After winning Artist of the Year at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, Gaga 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 to my partner in all things, Michael,” she said during her acceptance speech on September 7. “Creating this year with you was a beautiful, beautiful dream, and you have been my partner every step of the way. I dedicate this to you, my love.”
Gaga, who won four awards total that evening, gave a rare glimpse at her relationship with Polansky the following day via an Instagram tribute.
“Dreaming up this album, making the plan, building every vision with you — talking endlessly about what we would create and do for monsters has been an experience I could not have ever imagined,” she captioned the September 8 post, thanking her partner for his help on Mayhem. “I love how much you love my fans and want them to be happy🖤 it fills my heart with happiness how much you love them because we get to love them every day together — you care as much as I do about people feeling seen in the world.”
She gushed, “I’m forever grateful for how much you love and fight for me. You work so so hard with me from dawn till dusk everyday living the music, performances, and 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 endlessly.”
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,” she concluded.
