Andymad

As soon as Born This Way dropped and people started mentioning the similarities to Express Yourself Gaga came out with some statement that M knew about it and gave her blessing as if the whole thing was intentional. M's people then said they'd had no such conversation with Gaga thus exposing the whole thing as bullshit from Gaga. And so began the war of words.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gaga-madonna-approves-born-99711

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rep-madonna-never-emailed-lady-100361