Lady Gaga's music video for her song 'Do What You Want' was reportedly scrapped because it was too controversial to broadcast.
The 28-year-old pop star had earlier said that she was dropping the clip because of "time constraints" and some unexplained "betrayals", but as per the sources the recording had words "if you let me do whatever I want with your body too", which were literally like an "ad for rape".
The song, which is a duet shows the star with singer R. Kelly, was directed by directed by photographer Terry Richardson, and co-incidentally, while Kelly had been accused of conducting "dozens" of sexual assaults, Richardson was accused of sexual misconduct by several models.
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