Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom split six years after getting engaged

Representatives of both Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have announced the couple have ended their relationship after weeks of speculation. Widespread rumours have suggested that the couple split after nine years together, and an official statement shared on Friday confirmed the news. “Representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting,” it read.

“They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is - and always will be raising their daughter with love, stability, and mutual respect.”

The pair began dating in 2016 after meeting at a Golden Globes afterparty and welcomed a child together in 2020 named Daisy Dove. Bloom also has a 13-year-old son, Flynn, with ex-wife Miranda Kerr.

They had previously split for about a year in 2017, and announced they were taking “respectful but loving space”, with Bloom later proposing in 2019 after they rekindled their bond. Neither Bloom, 48, or Perry, 40, have directly addressed the break-up directly but have hinted that they are no longer a couple.

On Thursday (3 July), Bloom posted a screenshot on his Instagram Stories of an article about psychiatrist Carl Jung, highlighting one of his quotes in a separate post. It read: “Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself.”

Bloom posted another quote in a follow-up post: “We are not what happened to us, we are what we choose to become.” Meanwhile, Perry took the stage at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Monday (30 June) for the last show in Australia on her Lifetimes World Tour. In a fan-shared video on X, Perry, visibly emotional, formed her hands into a heart shape as tears welled in her eyes. “Thank you for always being there for me, Australia. It means the world,” she told the audience, before taking a deep breath. “Now let’s sing ‘Firework!’” Bloom and Perry’s reported breakup came not long after the latter faced ridicule for some of her stunts and dance moves during her world tour.

She was also criticised for taking part in an April Blue Origin voyage, which saw her join five other women for an 11-minute space flight. Bloom, whose credits include The Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean film series, was recently in Venice, Italy for the lavish wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez. Bloom, who is from Canterbury, England, is best known for his roles as the elf Legolas in “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” films as well as Will Turner in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series.

Born and raised in California, the 13-time Grammy Award nominee Perry helped usher in the sound of ‘00s pop, quickly becoming one of the bestselling artists of all time for her campy, big, belting anthems. She has released seven studio albums, most notably 2010’s sugar-sweet “Teenage Dream.”

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