In a new unauthorized biography set to hit the shelves next week, author Maureen Callahan suggests that pop superstar Lady Gaga suffers from a severe case of bulimia. I’m told this might alarm and dismay you if you actually cared about Lady Gaga. The NY Daily News says:

In “Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga,” the singer’s former tour manager claimed the 24-year-old singer would scarf down unhealthy food and then stop eating for weeks to fit into her famous costumes.

At one point, she reportedly lost 20 pounds between fittings and was hospitalized six times last year over her dieting.

Rumors of a serious illness reached a fever pitch earlier this year after the singer canceled two gigs and appeared to collapse on stage during a gig in New Zealand.

Gaga said her jet lag was to blame for the collapse [and] denied she had an eating disorder.

Interestingly, Captain Bulimia appears on the cover of next month’s Japanese Vogue Homme draped in a meat bikini. I’m not sure what that means, exactly. Is it her way of negating those eating disorder accusations without making a formal statement? Is it political commentary on Western excess? An attack on the beef industry? Or just a way for me to talk about Lady Gaga’s big ol’ floppy meat curtains without actually having to reference her vagina? Ding ding ding ding ding!