Lady Gaga is known for her outlandish fashion sense, but we never thought that her style would actually put her danger. This came after the US pop star told Jonathan Ross last week that she would rather die than for her fans to see her in regular clothes without a pair of high heels on. She even said that she would never give up her hats or wigs for anything. This pledge took a turn for the worst on her most recent flight.

Gaga was on a long-haul flight from London to the US this week when the cabin crew started to worry when her legs started to swell due to another one of her crazy outfits. The singer had been wearing a striped black and yellow tape dress with blue Armadillo heels made by Alexander McQueen. The crew quickly insisted that she change, as they thought that the swelling could be the early stages of deep vein thrombosis. She would have risked facing long-term damage if she didn’t change.

A source with the airline she was flying with said that Gaga was a high-risk deep vein thrombosis case and was advised to change her outfit. However, the dress was so oppressive that she needed help getting it off by the cabin crew, they continued. Gaga was a little annoyed about taking off her heels, the source added, because she was wearing them in memory of McQueen, whose passing has left the singer in mourning.

Hopefully Gaga won’t have another scare like this. Since she can’t wear everyday clothes on even a flight, maybe next time she should wear something with just a little more breathing room than a taped on dress.

Lady Gaga got a lot of attention from the press during her most recent trip to London due to her choice of outfits. However, the upside down lobster hat and plastic chicken claws weren’t out of the ordinary for her. She’s very extreme and over-the-top with what she wears and does it all in the name of art and self-expression. She truly is a fashion phenomenon.

Before heading out of the UK though, she took the time to appear on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. To make her entrance, she squeezed out of a red telephone booth. During the interview she wore a telephone hat – the picture of a true rotary phone, one of the old ones that Grandma use to use. This definitely had the words ‘art project’ written all over it. She also wore 3 other costumes and, of course, had a tea cup with her, as she does for most of her interviews.

While Gaga talked to Ross about dressing the way she does to be herself, she told everyone to be whatever they want to be. It isn’t about copying her, she said; it’s okay to be different. She also said that she would rather die than have her fans see her without a pair of heels on, and she would never give up her hats and wings for anything. Gaga added that she feels totally detached from the celebrity world, as she’s never seen falling out of nightclubs.

Also on the show, Gaga performed one of her newest songs Telephone, as well as an older one, Brown Eyes. For the Telephone performance she wore a PVC studded corset with fishnet tights, and changed into a bright white dress with wings to perform Brown Eyes (the latter outfit was a personal favorite).