her own making, I think, because I’ve worked with huge actors before and never that where it’s a little ridiculous. Like we’re in Griffith Park in LA shooting and it’s late at night, who’s going to come after you? There are three bodyguards who walk her back and forth. I’ve never met an actress who doesn’t come to make-up. That’s where you have a gossip and have some fun. But she has hers done in the trailer. She’s a good girl, I genuinely like her but oh… Like, we were in a cornfield in Malibu and shooting this scene and there were helicopters above us. She says: “They’re after me.” I’m like, “What?” and she goes, “The photographers can get $100k just from this.” But the helicopters were just putting fires out, I think. It was the same when we had Jennifer Lopez on Will & Grace. Four SUVs pull up, she jumps out, then her ex-husband Marc [Anthony]. I liked her too, but they had announced the day, “Miss Lopez will not be rehearsing.” Then we go, ‘What? We’re going live in front of an audience without rehearsals?” She showed up immediately and said, “Guys I’m so sorry it was a scheduling thing, and I am so scared because I’ve never done a sitcom.” But anyhow she was lovely.