Lady Gaga and Prince William chat about battling mental health issues over FaceTime

The Duke of Cambridge and Lady Gaga have chatted over FaceTime as part of William's Heads Together campaign.

The pair, who are joining forces to encourage more people to speak openly about their mental health, are seen in their individual homes (yep, Kensington Palace and Hollywood)...


"I am so grateful to speak to you," says Gaga. "I'm a very big fan of what you've done with Heads Together... It reminded me how much my mental health changing changed my life."

 "Harry, Catherine and I felt this was an important area," replies William. "Throughout all our charity work from veterans to homelessness, addiction, most of it seemed to stem back to mental health issues."

Explaining that he's read Lady Gaga's open letter on mental health, William says: "I felt it was incredibly moving and very brave of you to write down such personal feelings and I wanted to ask you how you found speaking out and how it made you feel.

"I think for me, the little bits I've learned so far about mental health, it's okay to have this conversation. It's important to have this conversation, you won't be judged. It's important to break open that fear and taboo, which will only lead to more problems down the line."

Gaga agrees, saying: "It can make a huge difference. I feel we are not hiding anymore, we are starting to talk and that's what we need to do, really."

William responds: "It's time everyone speaks up and feels normal about mental health. It's the same as physical health. Everybody has mental health and we shouldn't be ashamed of it. Even just having a conversation with a friend or family member can make such a difference."

 Prince William and Lady Gaga then agree to meet up when she's in the UK in October, with William suggesting: "It would be great if, when you're over here, we could meet and have a chat about how much more we could do to tackle this."

"I would love that," replies Gaga. "We have to make the strongest, most relentless attempt we can to normalise mental health issues so that people feel they can come forward."