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September 2025
After winning Artist of the Year at MTV Video Music Awards 2025Gaga thanked Polansky in a sweet shout-out. “Thank you Little Monsters, my fans, for always supporting me and always supporting the monster in me and my partner Michael in all things,” she said during her acceptance speech on Sept. 7. “Creating this year with you was a beautiful, beautiful dream, and you’ve been my partner every step of the way. I dedicate this to you, my love.”
Gaga, who won four awards in total that night, gave a rare insight into her relationship with Polansky the next day via a tribute to Instagram.
“Dreaming this album, making the plan, building all the visions with you – talking endlessly about what we would do and do for monsters has been an experience I never could have imagined,” she captioned the Sept. 8 post, thanking her partner for her help. chaos. “I love how much you love my fans and I want them to be happy 🖤 it fills my heart with happiness how much you love them because we love them every day together, you care as much as I do about people feeling seen in the world.”
She said: “I am forever grateful for how much you love me and fight for me. You work so hard with me from dawn to dusk every day living the music, the performances and the plans with your blood sweat and tears, to see it through every step of the way, this year I am the luckiest girl alive. I love you so much.”
Gaga called Polansky “a true renaissance man,” who has shown her a love she’s “never known” by being a creative partner in life and love. “You are MY artist of the year. And the love of my life,” he concluded.