Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the singer and actress rolled her eyes when asked by Kimmel what she thinks of people saying that she and Cooper “must be in love”.

Labelling social media as “the toilet of the internet”, Gaga went on to quash the theories that she and Cooper aren’t acting.

“Yes, people saw love, and guess what?” She said. “That’s what we wanted you to see. This is a love song, Shallow. The movie, A Star is Born, it’s a love story. We worked so hard, we worked all week on that performance.”

Gaga revealed that idea for the minimal staging was all Cooper’s vision, but that both agreed that “from a performance perspective it was so important to us that we were connected the entire time”.

Lady Gaga has a message for people saying she and Bradley Cooper “must be in love”