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People Are Praising Lady Gaga for Talking About Mental Health in Her Grammys Speech

"We've got to take care of each other."
Lady Gaga accepts an award at the 2019 Grammys.
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Lady Gaga took home took home the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Shallow" from A Star Is Born at the 2019 Grammys on Sunday night (February 10), and she used her speech as an opportunity to talk about mental health and the importance of reaching out for help.

"I'm so proud to be a part of a movie that addresses mental health issues," Gaga said. "They're so important. And a lot of artists deal with that, and we've got to take care of each other. So if you see somebody that's hurting, don't look away. And if you're hurting, even though it might be hard, try to find that bravery within yourself to dive deep and go tell somebody and take them up in your head with you."

Watch Lady Gaga's speech for yourself, below:

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Fans took to Twitter to applaud Gaga for her candor:

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Gaga has been quite open about her struggles with mental health. "One in four of us will have to deal with a mental health condition at some point in our lives, and if we’re not directly affected, someone we care for is likely to be," Gaga and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, wrote in an essay for The Guardian back in October 2018 . "Yet despite the universality of the issue, we struggle to talk about it openly or to offer adequate care or resources. Within families and communities, we often remain silenced by a shame that tells us that those with mental illness are somehow less worthy or at fault for their own suffering."

Gaga won three Grammys, two for "Shallow" from A Star Is Born and one for "Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)." "I’m not gonna be able to wear any makeup tonight," she wrote in an emotional tweet celebrating her wins. A star really is born.