In a classic case of he said – she said, Lady Gaga is adamant that she did not ban Weird Al Yankovic from parodying her hit song Born This Way. But Yankovic says Gaga strung him along for weeks while he tried to get her approval for his parody Perform This Way and ultimately rejected the proposal. Sources close to the situation insist Gaga is a huge fan of Weird Al but has been too busy touring to listen to his parody yet. Al released Perform This Way unofficially on YouTube.