A Complete Timeline of Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky’s Relationship Now That They’re Reportedly Parents (!!)

If you’re a Little Monster, you probably know Lady Gaga has been in her fair share of relationships. While Gaga’s quest for true love has led to a couple of dead ends—see: Dan Horton, Christian Carino, and Taylor Kinney—she hasn’t let that stop her from finding a romance worth fighting for. And at long last, Gaga’s heart led her to a charming suitor named Michael Polansky, a handsome CEO who made his debut in our collective consciousness on New Year’s Eve 2019.Before we knew it, Michael and Gaga became one of Hollywood’s cutest couples—and now, they’re two of Hollywood’s cutest new parents! So without further ado, here’s everything you need to know about Gaga’s relationship with Michael, from when they met to when they shared a sweet PDA moment at President Biden’s inauguration (casual), to confirmation that the two are now parents to a sweet new baby.Jump to:December 2019February 2020March 2020April 2020January 2021March 2021April 2022October 2023February 2024April 2024June 2024August 2024September 2024October 2024December 2024January 2025February 2025March 2025February 2026September 2026December 2019Gaga and Michael go out together on New Year’s Eve, and of course, fans who are waiting up for Gaga manage to capture the moment they’re getting into a car. We can’t see much of Michael’s face, so at this point, his identity remains a bit of a secret.February 2020Just a month after their NYE outing, Gaga is spotted kissing Michael on the balcony of a hotel. And just like that, Michael’s secret identity is figured out! Us Weekly IDs Michael as a fancy Harvard University graduate and CEO of the Parker Group, which means he is surely rolling in some serious ~moolah~. (But so is Gaga, obviously.)A source tells E! that Gaga and Michael’s relationship is one month strong. “They’ve been seeing each other since before the holidays and she’s crazy about him,” the insider says. “They had already been seeing each other for weeks.”Soon after, Gaga and Michael hit up the Super Bowl together in Miami...and though they think they’re being private, some fan literally takes a video of Gaga dancing right next to Michael, where she’s seen enjoying the J.Lo and Shakira halftime show.After getting caught at the Super Bowl together, Gaga and Michael decide to go Instagram official! Gaga posts a super-cute photo of them chillin’ and writes, “We had so much fun in Miami. Love to all my little monsters and fans, you’re the best!”Look at them all boo’d up:Which is then followed by a Valentine’s Day selfie:Aaaaaaand cue more pics:March 2020It took three or so months, but Gaga’s apparently starting to fall in love with Michael—awww! A source tells Entertainment Tonight that Gaga’s intentions weren’t to get caught up so quickly, but her heart had other plans.“She wasn’t expecting to get so involved so quickly after her last relationship, but she started telling her friends she was completely in love with him,” the source says. “Anyone that has spent any time with them can see the connection. They are completely smitten. Her friends haven’t seen her this happy in years. It didn’t take long for her friends to adore him too.”And in case you were wondering, yes—Gaga and Michael are indeed self-isolating together amid the COVID pandemic. Here’s all the proof you need:“They both felt social distancing and quarantine was the right thing to do, and it’s given them time to spend together and focus on one another without work or any other distractions,” the source adds. This means that Gaga and Michael’s relationship can only grow and get stronger from here, right?April 2020Aww, Gaga calls Michael the love of her life! During an interview on Morning Joe to promote her upcoming One World: Together at Home concert, Gaga dropped those massive words for the world to hear. She said, “With Born This Way Foundation, my mother, Cynthia Germanotta, and our cofounder Maya, who I love so very much—they are working with my, the love of my life on something for mental health.”January 2021Gaga and Michael disappear from the public eye for a little bit—I’m talking a “not posting pictures together on Instagram and no public outings for nearly seven months” type of disappear—but don’t worry, they are very much still together in the new year!Gaga quietly arrives to D.C. hand in hand with Michael because she has the honor of performing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony!While the internet at large was focused on Gaga’s Hunger Games–esque outfit, she shared a PDA moment with Michael and could later be seen chatting it up with Jennifer Lopez and Hillary Clinton (casual) with her hand resting lightly on Michael’s shoulder.Alex Wong//Getty ImagesAlex Wong//Getty ImagesMarch 2021Michael and Gaga’s relationship is still in a great place, for those of you wondering. An Entertainment Tonight source says that Gaga “has been telling her friends that she wants to get through a few projects and then focus on settling down,” which highkey sounds like wedding bells could be in their future!!!“Gaga wants to have children one day and sees a future with Michael,” the source adds.Then Gaga posts a v cute Insta of herself hugging a massive (!!) basket of white and green flowers on her birthday.“When your BF sends you all the flowers in Rome for your birthday. I love you honey. 💕 I can’t wait to be home with you and our dogs, that’s all I need,” Gaga captions the sweet post.April 2022Keith Urban and Michael share a v cute moment at the 2022 Grammys after Gaga delivered a spectacular performance (I mean, nooo surprise there). The clap! The adoring eyes! The smile! I mean, someone give this man a boyfriend of the year award or something, pleeease.October 2023 The couple’s romance lives on! Yep, in an iconic re-debut after flying under the radar for months, the two are spotted at a U2 show at The Sphere in Las Vegas. Ahem:Soon after that, the duo sees Katy Perry’s residency show, which we can only imagine was a firework (heh) performance.To round out the month, Gaga and Michael are snapped heading to a Saturday Night Live after-party at L’Avenue in New York City with the rest of the cast after the musician made a brief cameo on that night’s episode. And, honestly? We don’t know what to obsess over first: their appearance together or the singer’s ’fit!Gotham//Getty ImagesGotham//Getty ImagesFebruary 2024 The couple is seen attending the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.Rob Carr//Getty ImagesClearly, our invite to this outing was lost in the mail, so we’re gonna move on to shinier pastures... 👀💎April 2024 While Lady Gaga is visiting a friend in West Hollywood, paparazzi snap pics of her with a giant diamond on that finger.GAMR/KHROME / BACKGRIDThis obviously sparks a ton of buzz and speculation that the singer and Michael have made things official official.June 2024After a buncha speculation that she’s pregnant thanks to some photos that leaked from her sister’s wedding, Gaga hops on TikTok and writes the following over a video of herself: “Not pregnant—just down bad cryin at the gym.” She then encourages fans to register to vote at Headcount.org.But then: Lady Gaga confirms her and Michael’s engagement when she’s filmed introducing him as “my fiancé” to French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal at the Olympics!August 2024"Gaga and Michael are the happiest they've ever been. Michael has always known Gaga was the one," an insider tells Entertainment Tonight. "They had an engagement party at her home in Malibu with their loved ones and everyone is thrilled for them. They are already thinking about wedding plans and talking about possibly having a destination wedding in Europe. They'd love to get married sooner than later and both want to start a family."September 2024Gaga and Michael make their red carpet debut at Venice Film Festival!Daniele Venturelli//Getty ImagesNot long after that, Gaga confirms her engagement for the September issue of Vogue, explaining that she and Michael got engaged in April after a day of rock climbing. And turns out Gaga's mom introduced them!"The missing piece in my life was having real love,” she says. “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?”As for how they connected, it all happened at a party for a mutual friend. Gaga says she "kept asking for him and he finally came over to me and we talked for three hours. We had the most amazing conversation."Michael also spoke to Vogue, saying “I didn’t know much about her and honestly wasn’t sure what to expect. I was struck immediately by her warmth and openness—she was so genuinely curious about what my life was like growing up in Minnesota.”The pair stayed together during the early days of pandemic lockdown, and Gaga says “It was really kind of special. I’d been so focused on my career since I was a teenager. And the gift of that time was that I got to completely focus on my relationship. I met this totally supportive, loving human being who wanted to get to know me—outside of Lady Gaga.”Michael adds, “We had this amazing chapter of a weird kind of normalcy that’s essential for any relationship to develop in a real way—taking walks, making coffee, hanging out with the dogs, reading books together….The pandemic was easier on her than you might think. She’s used to being isolated because of her fame and was able to take so much of it in stride. I think she loved the chance to slow down. She’s been operating at an unfathomable level of intensity for years and it’s no secret it had caught up to her.”Gaga also touches on Michael preferring life out of the spotlight, saying "He’s a very private guy and he’s not with me for any other reason than that we are right for each other. But I think what I want my fans to know is that I’m just, like, so happy. I’m healthy. I feel like the last time they heard from me—in this way—was Chromatica, and that album was about an absolutely horrible time for me with my mental health. I was in a really dark place. I struggled for, like, many years before that. But everything started to change. Because I had a real friend who saw the ways in which I was unhappy and why. And he wasn’t afraid to truly hold my hand. And get to know me. On a very deep level.”And if that isn’t enough content: Lady Gaga and Michael kiss on the red carpet at the premiere of Joker: Folie à Deux!Neil Mockford//Getty ImagesOctober 2024During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Gaga opens up about her and Michael’s wedding-day ideas. “We actually talk about going to the courthouse just the two of us and ordering Chinese food. But knowing me, also, it could become like a circus with unicorns,” Gaga jokingly dishes before recounting the sweet way her fiancé asked her to marry him.“He proposed to me right after my birthday. So my birthday passed and I was like, ‘Well, I thought he was going to propose but then maybe…’” she begins. Gaga then shares that Michael “threw me a beautiful birthday dinner” and the two subsequently “went rock climbing, which was super fun.”“For real? You climb rocks?” Jimmy hilariously asks, to which the celeb says in a joking manner, “I mean, I do now. I’d do anything for love.” “He didn’t propose to me at the top. We climbed up to the top...took some photos and then we went back down. And we were just walking back to the room and talking and he said…it was very Michael, to ask me if he could ask me. He wanted to know if it was okay to propose before he proposed and I was like, ‘Yes! It’s so OK!’” she continues.“So wait…he didn’t do it at the top? Are you sure this guy’s ok?” the late-night host jokes. “I think it was smart! It was safe, safe at the bottom,” the musician responds. “He had the ring in his backpack so it was so super cute. He like, got in his backpack and pulled it out.”And if you’re wondering whether Michael got down on his knee, Gaga had this to say: “No he didn’t. But you know what, I’m a modern lady, I like what he did.” I-con-ic!!!!!Oh, and then: Gaga drops a new single, "Disease," and eagle-eyed fans notice that Michael shares a co-writing credit on the song. Cuteeee.December 2024While chatting with Rolling Stone, Gaga reveals the very sweet (and totally elaborate) gift her fiancé got her last Valentine's Day while she was working on her seventh album. “For Valentine’s Day, he said, ‘I have a surprise for you,’” she explains. “He turned his office into a music studio. I mean, it’s kind of romantic!”She goes on to explain how Michael supports all of her creative endeavors—both with gifts and words of affirmation. “Something that Michael said to me every day that I was working is, ‘Go do what you were born to do,’” she continues. “‘And do it with every cell in your body, and have fun and be confident in your music.’”January 2025Gaga tells Elle that she and Michael have spoken about having kids, saying "That's something Michael and I have talked about a lot—allowing our kids to be their own people. It’s such an intense thing for kids coming into the world. And they're told how to think and what to believe in and how to eat…I just kind of want to let my kids find out who they are."February 2025Gaga and Michael have a rare public date night during the 2025 Grammys, where Gaga won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance alongside Bruno Mars!Kevin Mazur//Getty ImagesAaaand another public date night, this time in honor of SNL50.John Nacion//Getty ImagesHow cute are they??Taylor Hill//Getty ImagesMarch 2025Gaga is taking on double duty as the host and musical guest of Saturday Night Live on March 8, and Michael was spotted with her in NYC in between rehearsals.XNY/Star Max//Getty ImagesThen Gaga’s seventh studio album, Mayhem, is officially released—and Michael co-wrote most of the songs including “Disease,” “Vanish Into You,” “LoveDrug,” “How Bad Do U Want Me,” “Don’t Call Tonight,” “The Beast,” and “Blade of Grass.”During her intimate fan event, Spotify Presents: Little Monster Press Conference, Gaga revealed that the latter was inspired by how Michael proposed to her in April 2024.“‘Blade of Grass’ is about when Michael proposed to me…we were in the backyard and he asked ‘If I proposed to you one day, what am I supposed to do?’” she said. “And I said, ‘You can just get a blade of grass and wrap it around my finger’...and he did actually propose to me with these green bands.”February 2026Gaga takes home another Grammy, this time, for Best Pop Vocal Album for Mayhem. In her acceptance speech, she sweetly thanked Michael for all his support, and for being a stabilizing force during the creation of her album.“I’m honored to be up here,” she said. “I’ve been making music since I was a little girl, and every time I’m here I still feel like I have to pinch myself. I respect everybody in this room so much. I have to say thank you first to my partner, Michael. I love you so much. You are by my side every single day in a way that I can’t thank you enough for. You worked so hard with me on this record all year. So, I love you and thank you.”September 2026Rumors emerge that—because Gaga has been so under-the-radar since wrapping her tour in April—she might have secretly tied the knot with Michael. A source tells the Daily Mail that “no one has seen her or heard from her in over a month. Everyone in her circle thinks she eloped with Michael and is on her honeymoon now, trying to make a baby.”Another insider adds, “This was her plan all along, to settle down in her forties. She has only one sister, Natali, and always wanted more siblings. So she wants her children to have many siblings so they can all lean on each other.”But just days later, Page Six drops news that the couple have “recently welcomed their first child together,” which is later confirmed by People. There aren’t any further details at this time (aside from some pap pics of Gaga walking with a baby), and the couple haven’t confirmed the news themselves, so stand by for more updates!