Former President George H.W. Bush said Monday that he "would have sung" with Lady Gaga if he were asked, after a photo of her with all the living former presidents went viral.
Lady Gaga posed for a picture with Bush and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush, after a fundraiser for One America Appeal, to raise money for the victims of the recent hurricanes that struck the United States.
Although it wasn't announced ahead of time, Lady Gaga played at the event, saying at the beginning of her surprise performance, "it is such an honor to be here. Thank you so much for coming together in such compassion. I feel very, very honored and humbled."
The Grammy-winning singer revealed that she has donated $1 million to a program to help the survivors of the hurricanes to receive help for emotional and mental trauma.
"We must also recover mentally, as well as physically," she said, according to Billboard. "We need to help these survivors recover from the trauma of losing their homes, losing their lives, watching everything get washed away . . . The response to these disasters must encompass the survivors' mental and emotional needs, as well as their physical well-being."