'World's hippest philosopher' Slavoj Zizek catches Lady Gaga's attention

It has emerged that mysterious Marxist Slavoj Zizek, dubbed 'the world's hippest philosopher', has befriended Lady Gaga.

Eyebrows were raised over the pop star's decision to spend a lot of time with the 62-year-old, bearded, postmodern theorist and pal of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while she was touring the UK and US this spring.

Sources say Gaga and Slovenian-born Zizek - who like Salman Rushdie seems to be intellectual catnip to beautiful women and who was once married to Argentine model Analia Hounie - spent time together discussing feminism and collective human creativity.

The pop star also agreed to support Zizek at a March rally in London when the lecturers' union UCU was on strike.

In a recent blog post titled 'Communism Knows No Monster', Zizek called Gaga "his good friend".

"There is a certain performance of theory in her costumes, videos and even (some of) her music," the New York Post quoted him as saying.

Gaga's rep declined to comment on her relationship with Zizek.