Michael Polansky (December 2019 – Present)
Gaga’s current fiancé is Michael Polansky, a Harvard graduate and an executive at the Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and The Parker Foundation. Rumors flew that Gaga had a new boyfriend on New Year’s 2020 when she was seen kissing a mystery man (who was later identified as Polansky.)
A source told E! News at the time that the two had been dating “for a month.” “They’ve been seeing each other since before the holidays and she’s crazy about him…They had already been seeing each other for weeks.”
Since then, Gaga has posted several photos of her and her new beau on Instagram. But that doesn’t mean they’re serious. A source told Us Weekly in February 2020: “They are not serious. She’s having fun and likes the attention, but he is not the only guy she’s interested in. Despite sharing a pic of them on Instagram together, she hasn’t been making a big deal about Michael to her friends.” Gaga and Polansky made their red carpet debut together at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards, where she was nominated for her role in House of Gucci.
A source told People that they bonded over their “focus” on charity. “They get takeout from local restaurants or hang out with friends at home,” the source said. “When they are together, it’s obvious that Gaga is crazy about him. She always giggles and touches him. They are very affectionate and have the best chemistry.”
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2021, Gaga called Polansky and her dogs her “whole life” after two men attacked her dog walker, Ryan Fischer, and took her two dogs, Koji and Gustav while she was in Rome filming House of Gucci in early 2021. “Everybody’s OK,” Gaga said at the time. “Everybody’s healing. I pray for Ryan all the time. I’m so grateful that we did not lose him. And every day I thank God for the safe return of my dogs.” She continued, “My dogs and the man that I love are my whole life.”
In a cover story with Vogue, Lady Gaga confirmed that she and Polansky were engaged and recounted how they met. “My mom met him and she said to me, ‘I think I just met your husband,’ and I said, ‘I’m not ready to meet my husband!’ I could never have imagined that my mom…found the most perfect person for me?”
She found out that he was in attendance at Sean Parker’s birthday party and had a mission. “I got invited and I said, ‘I wonder if Michael is going to be there,’ and my mom said yes, and so I went to the party and I kept asking for him and he finally came over to me and we talked for three hours. We had the most amazing conversation.”
Gaga revealed exactly how Michael proposed to her in an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “We climbed to the top, we looked around, took some photos. And then went back down and we were just walking back to the room, talking. And he actually — it was very Michael — he asked me if he could ask me. He wanted to know if it was OK to propose before he proposed. And I was like, ‘Yes, it’s so OK!’”
After Kimmel questioned why Polansky didn’t propose when they were at the top of the rock, Gaga noted, “I think it was smart. It was safe. He had the ring in his backpack, so it was super cute.”
As for their wedding plans, she says it could go two ways. “We actually talk a lot of about just going to a courthouse just the two of us and just ordering Chinese food,” she said before adding, “But knowing me, also it could become a circus with unicorns.”