▁question ed ▁G aga ' s ▁authentic ity , ▁both ▁on ▁stage ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁pre - con cert ▁scenes . ▁Ult imately , ▁he ▁wrote , ▁" Uns ur pr ising ly , ▁H BO ' s ▁Lady ▁G aga ▁Pres ents ▁the ▁Mon ster ▁Ball ▁Tour : ▁At ▁Mad ison ▁Square ▁Garden ▁ra ises ▁more ▁questions ▁about ▁Stef ani ▁German otta ▁( G aga ' s ▁birth ▁name ) ▁than ▁it ▁answers , ▁which ▁is ▁probably ▁as ▁it ▁should ▁be ." ▁Radio ▁host ▁Howard ▁Stern ▁also ▁compared ▁the ▁black - and - white ▁scenes ▁of ▁the ▁special ▁to ▁Madonna : ▁Tr uth ▁or ▁D are , ▁adding ▁that ▁when ▁he ▁d arts ▁a ▁glance ▁at ▁Lady ▁G aga , ▁she ▁is ▁occasionally ▁registered ▁in ▁his ▁brain ▁as ▁Madonna . ▁On ▁his ▁show , ▁Stern ▁was ▁also ▁critical ▁of ▁in app ropri aten ess ▁and ▁un reason ability ▁of ▁the ▁numerous ▁speech es ▁G aga ▁gave ▁between ▁the ▁songs ▁in ▁the ▁special , ▁calling ▁them ▁" pr attle ", ▁" dri vel ", ▁and ▁" cond esc ending ". ▁D edic ating ▁over ▁half ▁an ▁hour ▁of ▁his ▁show ▁on ▁May ▁ 9 ▁and ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁to ▁express ▁his ▁criticism ▁of ▁the ▁concert , ▁Stern ▁compared ▁the ▁manner ▁of ▁G aga ' s ▁speaking ▁to ▁professional ▁wrest ling ▁due ▁to ▁echo ing , ▁G aga ' s ▁g asp ing ▁between ▁the ▁words , ▁and ▁the ▁audience ' s ▁arg u able ▁in ability