Lady Gaga is engaged to tech investor Michael Polansky — and, according to a report, has been for months.
While in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she performed on Friday during the opening ceremony, the music superstar is said to have introduced Polansky as her boyfriend to the French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.
Representatives for the “Born This Way” singer did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Times on Monday.
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People said Monday that the couple got engaged “several months” ago, but chose to share the news only with their inner circle at the time. Polansky – chief executive of the Parker Group, which oversees the business and charitable interests of Napster founder and Facebook investor Sean Parker – is said to have popped the question ahead of Gaga’s 38th birthday party in march
However, the Oscar and Grammy winner chose not to wear her engagement ring immediately afterwards to avoid being photographed with it. But that lasts only a short time, as she raised rumors of engagement when it was spotted wearing the sparkler in April.
“They’re great together. He’s excited and supportive of her career. She can’t stand being in the spotlight, but she lets it shine. She has her own business priorities that she supports,” a source told People on Monday.
The rumors of the engagement were gathered on Sunday when the French prime minister published a TikTok video with the singer and her husband at the Olympic Games. In it, Gaga can be heard introducing Polansky as “my boyfriend” as they watched a swimming event at the Paris Aquatic Center.
“Thank you Lady Gaga for your stunning performance at the opening ceremony. It was breathtaking,” Attal captioned the clip, which has been liked more than 70,000 times.
Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, and Polansky were first linked in December 2019 after they were spotted kissing at a New Year’s party in Las Vegas. They caught their romantic audience full of PDA a few weeks later after Super Bowl LIV in Miami.
Gaga was previously engaged to “Chicago Fire” actor Taylor Kinney, but the two ended their five-year relationship in 2016.
In addition to her engagement, Gaga made headlines this weekend for her performance along the Seine River, paying tribute to French dancer and singer Zizi Jeanmaire with her rendition of “Mon Truc en Plumes.”
Before the opening ceremony of the Olympics, the actor “A Star Is Born” was rumored to perform, although it was not listed in a program provided to the media in advance, the Associated Press reported AP also previously reported the news that she had pre-recorded her number, which was later played during the live broadcast, due to the inclement weather in the French capital.
His surprise showing during the ceremony was the only performance that “for security reasons, we had to pre-record the afternoon”, Olympic and Paralympic. opening ceremony choreographer Maud le Pladec said Variety. “(Once we knew for sure it was going to rain – we had minute by minute updates, we had never looked at the weather forecast so closely in our lives.
“We assessed that it was too dangerous for the artists, even with a few drops of rain. (Gaga) absolutely wanted to perform, so we preferred to pre-record instead of canceling,” said Le Pladec. “The ground would have been slippery. I was wearing heels, very close to the water, there were steps… We had to be very careful.”
Accompanied by a troupe of eight dancers wearing pink feather fans and dresses custom dior costumes, Gaga sang in French and danced, ascending and descending a river staircase during the lively, cabaret-inspired performance. She also briefly played the piano.
“I feel so grateful to have been asked to open the Paris 2024 Olympics this year. I am also humbled to be asked by the Olympic organizing committee to sing such a special French song – a song to honor the French people and their tremendous history of art, music and theater,” she. he wrote on Instagram after the show.
“Although I am not a French artist, I have always felt a very special connection with the French and the singing of French music – I wanted nothing more than to create a show that warms the heart of France, celebrating the ‘art and French music, and more. such an important occasion reminds everyone of one of the most magical cities on earth – Paris,’ he added, listing all the ways in which he drew from French culture to ‘put a touch modern to a French classic”.
“I’ve been trying tirelessly to learn a joyful French dance, brush up on some old skills – bet you didn’t know I was dancing at a 60’s French party on the lower east side when I started! I hope you love this performance as much as me,” wrote the “Joker: Folie à Deux” star.
“And to everyone in France, thank you so much for welcoming me to your country to sing in your honor – it’s a gift I will never forget! Congratulations to all the athletes who are competing in this year’s Olympic Games It’s my greatest honor to sing for you!! Watching the Olympic Games makes me cry! Your talent is unimaginable!”
