After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival this month, Lady Gaga’s documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two is now available on Netflix. 

Upon its streaming release, Gaga has revealed she did not have or want any approval over the documentary – something unthinkable for a celebrity (you just know Beyonce micro-managed every minute of her HBO documentary Life Is But A Dream). 

“With Gaga: Five Foot Two, I found myself witnessing myself in a way I am unable to see on my own,” Gaga wrote in a note posted on Twitter and Instagram. 

“I felt proud, I felt sadness, I felt empowered, I felt vulnerable…but what struck me the most was the film’s authenticity in the way Chris [Moukarbel], the director, chose to show my lowest lows, my highest highs, and the close relationship with my family that I clung to fiercely while writing my album Joanne,” she continued. 

“I saw this film for the first time with everyone in the Princess of Wales Theatre at the Toronto International Film Festival. And I am happy that I trusted the creative process with Chris in this way. I could not possibly be objective about myself. This is a collaboration where I blindly went ‘all in’ because I trusted his talent and he believe in mine.” 

The Million Reasons singer also wrote that she’s glad Gaga: Five Foot Two shows the less glamorous and desirable parts of being a celebrity. 

“Although surreal, happy and also hard, I’m most touched that the veil behind the aura of my fame reveals that fame is not all it’s cracked up to be.  

“It is lonely, it is isolating, and it is very psychologically challenging because fame changes the way you’re viewed by people. 

“For me, it feels very unnatural, but complicated because I know it is my destiny to be a performer.” 

Gaga: Five Foot Two is now available to stream on Netflix.