Mrs. Gaga It is becoming honest about its wars with mental health.
Speaking at the podcast “Interviews” from New York Times On Saturday, March 8, the singer, 38, shared her experience of not being in a mentally excellent place.
“(Five years ago), I had psychosis. I was not deeply in touch with reality for a while,” she told Podcast. “I got me out of life in a big way, and after many years of tireless work I returned.”
Gaga (whose real name is Stefani Germanotta) admitted that it was a difficult period of her life, but she shared how she led to a “special” moment between herself and her fiancé now Michael Polanksy.
“It was a difficult time and it was really special when I met my partner because when I met Michael, I was in a much better place, but I remember he said, too early,” I know you can be much happier than you, “Gaga said.
The “Blade of Grass” singer continued: “It was really difficult for me to hear him saying that because I didn’t want him to think about me. I wanted him to think I was like this happy person, completely together.”
Gaga explained that her mental health experience was a topic that she often considered difficult to deceive.

Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky.
(Photo by Taylor Hill/Filmmagic)“Something’s something I have seen more and more difficult to talk about,” she said. “I hate the feeling defined by her. He felt like something I felt ashamed of. But I don’t think we should feel ashamed if we move on to such cases. I mostly just want to say, it can get better. She did for me, and I’m grateful for that. “
Gaga and Polansky initially went public with their relationship in 2019 and confirmed their engagement in July 2024.
During Podcast, the singer withdrew for Polansky, loved, “From the moment I met Michael, he had the warmest and most kind mood of anyone I had met in my entire life.”
Meanwhile, Planksy spoke of the difficulty of meeting someone in the public eye when he made rare comments about the couple’s relationships in Elle ‘s February 2025.
“Acknowledging that you will not have the intimacy that others may have was the hardest part,” Polansky said of adapting to his fiancé. “But Stefan’s comfort with him and patience with me has been amazing. Our relationship is probably a lot like everyone else. We just have to understand how to make some of them in public. It makes it even more important for us to have strong friendships and close family relationships. We find normalcy where we can.”