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Lady Gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky welcome their first child together: report

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Fox News · collected 2026-09-12 · by Lori Bashian

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Lady Gaga and her fiancé Michael Polansky have reportedly welcomed their first child together. Reports from People and Page Six confirm the birth but provide no additional details, such as the gender or name of the baby. In March 2025, Lady Gaga expressed mixed feelings about motherhood to the New York Times, discussing her desire for balance between her artistic career and parenting responsibilities.
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Lady Gaga, 40, and her fiancé Michael Polansky have welcomed their first child together via surrogate on June 9 in Los Angeles at 11:19 PM PT. The news was reported by multiple outlets including People, Entertainment Weekly, Page Six, and Fox News Digital. While no additional details about the baby's name or gender are available, Gaga expressed her excitement about becoming a mother during interviews with the New York Times and InStyle in March 2025, despite earlier apprehension. The couple was first linked in late 2020 when they were spotted together at a New Year’s Eve party in Las Vegas. Lady Gaga confirmed their engagement while attending the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024, where they met with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.

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“Article A reports on Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky welcoming their first child, while Article B describes Lady Gaga being photographed with her baby in Los Angeles days later. They describe different specific events.”
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Lori Bashian
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Polansky PERSON · 3× Gaga PERSON · 2× Lady Gaga PERSON · 2× Fox News Digital ORG · 1× InStyle ORG · 1× Las Vegas GPE · 1× Michael Polansky PERSON · 1× Page Six ORG · 1× People ORG · 1× the New York Times ORG · 1×

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The Grammy Award-winning singer spoke to the New York Times in March 2025 about her desire to be a mother, saying she is "excited to be a mom" although she "used to have a lot of apprehension about it.
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🔮 Gaga recently wrapped up her Mayhem Ball tour in April, and her last public appearance was at the Grove in May for the premiere of "Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem."

Claims (18 extracted, 2 hedged)

Lady Gaga is now a mother, according to multiple reports. uncertain
Gaga → accord → reports
People and Page Six confirmed that the 40-year-old singer and her fiancé, Michael Polansky, have welcomed their first child together. asserted
singer → confirm → child
No other details have been shared. Fox News Digital has reached out to Lady Gaga for comment. asserted
Digital → share → comment
The Grammy Award-winning singer spoke to the New York Times in March 2025 about her desire to be a mother, saying she is "excited to be a mom" although she "used to have a lot of apprehension about it. asserted
she → win → it
" "I’m also kind of at war with myself sometimes as I get ready to, hopefully, become a mom soon," she said. asserted
she → ’m → myself
"Like, today is wonderful, but the whole day has revolved around me. asserted
day → revolve → me
How do I live a life where I’m passionate about my art while also making more space for other things?" asserted
I → live → things
One of her main concerns about motherhood, she shared, was "to not force my children to live a life that they are not choosing," and to "give them space to discover who they are on their own." asserted
they → share → own
She also previously spoke about her excitement about having children during a March 2020 interview with InStyle. asserted
She → speak → InStyle
"Isn’t it incredible what we can do? asserted
we → do → what
We can hold a human inside and grow it," she said. asserted
she → hold → it
"Then it comes out, and it’s our job to keep it alive." asserted
it → come → it
Gaga and Polansky met in late 2019, and were first romantically linked when they were spotted kissing that New Year's Eve in Las Vegas. asserted
they → meet → Vegas
The singer hard-launched their relationship by going Instagram official in February 2020, posting a yacht photo sitting in Polansky's lap, captioning the post, "We had so much fun in Miami." asserted
We → launch → Miami
The singer confirmed the two were engaged in July 2024, sharing that Polansky had proposed earlier that year, in April. asserted
Polansky → confirm → April
They later made their red carpet debut at the "Joker: Folie à Deux" premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2024. asserted
They → make → September
"The missing piece in my life was having real love," she told Vogue in September 2024. asserted
she → have → September
Gaga recently wrapped up her Mayhem Ball tour in April, and her last public appearance was at the Grove in May for the premiere of "Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem." uncertain
appearance → wrap → Music
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