Lady Gaga is engaged to investor and CEO Michael Polansky. Here’s a timeline of their relationship.

Gaga and Polansky welcomed the new year with a midnight kiss while attending a party in Las Vegas, as seen in a video shared on X (then Twitter) by Las Vegas Review columnist John Katsilometes. 

Fans waited outside the building in the hopes of snagging a glimpse of the singer. They eventually saw Gaga exiting the building with Polansky, who was holding her hand the entire time.

At this point, people weren’t sure who the businessman was, and the relationship was shrouded in mystery. Many outlets referred to Polansky as Gaga’s “mystery man.”

The day after Gaga performed at the AT&T TV Super Saturday Night show, she and Polansky watched the Super Bowl together from a box at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium.

In a video shared online by comedian Jeff Ross, Gaga clapped along to Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s halftime performance with Polansky by her side. 

Gaga shared a close-up selfie of herself with Polansky on Instagram the day after the holiday.

“Happy Valentine’s Day!! ‘Babe, do I have lipstick all-over me?'” Gaga wrote in the caption, adding a crying-while-laughing emoji. “Happy v-day to all my monsters!!! I love you!!!”

Shortly after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency due to COVID-19, Gaga shared a selfie of herself with Polansky on Instagram.

“Day 6 of self-quarantining!” she wrote in her caption. “Going strong, playing video games and cards, and taking care of ourselves.”

Gaga also encouraged her fans to stay home to help prevent the spread of the virus. “Important reminder: keep your mind as stress free as possible and your body moving,” she wrote. “It’s ok and so wonderful to stay home if you can! What a kind act for the world.”

A source told Entertainment Tonight that Gaga and Polansky thought self-isolating together was “the right thing to do.”

“It’s given them time to spend together and focus on one another without work or any other distractions,” the source said. 

Years later, Polansky said they spent the time “taking walks, making coffee, hanging out with the dogs, reading books together.” He described it as an “amazing chapter of a weird kind of normalcy.”

On an episode of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Gaga spoke about prioritizing mental health during the pandemic with hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough. During the interview, she nonchalantly referred to Polansky as “the love of my life.”

“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,” Gaga said.

As The New York Times reported, Gaga had long-standing ties to Biden before she endorsed him for president in 2020. After he was elected, she accepted an invitation to perform at his inauguration in Washington, DC.

Many viewers were so captivated by Gaga’s powerful rendition of the National Anthem (not to mention her over-the-top Schiaparelli Haute Couture gown) that they may have missed Polansky, who was also present at the historic event.

The businessman attended to support Gaga, and photographers even captured a photo of the couple kissing with their masks on. Gaga later shared the image on her Instagram, adding a dove emoji in the caption.

Gaga performed at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on the bank of the River Seine. She sang a French circus tune, “Mon Truc en Plumes,” in a cabaret-inspired routine.

After the ceremony, Gaga and Polansky met with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who shared a clip of their brief interaction on TikTok.

In the short video, Gaga introduces Polansky as “my fiancé” while Attal shakes his hand.

The aforementioned Vogue cover story included details about Gaga’s relationship with Polansky that were previously unknown to the public.

Gaga told the magazine that she and Polansky fell in love after just one date. When the pandemic hit and social-distancing guidelines were introduced, Polansky moved from San Franciso to Malibu in order to be with her.

“It was really kind of special,” Gaga said. “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.”

Gaga gushed about Polansky throughout the interview, describing him as “so smart and so kind,” as well as protective of their personal life.

“He’s a very private guy and he’s not with me for any other reason than that we are right for each other,” she said. But I think what I want my fans to know is that I’m just, like, so happy.”