Lady Gaga has found her person in fiancé Michael Polansky. For Gaga’s ELLE cover story, the couple spoke together about their relationship, new music (Gaga said Polansky helped her write seven songs on her upcoming album, Mayhem), and their plans to start a family soon.
Gaga said, in the “not-too-distant” future, a full life will involve “me and Michael and our kids.” She added: “Sometimes I worry people will say I’m boring these days, but honestly, thank God I’m boring. Thank God! Because I was living on the edge. I don’t know what was going to happen to me living that way. So the fact that I have these answers, on the one hand, I’m like, ‘Oh man, snooze fest!’ But actually, I’m so grateful. Because I found a sense of happiness and joy that is true to me.”
As for how she’ll approach parenting, Gaga conceded, “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 want to let my kids find out who they are.”
She and Polansky both spoke about their dynamic. Polansky addressed what it was like for him to adjust to the spotlight that comes with dating Gaga. “Accepting that you won’t have the privacy others might have was the hardest part,” he said. “But Stefani’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. We find normalcy where we can.”
Gaga said of her partner, “He used to say to me when we first met, ‘You are a special human being when the cameras aren’t on you. And I get to see that all the time.’”
The couple hosts often and loves cooking. “We make pasta together; we roast things,” Gaga said. “We also really like making simple dishes with Michael’s mom, who lives nearby.”
Gaga’s work on Mayhem has also been a big part of their daily life. Polansky explained, “This album was so much fun to watch her make. She recorded it right down the street from our house, so we could easily walk back and forth from the studio. I spent a lot of time with her, bringing my laptop to work while she was there. What surprised me most was how fast she is. I couldn’t believe how quickly a song would take shape. Within five minutes, 80 percent of the song would have come from nothing.”
Read the full cover story here.
