Paparazzi photos from the set of the Warner Bros. film in New York City from March 2023 featured the singer locking lips with a woman. The scene happens when Harley arrives at the courthouse to support Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck. As Harley walks up the courthouse steps, a heckler catches her attention and kisses her.

Lady Gaga’s Joker character echoes every issue Phillips has had with female roles in the Hangover movies and beyond Todd Phillips’ Joker sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, is catching flak from fans for deviating from perceived canon — both the various comics versions of longtime Batman villain Joker,

Folie à Deux. Joker: Folie à Deux might be a courtroom drama, but it's also a surreal, dreamy, and twisted love story between Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck, AKA the Joker himself, and Lady Gaga's Harley "Lee" Quinn.