Lady Gaga admits that she smokes marijuana but claims she uses it principally when she is writing new songs. The lady who hatched from an egg on the Grammys last night feels that “sugar coating” her lifestyle or behaviour and pretending she doesn’t use drugs would be untrue to herself.

In an interview with Anderson Cooper for ’60 Minutes’, she said: “I still smoke a lot of pot when I write music. So I’m not gonna, like, sugar coat it for ’60 Minutes’ that I’m some, like, sober human being, ’cause I’m not.”

Despite admitting her own cannabis use, the 24-year-old singer – who tookhome three prizes at the Grammy Awards last night says she doesn’t want her younger fans to experiment with illegal substances just because she has.