After endless speculation and cryptic social media activity, Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry have finally addressed their split.
The Lord of the Rings actor, 48, began dating Teenage Dream pop star Katy, 40, in 2016, and they share a daughter, Daisy Dove, born in 2020.
While they’ve been pretty rock solid for a while as far as the public is concerned—not counting their brief split in 2017—recently rumours have been swirling that they’ve parted ways.
As a result, fans have been paying very close attention to the actions of both stars (such as Katy’s obvious tears on stage at her final tour show) and what they’re posting online.
And while neither Katy nor Orlando has explicitly commented on the reports themselves, their representatives have now issued a statement.
They told Us Weekly: ‘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 coparenting.’
They continued: ‘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.’
This marks the first official comment from their camps on the matter and follows a multi-layered post from Orlando hinting at ‘loneliness’.
Taking to Instagram, where he boasts seven million followers, Orlando reposted a carousel of quotes from Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist Carl Jung yesterday.
Among the pics was the quote: ‘Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself.’
It didn’t take long for Orlando’s followers to take notice of the words, theorising that they could have a deeper meaning for him.
‘You are not alone😢😢😢’, wrote @sate_058.’
‘Preach. it’s nice to sit down to think about things like this. Good for the brain 🙌💙’, commented @orlandobloomhq.
‘We in our therapy era 👏’, added @mhapriso.
June 26 was when US outlet People seemingly confirmed that Orlando and Katy were not together anymore.
That same day, the movie star jetted to Italy for the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, where he rubbed shoulders with fellow A-list guests, such as the Kardashians and Sydney Sweeney.
Meanwhile, it has always been believed that their young daughter is both Orlando and Katy’s priority as they navigate the huge life change, as echoed in their new message to the press.
Sources have claimed that the former couple ‘had to admit’ they would be better parents to their four-year-old if they weren’t a couple.
Another insider said: ‘At a certain point, they had to admit it’s better for Daisy to see their parents separately, then she won’t grow up feeling the tension and animosity.’
The Dark Horse hitmaker and her former husband-to-be, who proposed in 2019, now want to ‘protect’ their ‘angel’ daughter against ‘anything adverse’.
‘They are there for Daisy and have been,’ added the source. ‘They want to keep a friendly relationship so each can be around her separately or together.’
However, some reckon Orlando is already looking to start afresh, as he reposted another motivational quote the other day about ‘new beginnings’.
From the account @taomeditations, it read: ‘Each day is a new beginning. What we do today is what matters most.’
As for Katy, fans have noticed she’s ditched her dazzling engagement ring on public outings.
Her absence from Orlando’s side at the Bezos wedding also set alarm bells off, despite him continuing to ‘like’ her Insta posts.
Over the years, Orlando and Katy have become one of showbusiness’s hottest couples—and they certainly haven’t been shy in sharing the more intimate details about their relationship.
Who could forget Katy’s Call Her Daddy podcast interview last year, in which she confessed she’d perform oral sex on her man if he washed the dishes?
On a less explicit note, though, she has spoken about her love for him, such as her interview on SiriusXM mid-pandemic.
‘What I have actually learned, some of the positive… because he’s seen it all, and God bless him, he’s still here,’ she said of quarantining together.
‘It’s amazing and commendable. I have definitely tested him, like… “Oh, yeah, you think you can handle me?”‘
In a previous post for his first Father’s Day, she also described him as ‘the healer of [her] heart and the giver of my greatest gift’.
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