Lady Gaga has been Mother Monster for about two decades. Now, she’s ready to be a mother.
In a cover story interview with Elle published Tuesday (Jan. 28) — just one day after the star finally announced her seventh studio album, Mayhem — Gaga revealed that she and fiancé Michael Polansky have talked “a lot” about starting their family very soon. In fact, the 13-time Grammy winner emphasized that her near future will focus on “me and Michael and our kids,” adding, “Sometimes I worry people will say I’m boring these days, but honestly, thank God I’m boring.
“Thank God!” she said. “Because I was living on the edge. I don’t know what was going to happen to me living that way.”
As for how she would navigate raising her children in the public eye, Gaga said, “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,” she continued. “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.”
The “Rain on Me” singer and businessman started dating shortly after meeting at a party in 2019, five years after which Polansky proposed in April 2024. The Joker: Folie à Deux actress has previously credited her fiancé with pushing her to make a new pop album, and while speaking to Elle, she revealed that Polansky helped pen “like, seven songs” on Mayhem — including single “Disease,” on which he’s credited as a songwriter.
The venture capitalist also spoke to Elle about being present for much of the creation of “Disease,” detailing how he would work on his laptop while watching his fiancée work her magic in the studio across the street from their home. “It’s been one of the most incredible parts of this chapter of my life, to live with and coexist alongside someone making art and being creative in ways that very few people get to experience,” he told the publication. “I think of myself as really lucky to have been there for it.”
Polansky also opened up about what it’s like to be in a relationship with one of the most famous women on the planet. “Accepting that you won’t have the privacy others might have was the hardest part,” he shared. “But [Gaga’s] comfort with it and patience with me has been amazing. Our relationship is probably a lot like everyone else’s. We just have to figure out how to do some of it in public.
“That makes it even more important for us to have strong friendships and close family relationships,” he added. “We find normalcy where we can.”
