The story behind Lady Gaga's random topless moment in her new Netflix documentary

The INSIDER Summary:

• Lady Gaga's new Netflix documentary, "Gaga: Five Foot Two" just debuted.
• In the film, Gaga takes her bathing suit top off casually while sitting by her pool and talking about plans for her new wardrobe.
• The director Chris Moukarbel explained to Vulture that Gaga was more comfy that way.
• "That's just the way she feels comfortable sitting at her pool at her own house [...] She was just being normal," he said.

In a new Netflix documentary, "Gaga: Five Foot Two," singer and songwriter Lady Gaga bares all — literally. 

"I literally just turned the camera back and realized that while I was focusing on her creative director, Gaga had pulled her bikini top off," the documentary director Chris Mourkarbel told Vulture. "And that's just the way she feels comfortable sitting at her pool at her own house."

The scene takes place poolside at Gaga's house. She's wearing a green bikini and sitting on a lounge chair while talking with her creative directors Andrea Gelardin and Ruth Hogben. The team is discussing what her new look should be going forward.

While Moukarbel has the camera on Hogben, you hear Gaga say: "Sorry, I just ... this feels better."

The camera swings back to Gaga and she's taken her bikini top off. The singer dives right back into the conversation they were having, and nobody bats an eye.

In an interview with Vulture's Dee Lockett, Moukarbel explained the normalcy of this moment.

"She wasn't doing that for me," Mourkarbel said. "I think she probably had her top on for me and at some point was like, 'F--- it.' She was just being normal."

He said nobody in the group thought of it as a big deal.

"Everyone kind of laughed for a second, but then carried on because they’re not fazed by it so I just had to keep rolling," Moukarbel said. "And she knew she was on camera. She's very comfortable with her body and she's been nude before in photo shoots. It didn't feel like a taboo place to go."

Gaga is known for her bold statement on body positivity and standing up to would-be trolls. After the Super Bowl, when her stomach was the target of criticism, Gaga fought back. 

"I'm proud of my body and you should be proud of yours too," Lady Gaga wrote on Instagram.

You can read the full interview with "Gaga: Five Foot Two" director Chris Morkarbel here. Gaga's documentary is now streaming on Netflix.

Disclosure: Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Business Insider's parent company, Axel Springer, is a Netflix board member.

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