Lady Gaga says motherhood could be in the cards for her in the “not-too-distant future.”
In a new Elle cover story, the singer shared about the conversations she and her fiancé, Michael Polansky, have had around starting a family together.
“That’s something Michael and I have talked about a lot — allowing our kids to be their own people,” Gaga said in the interview published Tuesday. “It’s such an intense thing for kids coming into the world.”
The pop star continued, “And they’re told how to think and what to believe in and how to eat … I just kind of want to let my kids find out who they are.”
Gaga went on to share that she wants them to develop their own opinions about her work.
“I would want my children to understand that whatever my artistry means to them is totally up to them. I would never actually want to shape it or tell them how to think about me. Maybe other than that I just did my best. And tried to stay true to myself along the way,” she explained.
Gaga continued, “My kid might one day say, ‘Mum, why do you do these things? I saw a funny video of you dressed up.’ Most certainly that will happen. And you know, maybe it’s okay to say, ‘What do you think?’”
After the interviewer, who shared she’s a mother to a 6-year-old child, warned the musician that kids have a way of “humbling” their parents, the “Joker: Folie à Deux” star eagerly replied, “Oh, I’m ready.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Gaga gushed about what starting a family means to her.
“Family — it’s like the roots of the tree. They grow long, and sometimes they’re mangled, and sometimes they’re full with water, and sometimes they’re thirsty,” she said. “Family is what makes you who you are, and it also defines your need for change.”
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Gaga and Polansky first made their relationship Instagram official in February 2020. The “Poker Face” singer later revealed that she and Polansky were engaged after she referred to him as her “fiancé” at the Paris Olympics in July 2024.
The pair have not yet announced their wedding date.