Lady Gaga Says Fiancé Michael Polansky Helped 'Change' Her Life: 'The Missing Piece Was Having Real Love'

Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky in Venice, Italy on Sept. 4, 2024.Photo:Jacopo Raule/FilmMagic Jacopo Raule/FilmMagic Lady Gagais in a good place — and it’s all thanks to her fiancéMichael Polansky. TheJoker: Folie à Deuxstar, 38, shared in her Octobercover story forVoguethat her mental health has come a long way from where it was during the release of her last albumChromaticain 2020 due to Polansky’s influence. “I had never met anyone like Michael,” the actress and singer told the outlet.

Lady Gaga Says She Initially Thought Michael Polansky ‘Was Joking’ When He Proposed

Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky attend the “Joker: Folie àDeux” red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 04, 2024.Photo:Andreas Rentz/Getty Andreas Rentz/Getty Lady Gagathought her fiancéMichael Polansky’s proposal was a joke when he popped the question. TheJoker: Folie à Deuxstar, 38, revealed on the Sept. 27 episode ofThe Graham Norton Showthat she hadn’t anticipated Polansky, 41, would propose— and didn’t believe it when it happened.

Lady Gaga Says She's 'Pain-Free' and Hasn't 'Smoked Pot in Years' amid Chronic Disorder

Lady Gaga at the Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 4, 2024.Photo:Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock Lady Gagasays she’s finally “pain-free” after struggling for years withfibromyalgia— and shares that she’s even stopped self-medicating with marijuana. TheJoker: Folie à Deuxstar, 38, revealed in her Octobercover story forVoguethat touring in 2022 for theChromatica Balltour “was the first time I’ve performed not in pain in…I don’t even remember.” The"Die with a Smile"singer previously shared that she hadfibromyalgia, whichMayo Clinicsays causes muscle pain and tenderness, fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues.

Lady Gaga Says ‘Everything’ Changed When She Fell in Love with Fiancé Michael Polansky: ‘My Best Friend’ (Exclusive)

Lady Gagasays everything has changed since meeting fiancéMichael Polansky.At the Monday, Sept. 30, Los Angeles premiere of her upcoming filmJoker: Folie à Deux, the Grammy winner, 38, exclusively tells PEOPLE what it’s been like to collaborate with her fiancé on her latest studio album,Harlequin— which also serves as a companion album to the upcoming film. Polanksy, 41, worked as a co-executive producer on the project with Gaga.“It’s just the first time that we decided to fully just go into it and do it.

Lady Gaga Stayed in Character 'a Lot More' Than Joaquin Phoenix onJoker 2Set, Reveals Director

Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in “Joker: Folie à Deux”.Photo:Niko Tavernise Niko Tavernise Lady GagaandJoaquin Phoenixwere fully committed to embodying their crazedJokercharacters.InJoker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to 2019’s hitJoker, Gaga, 38, enters the picture as the obsessive asylum inmate Harleen “Lee” Quinzel, a.k.a.Harley Quinn. Phoenix, 49, is back as Arthur Fleck, now facing the death penalty and engaged in a twisted romance with Lee.Director Todd Phillips toldVarietythat both actors took their roles “seriously” and Gaga remained in character mode sometimes more often than Phoenix, who won a Best Actor Oscar for the role in the previous film.