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00:00 Lady Gaga has a new guy in her life.
00:03 After breaking off her engagement to talent agent Christian Carino and a short-lived fling
00:07 with audio engineer Dan Horton last year, the singer has started off 2020 with a new
00:13 beau, entrepreneur Michael Polanski.
00:16 Gaga unexpectedly went Instagram official with her new man after Super Bowl weekend,
00:21 sharing a photo of them cuddling up together in Miami just days after rumors of their romance
00:26 first broke.
00:28 He's the executive director of the Parker Foundation.
00:32 Polanski co-created the foundation with Sean Parker, who co-founded big tech businesses
00:37 like Napster and Facebook.
00:39 The organization, which launched in 2015, supports philanthropic efforts in life sciences,
00:46 global public health, civic engagements, and the arts, according to its website.
00:52 He's also on the board of the San Francisco-based Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy,
00:57 which sponsors research for cancer treatment.
01:00 He's a Harvard graduate.
01:02 Polanski studied applied mathematics and computer science at Harvard University according to
01:07 Page Six, which first reported the entrepreneur's romance with Lady Gaga.
01:13 Per Entertainment Tonight, which referenced Polanski's LinkedIn profile, he graduated
01:18 in 2006.
01:20 He was first linked with Gaga around New Year's Eve.
01:23 Polanski and the singer had apparently been together for weeks before their dalliance
01:28 made news; they were even seen kissing on New Year's Eve in Las Vegas, but the philanthropist
01:34 wasn't identified at the time.
01:36 "They've been seeing other since before the holidays and she's crazy about him,"
01:40 a source told E! News.
01:43 The insider added, "They've been out and about in Los Angeles and spending a lot of
01:47 time at her house.
01:49 She's taking him everywhere she goes and they don't want to be [apart]."
01:54 They showed lots of PDA in Miami.
01:57 The hype surrounding Gaga and Polanski escalated after they were seen kissing on a balcony
02:02 in Miami during Super Bowl weekend.
02:05 The pop star was in town for her performance on Saturday, and Polanski was seen in the
02:10 VIP section during the show with Gaga's mother, Cynthia Germanotta, according to
02:15 Page Six.
02:17 On the night of the Super Bowl itself, the couple was even spotted leaving the game
02:21 at Hard Rock Stadium together.
02:24 Gaga sealed the deal with her loved-up Instagram post.
02:27 "We had so much fun in Miami," she wrote.
02:31 His ex wrote an op-ed about his new relationship.
02:35 Lindsey Krauss, senior staff editor of the New York Times' Opinion section, penned
02:40 a story about learning that Polanski, her longtime former boyfriend, was dating a Grammy-winning
02:46 superstar.
02:47 They dated for all of college, and then a few years more, she reveals.
02:52 Krauss doesn't follow Polanski on social media, but she did say he blocked her on Facebook
02:57 after their breakup.
02:59 She has no hard feelings for Gaga, though.
03:02 "Lady Gaga is amazing," she writes.
03:05 "Comparing yourself with her is incredibly motivational, and I recommend you try it,
03:10 regardless of how you relate to who's dating her."
03:13 Gaga is really into him, obviously.
03:17 If you couldn't already tell from all of her loved-up Instagram selfies, Gaga is smitten.
03:23 She's really into him.
03:24 A source told E! News weeks after news of the relationship broke.
03:30 Gaga and Polanski are "opposites of each other," which all around is a good thing for her.
03:35 And, the source added, he "definitely cares a lot about Gaga."
03:39 No drama to see here.
03:41 Could "Stupid Love" be about him?
03:44 A week after releasing her single, "Stupid Love," Gaga referenced the romantic, I guess.
03:50 title in a caption for a new selfie with Polanski, "I've got a stupid love."
03:55 It's unclear when Gaga wrote the song, or whether it really is about her new beau, but
04:00 the lyrics do relay a message of finally finding the right person after a long search.
04:05 The first verse goes, "I've got a stupid love."
04:27 the lyrics.