Lady Gaga appeared as a guest host on The View today, and the 25-year-old Grammy winner chatted about everything from Amy Winehouse's sudden passing to her own struggles with drug abuse.

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On Winehouse’s death, Gaga told the ladies, “I’m so devastated and so sad. I really couldn’t speak for like 48 hours straight. I was in such shock. You know, I think the most unfortunate thing about it all is the way the media spins things. Like, here, we can learn from Amy’s death. I don’t think Amy needed to learn any lessons. I think the lesson was for the world to be kinder to the superstar. Everybody was so hard on her, and everything that I knew about her was that she was the most lovely and kind woman.”

Gaga then discussed her own history with substance abuse, and though she admitted to smoking marijuana every now and then, she says she's done with cocaine.  “I used to do hard drugs," she said.  "I was so embarrassed. My dad called me out about it one day and so I stopped. I don’t do any hard drugs anymore. I am a part of the green club sometimes. My dad was like ‘I know what you’re doing because I did and I lost every friend who ever meant anything to me.’”

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Gaga sported head to toe houndstooth, and she also belted out her new single "You and I" for the audience.  Check out the performance below!

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