Pop star Lady Gaga stunned her father when she told him she was broke after pouring her millions into the stage set for her 2009 Monster's Ball world tour.
The singer says she put her US$3 million savings into the design to give her fans the best live experience - and to impress a very important promoter.
In a new documentary, which debuts on US TV this week, Gaga says: "I was bankrupt during the show. I had $3 million in the bank to my name and I threw it all in to make my stage.
"I remember I went home and I was with my dad, and he said, 'I don't understand, Bad Romance is out, you're all over the radio, everyone is talking about you and you don't have a pot to piss in.'
"I said, 'Just let me do this, let me just put it on the stage because I think if I can do this I think I can get Arthur Fogel's attention'."
