Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom: A Timeline of Their Relationship

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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom: A Timeline of Their Relationship

A teenage dream! Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s high-profile relationship, which started in January 2016, has included a dance-off, a nude paddleboarding session, a meeting with the pope and just about everything in between. The singer and the actor dated from January 2016 to March 2017 before briefly calling it quits. They were officially back together by February 2018, and one year later, he proposed on Valentine’s Day. While the duo had big plans for their nuptials, they were forced to postpone first in late 2019 because of a problem with the location and then again in early 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Amid their ever-changing wedding plans, Perry announced in March 2020 that she was expecting their first child — a baby girl. “Well, it wasn’t an accident,” she told SiriusXM’s Mikey Piff at the time. “I’m so grateful for everything that I have been able to do and achieve, all the goals I’ve been able to check off my list, the life I’ve lived thus far. I’ve just been trying to create this space in my own life where I’m not running myself too ragged and creating space for something new to happen like this.” [jwplayer zH5ZtB6o-zhNYySv2] Perry added that she and Bloom were “both looking forward to this new interval of life and sharing this.” Their daughter, Daisy Dove, arrived in August 2020. The California native revealed the secret to her relationship with the Brit in September 2019, while also showering her beau with compliments. “He is the kindest soul. He is the kindest man I’ve ever met,” she gushed during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “He shows up and he’s such an encouragement spiritually, emotionally and physically. I do not care to work out and he’s like, ‘Let’s go work out! Let’s go do hot yoga!’ That’s kind of our love language is all things spiritual and working out.” Bloom, for his part, raved to The Sunday Times in March 2020 that Perry is “very surprising.” He elaborated: “She’s witty and smart and intelligent. She’s charismatic, but she’s direct too, and this dynamic was intriguing to me.” Scroll through for a timeline of the couple’s love story so far:

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January 2016

The couple were first linked after they attended back-to-back Golden Globes afterparties together. “Katy and Orlando had a total dance-off — it was the best part of the party,” a source told Us Weekly after CAA’s bash at Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood. “Katy literally dropped to the floor and was waving her booty around, beckoning Orlando.”

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January 2016

Perry and Bloom saw a production of The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey in Culver City, California, and posed for a photo backstage with the show’s star James Lecesne.

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May 2016

After Us confirmed that the pair were hooking up, they tried to avoid being spotted together inside the amfAR Gala during the Cannes Film Festival in France. They even went so far as to sit at different — but adjacent — tables. Still, an eyewitness told Us that Perry and Bloom turned around and whispered to each other.

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May 2016

The “Roar” singer made her new romance official on Instagram when she shared a hilarious photo of herself and the Pirates of the Caribbean star sprawled on the steps of Cannes’ Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc. “we cannes’t,” she captioned the post.

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August 2016

Bloom made headlines for going nude while paddleboarding with Perry on vacation in Italy. “It was extremely surprising,” he later told Elle UK about being photographed in his birthday suit. “I wouldn’t have put myself in that position if I’d thought it would happen.”

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October 2016

The lovebirds turned heads on Halloween when the Grammy nominee dressed as Hillary Clinton and the actor stepped out as Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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January 2017

Perry and Bloom debuted their matching, newly dyed blond hair. It didn’t last long, though. Just a few weeks later, the Lord of the Rings star returned to his natural brown color.

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March 2017

Us broke the news that the duo pressed pause on their romance. “Orlando and Katy are taking respectful, loving space at this time,” their reps said in an exclusive statement to Us. Two days later, Perry tweeted, “U can still b friends & love ur former partners!”

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June 2017

The American Idol judge ranked her famous exes’ performances in bed during her 72-hour YouTube livestream. From best to worst, she said John Mayer, Bloom and Diplo.

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August 2017

Perry and Bloom reunited and took a motorcycle ride to Ed Sheeran’s L.A. concert. A month later, she said on SiriusXM’s The Morning Mashup, “I think people are in and out of your life. It’s nice to keep people you love around you.”

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February 2018

Us exclusively revealed that the couple were officially back together. Perry later told Entertainment Tonight, “I have been spoken for … and I’m very happy!”

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March 2018

The “California Gurls” songstress swooned over a photo of her boyfriend’s abs on Instagram. “Oh hey! I was actually looking for a washboard to do me laundry on,” she commented.

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April 2018

Perry and Bloom met Pope Francis during the United to Cure conference at the Vatican in Italy. Earlier in the day, she called the actor her “darling” on Instagram.

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September 2018

After dating on and off for more than two years, the pair finally made their red carpet debut together at the Gala for the Global Ocean in Monaco.

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October 2018

A source told Us that “getting engaged is definitely a possibility in the future” for Perry and Bloom. “Obviously, they’re both very busy, but they prioritize communicating and working their schedules around each other,” the insider added. “They are very much in love, so an engagement wouldn’t be a surprise.” A second source noted that the couple are “also planning for a little one.” (Bloom already shares son Flynn with ex-wife Miranda Kerr, to whom he was married from 2010 to 2013.)

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February 2019

Bloom proposed to Perry on Valentine's Day, the "I Kissed a Girl" singer's mom, Mary Hudson, announced via Facebook. Perry confirmed the news by showing off her pink engagement ring via Instagram. "Full bloom," she captioned a selfie of the couple with red heart balloons in the background. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor shared the same picture on his Instagram page and wrote, "Lifetimes."

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April 2019

Perry revealed to Us exclusively that watching American Idol has become a family affair on the weekends. “Orlando, myself, my sister, my parents, my brother … it’s like cuddling up with the kids, and we usually watch Idol on Sunday night and have dinner,” she said.

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July 2019

The Carnival Row actor and his fiancée are always looking for ways to make their relationship as strong as possible. "You have to do the ground work together, create a feeling of trust and safety so that you can spend time apart and do everything that you need to do, and still feel tethered to that person," Bloom said at the Television Critics’ Association’s press tour.

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September 2019

The “Never Really Over” singer opened up about how helping her fiancé with his son, Flynn, has helped her finally grow up. “I guess this has definitely matured me. I guess this is adulting,” she said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “I used to not wake up until 11 a.m. and now I’m in bed like a normal person at 10 p.m., just, like, falling asleep.”

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November 2019

The “Teenage Dream” singer brought Bloom and 60 friends to Egypt to ring in her 35th birthday and marvel at the Pyramids of Giza. “It’s like looking out over the entire cosmos — Egyptian magic got my heart open to a download of love for my Scorpio’s wonder women both celebrating their #birthday,” the Lord of the Rings star wrote on Instagram.

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December 2019

After a source told Us exclusively in October 2019 that the pair were hoping to tie the knot by the end of the year, a second insider revealed that Bloom and the Grammy nominee were forced to reschedule. “They changed the timing due to the location they want,” the source said at the time. “They’re going to have one local wedding party, and the other will be a destination wedding party.”

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January 2020

Perry explained to Vogue India that she and her partner “pull the poison” out of each other in order to thrive. “I’ve never had a partner who was willing to go on an emotional and spiritual journey like Orlando,” the Brit Award winner said. “It’s challenging, because you’re facing all the things you don’t like about yourself. It’s like a never-ending cleanse.”

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January 2020

In celebration of Bloom's 43rd birthday, Perry gushed via Instagram, "I am in constant awe and wonder of how such a loving/kind/compassionate/supportive/talented/deeply spiritual/did I mention incredibly good looking/James Bond of a human being can actually exist in the flesh! There’s a reason why all animals and children run straight into his arms... It’s his heart, so pure. I love you Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom. Happiest 43rd year."

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March 2020

Perry announced in the music video for her song "Never Worn White" that she and Bloom are expecting their first child together. The pregnant star revealed her baby bump at the end of the visual and later confirmed on Instagram Live that she is due in the summer.

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March 2020

Perry admitted that her romance with Bloom is not perfect. “There’s a lot of friction between my partner and I,” she explained during an episode of On Air With Ryan Seacrest. “But that friction breeds something beautiful. It can breed a lot of light.” 

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April 2020

“It’s a girl,” the “Smile” songstress captioned an Instagram photo of the Screen Actors Guild Award winner with pink frosting on his face.  

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April 2020

Us exclusively reported that their relationship had “changed since she got pregnant.” According to a source, “Orlando and her are having some ups and downs right now. Katy is dealing with the nerves of being a first-time parent, and Orlando is stressing about having a baby in their lives at this time.” 

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May 2020

Perry confessed that things were not always smooth as they quarantined together during the coronavirus pandemic. “He’s seen it all and, God bless him, he’s still here which is amazing and commendable because I have definitely tested him,” she told SiriusXM’s Hits 1 n chill. “[I’ve] been like, ‘Oh, yeah? Oh, yeah, you think you can handle me? Let’s see it.’” 

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June 2020

The “Small Talk” singer reflected on her 2017 breakup from Bloom. “My career was on this trajectory when it was going up, up and up and then I had the smallest shift, not that huge from an outside perspective. But for me it was seismic,” she said on the Canadian radio show Q on CBC. “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 and the record didn’t get me high anymore. … The validation didn’t get me high, and so I just crashed.” 

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August 2020

Perry opened up about the evolution of her romance. “We have been through f—king hell,” she told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “We have been down to the mat and come back up again so far. … Now it’s a relationship, but it’s work. Dating is different than real relationships. You’ve got to make a choice every day to be in this relationship and to work hard on yourself with someone that’s mirroring you so intensely. Like, he doesn’t let me rest. He’s not Katy Perry’s biggest fan. He’s here for Katheryn Hudson. He’s here for building.”

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August 2020

Perry and Bloom announced on August 26, 2020, that they were “floating with love and wonder” after welcoming their daughter, Daisy Dove.

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October 2020

Bloom joked about how their life has changed as new parents amid the coronavirus pandemic as Perry celebrated her 36th birthday on October 25. "Happy Birthday my love," he captioned four pics on Instagram. "Oh the places we’ll go..." The post began with a photo of them in Egypt seeing the pyramids and ended with the pair reclining in bed together, with Perry smiling, sans makeup. He also shared a video to the birthday girl from Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen), calling it her "dream come true birthday message."

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November 2020

“Orlando has made Daisy his priority and slashed a lot of his work time to stay home for the holidays,” a source exclusively told Us in November 2020, noting the British actor is “super involved” with the couple’s daughter. “Orlando is so happy about being a new dad again. He has been doing the night feeds and helping out however he can.” The insider added that Perry and Bloom have grown “closer” since welcoming Daisy.

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November 2020

The Carnival Row star announced in November 2020 that the couple adopted a new puppy named Buddy after the loss of Bloom’s dog, Mighty, four months prior. “Nothing can replace Mighty man, but fostering this little guy has really filled my heart,” he wrote via Instagram at the time. “If you’ve never fostered or are considering, I’d highly recommend it — it leaves two beings better off & remember what they say never judge a book by its cover.”

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January 2021

The “Chained to the Rhythm” singer wore an ‘80s rock star wig alongside her love to ring in the new year. “Hello 2021,” Bloom captioned the dress-up snap via Instagram in January 2021.

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January 2021

“Happiest 44th to my love, brilliant father of my Dove & a shimmering mirror that sees and reflects to me what I can’t yet see,” the “E.T.” singer captioned a series of photos of the pair in celebration of Bloom’s birthday in January 2021. “Thank you for always going back down to the mat with me and never tapping out ... So glad my moon found its sun, love you whole world doe♥️.”

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June 2021

The duo snuggled up to each other while exploring Venice, Italy, in June 2021. “🍕dump and a kiss under the bridge for good luck 🍀,” Bloom captioned a series of photos from the Italian getaway, including one of the pair kissing under a bridge and riding a gondola.
Perry also posted snaps from the couple’s romantic trip, highlighting a visit to a glass blowing warehouse, a ride on a boat with her puppy and the city’s famous canals.

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June 2021

The couple made their first onscreen appearance together in a short film called Transmissions From the Future. The video was produced to raise awareness about the For the People Act, which would expand voting rights across the United States and change campaign finance laws, among other things. In the movie, the pair played older citizens from the year 2055 warning people in the past to "save democracy while you can." Bloom also gave a shoutout to the duo's then-9-month-old daughter, saying, "Tell Daisy we love her."

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July 2021

Perry and Bloom packed on the PDA while soaking in the views at the Six Senses Kaplankaya resort in Turkey. “♥️ infinity & beyond♥️,” the musician captioned the vacation snaps. 

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August 2021

When Bloom shared a handful of snaps from the couple's summer getaway in Italy, the "Never Really Over" songstress couldn't help but notice something was left out of the upload. "You forgot to tag me daddy," she commented.

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August 2021

"I love her," Kerr gushed of Perry in an August 2021 "Moments With Candace Parker" podcast episode, saying that she likes the singer "more" than Bloom. "He's, like, to me right now, a brother. And most of the time, an annoying brother. So she helps me deal with him. And I'm so grateful that she's there because it takes the pressure off me."

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September 2021

The pair couldn't keep their eyes off one another while attending Variety's Power of Women event.

During the event, the American Idol judge called up her beau to help her “undo my corset” ahead of her musical performance. Bloom, for his part, hustled onto the stage to loosen her shapewear as Perry noted, “Pull it all the way down. I have [a] girdle in here. All the way down!”

 After the Lord of the Rings actor unzipped her ball gown, he gave her a quick kiss on her shoulder and returned to his seat.

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October 2021

The Elizabethtown actor shared a sweet tribute to his love for her 37th birthday. "We do life we do love and it’s fun," he wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of the duo enjoying dessert. "I’ll celebrate you today and everyday. I love you."

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December 2021

“Yesterday he was shooting something and he was in full armor. We talked about the costumes and the makeup,” the “Roar” singer told E! News on December 17. “Or I'll have a fitting going to something, he'll ask me for notes and I'll show him this. It's fun. We tell each other the truth. I’m like ‘Babe, don't wear that. You look like, something, don't.'"

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January 2022

“There’s a new act on the #vegas strip,” Bloom wrote via Instagram after his fiancée kicked off her Las Vegas residency. “@katyperry so proud of you. Let’s all go #play 🍄🚀 HNY❤️.”

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January 2022

The "When I'm Gone" singer celebrated Bloom's birthday with a sweet Instagram tribute. "Happiest 45th to the kindest, deepest, most soulful, sexy & strong man I know," she wrote. "Thank you for being a constant compass, an unwavering anchor and bringing joi [sic] de vivre into every room you walk in. You are the love and light of my life. I thank my lucky stars for you and our darling dd."

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February 2022

After being spotted wearing a gold band on her left ring finger, the singer denied that the couple already had a wedding ceremony.

"Well, no. It's a destination location," Perry said on Australia's Kyle and Jackie O Show in February 2022 about their nuptial plans. "We're still trying for it to work out. But every couple of months it's like, new variant! New variant! New variant!"

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May 2022

Perry gushed about the way her fiancé helps her find balance during an appearance on the "Dear Chelsea" podcast. "I always say when he walks into the room he has this joie de vivre to him and some people ask, 'What is this guy on?'" she explained. "He's just really got this happy, posi[tive] vibes and I'm a little bit more heady and prone to depression in some ways — and so it's good for me to be around him because he gets me out of my head a little bit."

The singer added that it was Bloom's kindness that drew her to him — and made her feel confident about starting a family with him. "I got to see what a great dad he was with his first child, Flynn, who is now 11. So that definitely, primally influenced me [to want kids] — something inside of me said, 'You, mid-30s. This man is nice. Must breed,'" she joked. "He is a kind man."

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July 2022

Bloom shared a selection of photos that showed off his shirtless workouts in Australia, and his love couldn't help but make a joke about getting a little too hot and bothered. "Babe where did you put the cortisone cream," Perry commented via Instagram. "I have a heat rash."

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August 2022

After being asked if she and Bloom were planning on having more children, Perry hinted another baby could be in the couple's future.

“I’m a planner … so we’ll see,” the "Firework" singer told People.

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October 2022

“Every time I blow a candle out I always wish for you,” Perry wrote via Instagram alongside a snap of her holding onto Bloom and Daisy’s hands on her 38th birthday. “38 and grateful ♥️🎂.”

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October 2022

"Right now, Katy especially feels like she has her hands full. Wedding planning isn't her focus right now. It hasn't been No. 1 on their list,” a source exclusively told Us of the couple’s wedding plans. “Orlando and Katy both see it as a ceremony and aren't in a rush to get married. They have a much deeper and connected relationship than they did before.” 

The twosome feel “more like a team” since welcoming Daisy. “They have different priorities than before,” the insider explained. “Having this big wedding isn't as important — they see themselves as practically already being married."

When it comes to expanding their family, the source told Us that Perry and Bloom haven’t ruled out a second child.

"They're not taking any steps to prevent kids, but they're not actively trying for another one,” the insider said, noting that the musician “doesn't want to walk down [the] aisle pregnant,” per the source. “They're not against having another baby, though. They're just simply focused on Daisy."

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December 2022

The couple celebrated the holiday season in Tokyo. “Happy merriment 🎄🕊️love to all ❤️,” Bloom captioned a carousal of images from the trip.

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February 2023

Despite their goofiness together, Bloom got candid about his and Perry’s relationship struggles in an interview with Flaunt Magazine.

Stating that they are in “two very different pools” in terms of their career success, the Carnival Row star explained, “Her pool is not a pool that I necessarily understand, and I think my pool is not a pool that she necessarily understands.”

He continued, “Sometimes things are really, really, really, challenging. I won’t lie. We definitely battle with our emotions and creativity, [but] I think we’re both aware of how blessed we are to have uniquely connected in the way that we did at the time that we did, and there’s definitely never a dull moment.”

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March 2023

Perry revealed during an American Idol event in New York City that she was “five weeks sober” after making a “pact” with her fiancé. She noted that she wouldn’t “cave” because she made a “promise” with Bloom to be alcohol free for three months.

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April 2023

Perry offered fans rare insight into how she and Bloom keep their romance running smoothly after so many years together. "Orlando and I’s initials are O.K.," the "Wide Awake" songstress, 38, wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of herself and her fiancé. "We continuously put in the work to make sure they aren’t 🚨K.O.🚨. Find yourself a partner that will go down to the mat with you and get back up every time. I love you my fighter @orlandobloom 🥊♥️."

Bloom replied in the comments section, writing: "I love you and our love ❤️ bombs💥wouldn’t have it any other way 😍."

For the couple's location, Perry tagged "The Hoffman Process," which is a week-long therapy retreat designed to help participants identify and overcome negative behaviors and thought patterns. Both she and Bloom have completed the treatment, and Perry has credited it with "profoundly" changing her life.