Lady Gaga 'smashed' the 'Joker' movie and feels like 'people criticize her for everything'.

Lady Gaga feels the burn for her highly anticipated film Joker: Folie à Deux received poor reviews and their commitment to Michael Polansky remains under the microscope.

The 38-year-old pop star is “dejected” about starring in the new film Joaquin Phoenix“didn’t get any better reviews,” a source exclusively reports Life & Style. “That was hard to take and really took the wind out of her sails.”

Additionally, the singer, who got engaged to the 46-year-old businessman in April, has friends who “make her life difficult because she's no fun anymore,” the insider reveals.

“They accuse her of turning into an old lady overnight and complain that she doesn’t know how to have a good time anymore,” the source continues. “It's true that she used to be a much bigger party animal, but these days all she wants to do is stay at home and sleep with Michael, and they're not even married yet. On the rare occasions she goes out, she usually leaves it up to him to decide how long they should stay out, which rather irritates her friends.”

All of the “Poker Face” singer's friends “said they felt like the Gaga they knew and loved had been replaced by someone they barely recognized,” the source says. “Of course, Michael will be blamed for this because he is known to be quite a controlling guy who would prefer to have her all to himself.”

However, the insider shares that Gaga “insists that's how she wants to live,” adding, “She hates having to justify herself and defend her relationship. She feels like no matter what she does, people will criticize her.”

Michael and Gaga made their relationship public in December 2019 while celebrating New Year's Eve together in Las Vegas. Although they are relatively private when it comes to their romance, Michael attended Gaga's biggest performances, including the presidential inauguration Joe Biden in 2021 and her performance at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

In an interview with fashion In the song, released last month, the singer opened up about her engagement.

“I kind of thought I was going to have to do this all by myself — forever,” Gaga said. “(But) I don’t have to anymore…”

When they started dating in 2019, it wasn't long before they had to spend the pandemic together at their Malibu home. “It was really special,” she said. “I have been so focused on my career since I was a teenager. And the gift of this time was that I was able to focus entirely on my relationship. I met this completely supportive, loving person who wanted to get to know me – outside of Lady Gaga.

As her album Chromatica Coming out in 2020, it was about an “absolutely terrible time” for her. “I was in a really dark place. I struggled for many years,” she admitted. “But everything started to change (after I met Michael). Because I had a real friend who saw how unhappy I was and why. And he wasn’t afraid to actually hold my hand.”