Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Break Silence on Split After Nine Years

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.’

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom finally broke their silence after a week of swirling speculation that they have called it quits on their romance; pictured 2024 

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. 

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; pictured this March 

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.’