Musician Lady Gaga emphasizes how important it is to be there for the people around you, especially in moments of uncertainty and fear.
The 39-year-old Grammy winner recently recorded a cover of Freddie Rodgers' "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" for a commercial that will air during Super Bowl LX. The singer says the song's message is particularly important.
She doesn't hide the fact that when she was offered to cover this song, she felt honored.because Mister Rogers was someone who clearly stood for certain values."
"He stood for kindness and acceptance at a time when that wasn't the norm, and his message is timeless and more important now than ever," explains Gaga, who was born into an Italian-American family in New York City, and it was growing up in a neighborhood full of diverse people that taught her what it means to belong to a community.
"I'm an Italian-American who grew up in a neighborhood full of every kind of people you can imagine, and I think that's where I learned that belonging doesn't mean everyone looks or lives like you. It means people care about each other," Gaga explains.
"When people feel scared and insecure, they sometimes forget how powerful an act of kindness can be. My mother and I founded the Born This Way Foundation believing that kindness is not soft, but brave. It takes courage to look at someone who is different from you and say, 'I see you, you matter,'" she emphasizes and concludes:
"Kindness is free currency from a source that will never run dry, and I sincerely believe that one of the most radical acts we can do is to choose it - every day, for as long as we can."
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