Why Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Never Got Married

October 22, 2022 Updated October 14, 2026 5 min read

The story

Katy Perry, from her Instagram, October 2026. Photo: Instagram / @katyperry

Some engagements end in a wedding, and some end in a very civilized co-parenting arrangement and a family trip to see a bear in a duffle coat. Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom got engaged on Valentine’s Day 2019, planned a wedding in Japan, lost it to the pandemic, and kept saying “later” for six years. In July 2025 their representatives confirmed that later had become never. Here is how the wedding that was always about to happen quietly turned into something else, and why I don’t think that counts as a sad ending.

A Golden Globes party and a first breakup

They met at a Golden Globes party in January 2016. Perry was single after her split from John Mayer; Bloom had separated from Miranda Kerr in 2013. They kept things quiet for most of a year, then announced a break in early 2017, describing it at the time as “respectful, loving and separated space.” By 2018 they were back together, and on February 14, 2019 they posted the engagement on Instagram, her ring held up to the camera like a small trophy.

My read: the 2017 pause is the most important chapter in this story. They had already broken up once and stayed kind about it. That is a skill, and they would need it again.

Orlando Bloom, “everything everywhere all at once”, from his Instagram, September 2026. Photo: Instagram / @orlandobloom

Both had already done the wedding thing

Neither of them was new to the aisle. Perry married Russell Brand in India in October 2010; the marriage was over by 2012. Bloom married Miranda Kerr in 2010, and their son Flynn was born in 2011. Two people who had each said “forever” once, quickly, were understandably in no rush to say it again. I’d call that wisdom rather than cold feet (although in Hollywood the two often wear the same outfit).

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The Japan wedding the pandemic took

The plan was a ceremony in Japan in 2020. In early March 2020 reports said it was on hold because of the coronavirus, and the same week Perry made a different announcement: the video for “Never Worn White,” a song about marrying Bloom, ends with her cradling her baby bump. A wedding song doubling as a pregnancy reveal is very Katy Perry. Daisy Dove Bloom was born on August 26, 2020, and the birth was announced through UNICEF, where both parents are Goodwill Ambassadors.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom with their daughter

After that, the date simply never came back. Perry spent December 2021 to November 2024 on her Las Vegas residency, Play, at Resorts World, then released the album 143 and went on the Lifetimes Tour. Bloom kept filming. To me it looks like two very busy people kept putting off a party, until neither of them really wanted it anymore.

July 2025: the engagement ends, the family doesn’t

After weeks of reports, representatives for both confirmed the split on July 3, 2025. They said the couple had spent “many months” shifting their relationship to focus on co-parenting, that they “will continue to be seen together as a family,” and that their priority was “raising their daughter with love, stability and mutual respect.” In September Bloom told TODAY: “We’re great. We’re going to be great. It’s nothing but love.” Miranda Kerr, his ex-wife, said they had all marked Daisy’s birthday together: “We’re one big, happy family.”

The last shot of Never Worn White: a wedding song that doubled as a pregnancy reveal. Photo: Katy Perry, Never Worn White, official video (still)

They meant it. On December 29, 2025 the two of them took Daisy and Flynn to Paddington: The Musical at the Savoy Theatre in London, and the show’s own Instagram posted photos of them with the cast. Some outlets saw a reunion. I saw two parents who had agreed on a theater, which, as anyone who has tried to book family tickets knows, is harder.

Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau

Perry has moved on publicly. She was first seen with former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal in July 2025. In October, joking with the crowd at the O2 in London that she always falls for Englishmen, she added: “But not anymore.” In December 2025 Japan’s former prime minister Fumio Kishida posted about a lunch with Trudeau and his “partner,” and Trudeau replied: “Katy and I were so glad to have the chance to sit down with you and Yuko.” Perry’s carousel “tokyo times on tour and more” made it Instagram-official. In January 2026 they were photographed in Davos, and on June 8, 2026 they walked their first red carpet together at Tribeca, at the premiere of her concert film Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom during their engagement

So, will there ever be a wedding?

Not between these two. Neither has announced a new engagement, and nothing either of them has said points that way. Anything beyond that is fan fiction.

Here is my take. For six years people asked when Katy Perry would finally wear white for Orlando Bloom, and the honest answer turned out to be: she never would, and they are fine. They skipped the wedding and kept the part that matters, a six-year-old who still gets both parents at the same theater. The song was called “Never Worn White.” It looks like she was telling us all along.

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The rumor

Claims that Perry and Bloom secretly married: no evidence; they never wed.
Reconciliation talk after the December 2025 Paddington outing: neither has said anything to suggest it.
Reports of a Perry-Trudeau engagement: not confirmed by either.

What we know

Engaged February 14, 2019 (both announced on Instagram).
Pregnancy revealed in the Never Worn White video, March 2020; Daisy Dove born August 26, 2020.
Joint statement from reps on July 3, 2025: relationship shifted to co-parenting.
Bloom on TODAY (Sept 2025): "It's nothing but love."
Perry and Justin Trudeau went public in December 2025 and appeared together at Tribeca on June 8, 2026.

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