Secret revealed

How Michael Polansky proposed to Lady Gaga

LadyGaga and Michael Polansky are engaged.(Bild: AP/Joel C Ryan/Invision)

At the Venice Film Festival, Lady Gaga was beaming with happiness alongside her fiancé Michael Polansky. In an interview, the US singer revealed how and when he proposed to her romantically. 

Polansky proposed to his girlfriend in April this year after five years together - and after an exciting day of rock climbing. The eye-catching and expensive diamond ring he put on her finger was impossible to miss in Venice. 

Polansky is CEO of the Parker Group, a company that looks after the business and charitable interests of Napster founder and Facebook investor Sean Parker.

Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky presented their engagement ring in Venice.(Bild: APA/AFP/Alberto PIZZOLI)

Mother met "her man"
The couple met in 2019 through Gaga's mother, Cynthia Germanotta. Cynthia runs the Born This Way Foundation, which she co-founded with Gaga in 2012 to support young people's mental health.

Polansky, a longtime associate of Sean Parker, met Cynthia through philanthropic projects. Even then, Gaga's mother had a feeling: "I think I've just met your husband," she told her daughter - and she was to be proved right.

Since then, Michael Polansky has not only played a central role in Gaga's life, but also in her musical career. "He encouraged me to make pop music again," Lady Gaga told the magazine. 

The 38-year-old singer presented her new film "Joker: Folie à Deux", in which she can be seen as Harley Queen alongside Joker Joaquin Phoenix. 

"Joker: Folie à Deux" is the sequel to Todd Phillips' acclaimed 2019 thriller. The film, which is screening in competition at the film festival, is a mixture of thriller and musical.