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Linda Perry has apologized for alleging that Lady Gaga's Oscar nomination, for the song "Til It Happens to You" from the doc The Hunting Ground, is bogus.

After sending a series of tweets making the accusation early Monday morning, the singer-songwriter clarified the allegation later in the day. "My sincere apologies. I made a mistake to comment. I wasn't in the room when the #TIHTY was being written. More importantly, I wish the focus to remain on the great importance of the song and the message of the film," she wrote.

Perry, whose song "Hands of Love," from the film Freeheld, was not Oscar-nominated by the Academy's music branch last week, insinuated that Gaga did not contribute to the writing of "Til It Happens to You," but only performed it, which would mean she should not have been eligible for the Oscar, according to Academy rules.