Lady Gaga Becomes a Mother: First Photos From California
The singer (40) and fiance Michael Polansky have welcomed their first child. Photos taken in California show the baby in a carrier, though the name, gender and birth date remain a secret.
Lady Gaga (40) has become a mother. The singer and her fiance, Michael Polansky, have welcomed their first child together, according to photos that surfaced on September 12 on Kurir and the portal Ona.rs.
No official announcement, no pregnancy reveal, not a word in advance. The first pictures were taken in Northern California. Gaga is seen walking down a street with the baby against her chest, wrapped in a carrier lined with diapers and a blanket. Polansky is by her side. As Kurir notes, the couple has appeared together at major events before, but has always kept the family side of their life private. That approach, it seems, continues now.
The baby’s name has not been revealed. Neither has the gender, nor the exact date of birth. Kurir reports that the singer has spoken openly in the past about wanting to become a mother, but that this time the couple shared nothing in advance, not even the fact that a pregnancy existed at all.
Sources disagree on when the couple got engaged. Kurir writes that Gaga and Polansky got engaged in July 2024. Ona.rs states they have been together since 2020 and got engaged in 2024. Both versions agree the couple has been together for several years.
According to Kurir, E! News reached out to the singer’s representatives for comment. There was no response. Neither Gaga, nor Polansky, nor their representatives have officially confirmed the news so far.
Unofficially, everything points to the child already being here. Kurir adds that it is not known whether Gaga gave birth herself or whether the baby arrived via a surrogate, since the pregnancy was never publicly confirmed, not by a photo, not by a statement.
Motherhood is not a new topic for Gaga. In a January 2025 interview with Elle, she described family as something that grows and changes over a long time:
“Family is like the roots of a tree. It grows slowly, sometimes it’s tangled, sometimes it’s full of water, and sometimes it’s thirsty. Family makes you who you are and shapes your need to change,” she said at the time.
In October 2025, appearing on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the singer hinted more openly at what was coming next:
“I would love to do so many things. All of those things are possible. But what I really want is to be a mom. I hope that will be my next big role,” she said.
She said something similar back in 2020, in an interview with InStyle:
“I’m looking forward to being a mom. Isn’t it incredible what we can do? We can carry a human being inside us and grow it. Then it comes out and our job is to make sure it survives. It’s so funny, everyone works out of my house every day. When they walk in, I always say: welcome to the womb!” she told InStyle at the time, as reported by Telegraf.
Fans have called her “Mother Monster” for years. Now, according to Ona.rs, they are already coming up with a nickname for the baby: “Baby Monster.” There has been no official introduction of the child, and no name, for now.
Kurir published its story on the new photos on September 12 at 8:12 a.m., Ona.rs the same morning at 8:22 a.m. Both outlets report the same basic facts, but, as noted above, differ on how long Gaga and Polansky have actually been together.
Until the couple decides to speak, the only thing the public has are photos from an ordinary walk. No red carpet, no flashbulbs, no announcement. Just the way, by all accounts, they wanted the child to come into the world.
