Singer, Katy Perry was recently seen dining with Justin Trudeau, Canada’s former Prime Minister. The outing was reported by TMZ, and it comes after the time the singer broke up with Orlando Bloom, with whom she was together for seven years. For the unversed, it was in 2019 that Katy and Orlando got engaged after their on-and-off dating period. They had to postpone their wedding because of COVID-19. Katy and Orlando were blessed with a daughter whom they named, Daisy Dove Bloom in 2020. However, strain in their long-standing relationship was reported in 2025.
Katy and Orlando’s relationship looked like some modern-day fairytale. Although after being engaged for six years and dating for nine years, the pair called it quits. Sources close to US Weekly revealed that the breakup was expected for a long time as the pair was spending time separately when Perry went on her Lifetime tour in May 2025. Reasons such as unmet expectations, emotional strains developed in their relationship. For the unversed, Orlando was earlier married to supermodel, Miranda Kerr, with whom he has a son. Katy Perry was married for a short time to comedian, Russell Brand. Here’s everything you need to know about Katy and Orlando’s relationship timeline and why their engagement broke off.
How did it all start for Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom?
Katy and Orlando had met back in 2016 at the Golden Globes after-party. They aggressively flirted with one another, with their romance lasting for a few months. The former pair then vacationed and faced the first snag of their relationship in 2017. Page Six back then had confirmed that the former pair had taken a break, and after being on and off, they reunited in 2018. Katy wanted to make things work, and they again solidified their relationship at the Global Ocean Gala.
When Katy Perry first addressed breaking up with Orlando Bloom
Well, it was in 2016 that the former pair went Instagram official when Katy and Orlando spent a lot of time in France. She had captioned the snaps as, “We cannes’t” before Orlando proposed to Katy in 2019. It was in 2017 when Katy and Orlando wanted space, and she had tweeted about being friends and loving your former partners. It was in 2020 when Katy Perry, in an interview with SiriusXM’s CBC Radio One, shared that she almost wanted to end her life after her breakup and shared:
“I had broken up with my boyfriend, who is now my baby-daddy-to-be, and then I was excited about flying high off the next record. But the validation did not make me high, and so I just crashed.”
It was in 2019 that Katy and Orlando got engaged after having a few months of romantic bliss. She had shown off in a close-up selfie with Bloom her massive close-up diamond flower ring, and Orlando, in his caption, wrote, ‘Lifetimes’, while Katy wrote, “Full Bloom”. It was on March 5, 2020, when Katy revealed of expecting her first baby, a daughter with Orlando and confirmed the same during the music video launch of Never Worn White.
Why did Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom end their engagement?
It was in July 2025 when US Weekly reported that Orlando and Katy had separated after being together for almost seven years. The split was amicable as things were getting difficult between the duo. According to a report by People, the former pair lived in stress due to their highly prolific careers. Love was not enough for them. Katy’s long, extensive Lifetime global tour in Australia made Orlando take their child, Daisy’s responsibility alone.
According to a US Weekly report, Katy was stressed after the release of her album, 143. There was a communication gap cropping up, which made it hard for them to agree on disagreements. Reportedly, they did not want to create history with marriage as both had failed experiences. They had also undergone couples therapy to make things work, but it failed. The representatives of Bloom and Perry in the joint statement to US Weekly shared:
“Due to the abundance of recent interest and conversation surrounding Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry’s relationship, representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting. The couple intend to be seen together as a family, prioritising their daughter’s upbringing with “love, stability and mutual respect.”
Katy Perry and Orlando’s relationship and separation is proof that anyone can mend things without animosity. They ended their love story with maturity.
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