Folie à Deux scene with Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn kissing another woman didn’t make the final cut. Paparazzi photos from the set of the Warner Bros. film in New York City featured the singer locking lips with a woman.

A viral moment of Lady Gaga locking lips with a female on the set of “Joker: Folie a Deux” didn’t make the final cut of the movie — and now, director Todd Phillips is revealing why. While filming the sequel in March 2023,

In Joker: Folie à Deux, Lady Gaga stars as Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck/Joker. The film—which is part jukebox musical and part crime drama—is the sequel to the 2019 blockbuster hit Joker, which earned Phoenix a Best Actor Oscar.