Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom finally broke their silence after a week of swirling speculation that they have called it quits on their romance.
The pair began dating in 2016 and got engaged on Valentine’s Day 2019, before welcoming their four-year-old daughter Daisy Dove into the world.
After the couple were trailed by rumors about the state of their relationship, it was widely reported Wednesday that they have gone their separate ways.
Pouring fuel on the fire, Orlando, 48, went alone to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s star-studded wedding in Venice last Friday, with Katy in Australia on tour.
Orlando shared a cryptic Instagram post about ‘loneliness’ and ‘darkness’ this week, while Katy was seen breaking down in tears onstage at her last Australian show.
Now, representatives for the pair have confirmed to DailyMail.com that ‘Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting. 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.’
Last week, a source told Us Weekly: ‘Katy and Orlando have split but are amicable,’ while also adding that the separation has been ‘not contentious’ thus far.
‘Katy is of course upset but is relieved to not have to go through another divorce, as that was the worst time in her life.’
The Teenage Dream hitmaker – who is currently embarking on her Lifetimes Tour – was previously married to Russell Brand from 2010 until their divorce in 2012.
The insider further added that the reported breakup had been ‘a long time coming’ and that their relationship had also been ‘tense for months.’
In the wake of the separation, Orlando whisked himself away to Venice to attend the star-studded nuptials between Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez this past weekend.
Katy, who had been a guest at Lauren’s bachelorette party in Paris and was also one of the bride’s fellow passengers on the controversial all-female Blue Origin space flight launched by Jeff, was not in attendance.
When it emerged that Orlando was going to the wedding alone, Katy’s absence was explained away as a scheduling conflict with her Lifetimes tour in Australia.
At the wedding, Orlando was spotted mingling with a number of celebrities, including Kim Kardashian and Sydney Sweeney.
Fresh from three days partying at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Venice wedding extravaganza, Orlando headed on board Ritz-Carlton’s gleaming 794ft Luminara for its inaugural cruise from Rome.
Orlando was also recently spotted cozying up to Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend, Vittoria Ceretti, during a water taxi ride as they headed to the airport following the Amazon founder’s wedding this past weekend.
During one of the early shows of her Lifetimes Tour in Mexico City this April, Katy had been seen sobbing while singing her song Pearl about leaving a troubled romance.
This week, after news had spread of her split from Orlando, she once again fought back tears while addressing a concert audience in Adelaide, holding her hands in the shape of a heart and saying: ‘Thank you, Australia, for always being there for me.’
Orlando meanwhile shared cryptic social media posts about ‘loneliness’ and ‘darkness,’ intensifying the speculation about his relationship status.
One of his uploads was a bowdlerized quote by the late psychiatrist Carl Jung, reading: ‘Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself.’
Orlando posted another quote, this one also by Jung, that read: ‘Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.’
Two days before the split went public, DailyMail.com reported the couple were renting out their $30 million Montecito mansion to Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger.
Katy and Orlando were also said to have been living apart ever since the kickoff of the Lifetimes Tour this April, according to an Us Weekly source.
The duo were first linked when they attended a Golden Globes afterparty together in January 2016, and have been on-and-off in the intervening years.
Early in their romance, they hit the headlines when Orlando was spotted completely naked during a paddle-boarding romp with Katy in Sardinia.
They broke up in 2017 but had reignited their romance by the following year, and on Valentine’s Day 2019 he proposed with what appeared to be a more than 4-carat ring – one thought to be worth $5 million, according to E! News.
In 2020 they welcomed their daughter Daisy, who is Katy’s first child and Orlando’s second, as he also shares his son Flynn, 14, with his ex-wife Miranda Kerr.
In June 2021, she and Bloom made their first on-screen appearance together when they collaborated on the short film Transmissions From The Future.
In the film, they played elder citizens from the year 2055 warning people from the past to ‘save democracy while you can’ to raise awareness about the For the People Act, which would expand voting rights in America and change campaign finance laws.
During their appearance, they also gave a shoutout to their daughter, then just nine months old, and said: ‘Tell Daisy we love her.’
Last month, People claimed Perry’s poorly performing album 143 had caused ‘tension’ in her relationship with her fiancé.
The singer’s seventh studio album was released in September 2024 and received a largely negative response from fans and critics alike, who claimed the record sounds as if it was ‘generated through AI.’2
‘The rumors of a rough patch are true, but it’s not at the point of no return,’ an insider previously told DailyMail.com. ‘They know they must fix things, and they both want to figure it out.
‘They haven’t been able to sit down and work on some of their issues. A breakup isn’t imminent, but they both know that they should focus on their relationship before it does become too late.’
‘Katy was deeply frustrated following the reception of her new album. It made her very stressed,’ a source told the outlet earlier this month.
‘Orlando was understanding, but it did cause some tension,’ the insider added.
Another source shared: ‘She was also disappointed in some of the tour reviews. It’s put stress on their relationship.’
Meanwhile, an insider recently told DailyMail.com: ‘Katy has been through it the last few months.
‘Leaving American Idol, releasing her lackluster album, the debacle over her space mission, and her struggling tour have been disappointing and stressful,’ the insider said.
‘There aren’t many people she can dump her emotions on, but obviously she can with Orlando. But with his work and juggling parenting, life as of late has put a strain on their relationship,’ the source added.
