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There's been more than a little fodder surrounding Lady Gaga's personal life over the past few years. Between her conspiracy theory-filled 2019 awards season to her Instagram debut with her latest beau, the singer walks a fine line between being tight-lipped and remarkably transparent with her fans. As a result, her dating history requires some major decoding. Allow us to break down her past relationships, from her days as Stefani Germanotta to Mother Monster.
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2005: Lady Gaga and Lüc Carl start dating
When Lady Gaga was still Stefani Germanotta, she met Lüc Carl when she walked into his New York City bar, St. Jerome's. The two dated on and off for six years, starting in 2005 when her career as a singer was just taking off.
2008: Lady Gaga is linked to Matthew 'Dada' Williams
In 2008, Lady Gaga was briefly linked to Los Angeles designer Matthew Williams (who goes by Dada by the way). Here, he's seen riding in a car with the singer as she arrives at the 52nd Grammy Awards.
2008: Williams and Lady Gaga call it quits
The couple decided to end their romantic relationship and focus on their business relationship. "Dada is quite brilliant and we were crazy lovers, but I stopped it when we discovered what a strong creative connection we had," Gaga told the Evening Standard in 2010. Williams served as the creative director of Haus of Gaga from 2008 until 2010.
2010: On again with Lüc Carl
Lady Gaga's ex-boyfriend entered the fold again in 2010. The singer expressed her feelings in an interview with Rolling Stone, "I've really never loved anyone like I loved him. Or like I love him." The two parted ways for good in 2011 and Lady Gaga penned "Yoü and I" about their breakup.
July 2011: Lady Gaga meets Taylor Kinney on set
The singer met Taylor Kinney on the set of her music video for "Yoü and I." Kinney, an up-and-coming actor, was cast as her love interest. "We had a good time. I think there was chemistry. We were shooting until 4 or 5 in the morning or something like that. We exchanged information. A few weeks went by and we kept in touch, and then that’s that," Kinney revealed on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
January 2014: The couple goes public
After keeping their relationship mostly under wraps, Lady Gaga and Kinney made a rare appearance together at NBC's 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards after party in January 2014.
February 2015: Kinney pops the question
Kinney proposed to Lady Gaga on Valentine's Day 2015. The actor presented the Queen of Pop with a heart-shaped diamond ring, which he designed with the help of jeweler Lorraine Schwartz.
February 2015: Lady Gaga reveals the ring
Still obviously reeling over her recent engagement, Lady Gaga shared a special detail about her diamond ring on Instagram: "My favorite part of my engagement ring, Taylor and Lorraine designed "T 💗S" in white diamonds on the band. He always called me by my birth name. Since our very first date. I'm such a happy bride-to-be! I can't stop smiling!!"
December 2015: Attending the Billboard Music Awards
Kinney joined Lady Gaga later that year at the 2015 Billboard Music awards, where Lady Gaga accepted the Woman of the Year Award.
February 2016: Going to the Oscars
The couple arrives at the 88th Annual Academy Awards, where Gaga was nominated for Best Original Song for "Til It Happens to You" for the documentary film The Hunting Ground.
March 2016: A relationship on the rocks
The couple was all smiles when they made their last public appearance together in March 2016. Lady Gaga's documentary, Five Foot Two, laterrevealed that the couple had been fighting in the months leading to their breakup.
July 2016: Lady Gaga announces their breakup
In a split that no one saw coming, Lady Gaga took to Instagram to announce that after five years together, her and Kinney had decided to end their engagement. Her statement read: "Taylor and I have always believed we are soulmates. Just like all couples we have ups and downs, and we have been taking a break. We are both ambitious artists, hoping to work through long-distance and complicated schedules to continue the simple love we have always shared. Please root us on. We're just like everybody else and we really love each other."
October 2016: The singer releases 'Million Reasons'
A few months later, the singer/songwriter released her fifth studio album, Joanne. One of her new songs was "Million Reasons," a slow, sad ballad fans believe was written about Kinney. Lady Gaga told E! News, "I would just say that my music on my album as well as all my albums is inspired by my personal life and this one more than others."
January 2017: Spotted with Christian Carino for the first time
Lady Gaga and her new talent agent beau were first seen together at a Kings of Leon concert in January 2017. He escorted her a month later to Houston, Texas for the Super Bowl ahead of her halftime performance.
October 2017: Engagement rumors swirl
In the fall of 2017, rumors started floating around that Gaga and Carino got engaged over the summer, but the singer didn't address these reports.
August 2018: The couple attends the Venice Film Festival
Lady Gaga attends the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of her new movie, A Star is Born, hand-in-hand with Carino.
October 2018: Kinney comments on Lady Gaga's new movie
On the heels of her new movie, Gaga's ex-fiancée had a few words to share about the singer: "I couldn’t be more proud," Kinney told Us Weekly at the Carousel of Hope Ball. "I know what went into it, it's been a long time coming… But I think I know in my heart it's gonna be great. And I know that she gave her all."
October 2018: Confirmation of their engagement
Lady Gaga's engagement to Carino went unconfirmed for almost a year, until the "Shallow"singer let it slip when she referred to Carino as her "fiancé" at ELLE's Women in Hollywood gala.
November 2018: Lady Gaga's engagement ring
The singer shows off her pink sapphire and diamond cluster engagement ring, given to her by Carino, at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's 3rd Annual Patron of the Artists Awards.
January 6, 2019: Carino and Lady Gaga attend the Golden Globes
As Lady Gaga geared up for an eventful awards season, the nominated actress was accompanied to the Golden Globes by her fiancé.
January 27, 2019: One last public appearance together
Lady Gaga and Carino were spotted at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in late January, which ended up being last public appearance together.
February 2019: Rumors of a relationship with Bradley Cooper begin
Throughout awards season, Gaga and Cooper made headlines due to their convincing portrayal as lovers in A Star Is Born. Rumors of a real-life romance between the costars took off on the internet like wildfire—and award show photo ops only fanned the flames.
February 2019: Lady Gaga attends the Oscars solo
Shortly before the Oscars, news broke that Lady Gaga and Carino had called off their engagement. It was reported that Lady Gaga initiated the split because Carino was controlling and jealous toward the end of their relationship. The star walked the Academy Awards red carpet alone and, later in the show, performed "Shallow" onstage with Cooper.
February 2019: The costars claim they're just friends
With affair rumors still swirling, the newly minted Oscar winner decided to set the record straight. In an interview with Oprah for ELLE, Lady Gaga explained how she and Cooper were simple acting and that they had carefully staged their Oscars performance. "For me, as a performer and as an actress, of course we wanted people to believe that we were in love. And we wanted people to feel that love at the Oscars. We wanted it to go right through the lens of that camera and to every television that it was being watched on," she said.
July 2019: Lady Gaga teases a relationship with Dan Horton
Although the singer never made an official announcement—and was never photographed with him—her Instagram suggested that she began dating sound engineer Dan Horton in July 2019. The singer tagged Horton's private account in this romantic photo.
October 2019: Single once again
With as little fanfare as the relationship began, it seemed to have ended. After only a few months of reportedly dating Horton, Lady Gaga referred to herself as "a single lady" in an Instagram Story in October.
December 31, 2019: Photographed with a mystery man
Lady Gaga sparked interest in her personal life, once again, when she was seen leaving a Las Vegas club on New Year's Eve with an unidentified man.
January 2020: Makeing it Instagram official
After being spotted spending time together in Miami, Gaga reveals her new beau, entrepreneur Michael Polansky, with this sweet couple pic confirming their relationship on Instagram.
February 2020: A Valentine's Day message
Lady Gaga celebrated Valentine's Day with her new boyfriend and shared this selfie for the occassion.
March 6 2020: Lady Gaga drops the L-word
The singer shared another selfie update on her relationship status with Polansky at the beginning of March. The singer paired this picture on Instagram with the caption, "I've got a STUPID love."
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