‘I do not intend to speak to anyone for a very long time,’ said the Born This Way singer in a one-on-one interview for ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’, which aired in the US on Sunday night.

The usually controversial star has been conspicuously quiet in recent weeks. At the 2012 Grammy Awards last month, she dodged the red carpet wearing a demure fishnet veil – quite the change from last year’s on-stage egg-hatching and her other ..

Chatting to Oprah in her parents’ Manhattan apartment, the 25-year-old could not have appeared any further from her usual ‘Monster’-esque alter-ego. Wearing a simple red dress, little make-up and a rather Marilyn Monroe-inspired hairstyle – it seemed that we were finally getting a glimpse of the girl behind the persona, the real Stefani Germanotta.

Voted as one of , twice over, Gaga admitted that she has decided to limit her media intake: ‘I don’t read a damn thing.... I shut it all off’ - which perhaps explains why her Twitter page (with a following of 21 million) has been noticeably calm in recent weeks...

And yet, only a month ago the singer stirred rumours that she would be launching her own social media site...

Could she be doing an Adele? Taking time to find romance?

When Oprah asked if she was in a relationship, she responded with a vague, ‘I would say that I am happy.’ However, the fact that she was subconsciously nodding her head at the same time offers some sort of hint that there is perhaps a man on the scene...

One thing is for certain – Gaga never fails to get us talking about her and that, as she revealed on Oprah, is exactly her intention.

‘What I want to do is strike your nerve, over and over and over again to get you talking.’

It’s all a little ironic, don’t you think?

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