Someone who most definitely used a prosthetic was J.K. Simmons during his turn as comedian Milton Berle in the Saturday Night film.  In one scene, Berle is flirting with Chevy Chase’s fiancé.  The two men tussle, and Chase says something like he has more to offer since he’s a young, up-and-coming star.  Then Uncle Milty unzips and pulls out his legendary largess to show who the bigger man is.  Except during one take, he pulled out the penis and it fell off and hit the ground (with a thud, one would assume).  Obviously they didn’t use that take!

There’ve been rumors for years that Lady Gaga has a penis.  This led to speculation that the dude only looked like a lady.  People claimed she was either born intersex or was transitioning (from what to what is another question entirely).  It started after a 2009 concert in Glastonbury, where some claimed Gaga sported a healthy bulge under her skirt.  There were even photos.  When Anderson Cooper did a profile of Gaga in 2011 for 60 Minutes, he asked if she had a penis.  “Maybe I do,” said Gaga.  “Would it be so terrible?  Why the hell am I going to waste my time and give a press release about whether or not I have a penis?  My fans don’t care, and neither do I.”  The segment didn’t air on TV, but the clip circulated online – which is really all people watch these days anyway. 

On What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates, Gaga addressed it.  “When I was in my early twenties, there was a rumor that I was a man.  And I went all over the world.  I mean, I traveled for tours, for promoting my records, and almost every interview I sat in they said, you know – well, there was this imagery on the…on the Internet that had been doctored.  And they were like, you know, like, ‘There’s this rumor that you’re a man.’  Like, ‘What do you have to say about that?’  The reason why I didn’t answer the question was because I didn’t feel like a victim with that lie.  But I thought about, like, what about the kid that’s being accused of that, that would think that a public figure like me would feel shame?  I guess what I’m saying is, I’ve been in situations where fixing a rumor was not in the best interest of – I thought – of the well-being of other people.  In that case, I tried to be thought-provoking and disruptive in another away.  I tried to use the misinformation to create another disruptive point.”