Is Lady Gaga Video Too Hot for TV?

(CBS)  Lady Gaga's latest music video has prison fights, lesbian kissing and mass murder, but that won't stop MTV from playing it.

The video for the Lady Gaga-Beyonce collaboration "Telephone" has not been banned by the music television channel, despite previous reports that they would not air the clip.

According to multiple reports, MTV's director of programming, Tuma Basa, wrote on his personal Twitter page, "The reports are false... the video's been airing since Friday morning on AMTV."

The MTV Jams Twitter account also confirmed that the video was not banned and has been playing on multiple MTV channels since Friday.

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The video, which debuted Thursday and runs over nine minutes long, has been viewed more than 15 million times on YouTube as of Monday.

"Telephone," which Lady Gaga has said was inspired by the work of director Quentin Tarantino ("Pulp Fiction," "Inglourious Basterds"), shows Beyonce bailing Lady Gaga out of a women's prison, where the singer known for her over-the-top outfits engages in girl-on-girl kissing and a dance sequence in a studded bra and panties set, and the two go on a murderous rampage, poisoning the patrons at a diner. The video ends with the two criminals on the run and hints at the possibility of a sequel.

Watch the video:

[cristymichel]

Who?s the ?Girl? Kissing Lady Gaga in Controversial ?Telephone? Video?

Lady Gaga?s epic nine-minute video ?Telephone? has caused an up-roar on the Internet, in part because of a sizzling queer kiss with a female prison inmate. The video has already racked up 15 million views on You Tube alone and now the ?girl? has been revealed as Los Angeles artist Heather Cassils.

Heather is a visual artist, stunt person and a body builder whose exaggerated physique questions ideas about gender. It was for that very reason that Lady Gaga handpicked her for a featured moment in the jail yard scene during ?Telephone.? When Gaga walks into a prison yard, glasses flaming with cigarettes and smoke, she is approached and seduced by Heather. With her unconventional beauty and strength, Heather steals the scene.

Heather?s body is a work of art sculpted over the past decade as a response to traditional ideas of gender. Somewhere in the ?in-between? of girl or boy, woman or man, she is a queer artist. Her work has been so influential, the Canada-native was recently granted a green card as an ?Alien of Extraordinary Ability? to continue performing in the United States.

While the make out session with the pop star was provocative, it was anything but gratuitous. Rather, it added another layer to the ongoing conversation about sexual identity and beauty. Heather?s response to the media frenzy over the video is overwhelmingly positive. She states: ?it was exciting to be picked by Lady Gaga because I know my body is different and I knew this video would give mass exposure of a very unconventional female body.?

Heather moved to Los Angeles from Montreal to pursue her Master?s Degree in Fine Art?s from Cal Arts, completed in 2005. Her work can be seen in film, as well as formal gallery and museum settings. You can find out more about Heather here: www.heathercassils.com

To reach Heather for an interview or photo opportunities, please contact Cristy Michel at [e-mail].

[jillian13]

She scares me---just like Marilyn Manson does.

[USMC-Mom]

This person is very odd.