
Lady Gaga ran on stage to hug Kitty Brucknell after she was sent home from The X Factor last night.
Kitty, who lost her fight for survival against Misha B in the sing-off, took the microphone off host Dermot O'Leary to burst into a rendition of Gaga's Born This Way as her final goodbye to the audience.
'@ladygaga thank you for being such an inspiration to me and for giving me the strength to believe in myself,' former Gaga and Britney Spears impersonator Kitty, 26, later Tweeted.
Lady Gaga, 25, replied: 'Go get it.'
Following their embrace, superstar singer Gaga took Kitty to her dressing room to offer her words of advice.
'Thank you so so so much to every single diva who voted for me. You
inspire me to be better xxx LG gave me the biggest pep talk wow! Xxx,' Tweeted Kitty.
Lady Gaga had performed new single Marry The Night earlier in the results show.
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