- Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry met in January 2016 and got engaged on Valentine’s Day in 2019.
- Perry told Vogue India they’re on a “spiritual journey” together: “Orlando is like a sage. When we first met, he said we would pull the poison out of each other, and we really do.”
- Perry revealed that she’s pregnant with the couple’s first child in a music video for “Never Worn White.”
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In 2019, Orlando Bloom celebrated Valentine’s Day with the ultimate romantic gesture: He proposed to Katy Perry, and she said yes.
Their upcoming nuptials will mark each of their second marriages. Bloom shares a son with his ex-wife, supermodel Miranda Kerr, while Perry was briefly married to comedian Russell Brand.
While Bloom and Perry have kept their ups and downs fairly private, they have notched some public milestones over the last three years. Here’s a complete timeline of their relationship.
They were first spotted together in January 2016 when they hit it off at the Golden Globes.
Bloom and Perry were photographed getting very close at CAA’s 2016 Golden Globes after party. Anonymous attendees told Us Weekly that the two were also seen dancing together.
"Katy and Orlando Bloom had a total dance-off - it was the best part of the party," one source said. "Katy literally dropped to the floor and was waving her booty around, beckoning Orlando."
Perry later told Jimmy Kimmel that she and Bloom hit it off at the awards ceremony.
"We bonded over an In-N-Out burger about three years [ago] at the Golden Globes. He stole one off of my table," she said in 2019. "He took it, and I was like, 'Wait! Who - oh, you're so hot. Fine, take it!' And then I saw him at a party, and I was like, 'How are those onions resting on your molars?' He's like, 'I like you.'"
They were both at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2016, but didn't arrive to any public events together.
After Us Weekly confirmed their "fun hookup thing" in February and they were spotted at Coachella together in April, Bloom and Perry appeared to purposefully avoid each other in public.
An anonymous attendee of the amfAR Gala at the Cannes Film Festival, which took place on May 19, 2016, told Us Weekly that Bloom and Perry would whisper to each other from adjacent tables throughout the evening - but the in-house photographers "were advised not to take any pictures of the pair when they were chatting."
They became "Instagram official" on May 20, 2016.
It appears that Bloom and Perry spent more time together in France than paparazzi and photographers were able to capture.
When Perry posted a photo of the couple in Cannes on Instagram, many took it to be an official confirmation of their relationship.
The couple had their first scandal in August 2016.
The two were photographed paddleboarding while on vacation together in Italy - and Bloom made headlines for going nude.
"It was extremely surprising," he later told ELLE UK about the photos. "I wouldn't have put myself in that position if I'd thought it would happen."
They wore coordinating Halloween costumes in October 2016.
Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Perry dressed as Hillary Clinton and Michael Kives dressed as Bill Clinton. Bloom dressed as a "Trump troll."
In February 2017, Bloom and Perry announced they would be taking "respectful, loving space" apart.
On February 28, 2017, amid rampant breakup reports, representatives for the two stars confirmed their split to "Entertainment Tonight": "Before rumors or falsifications get out of hand, we can confirm that Orlando and Katy are taking respectful, loving space at this time."
Two days later, Perry tweeted, "U can still b friends & love ur former partners!"
Three years later, Perry told SiriusXM's CBC Radio One that she was close to suicide after their breakup, which coincided with the rollout of her fifth album, "Witness."
"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," Perry said. "But the validation did not make me high, and so I just crashed."
The "break" seemed more permanent in June 2017.
During her 72-hour YouTube livestream to promote her upcoming album, Perry ranked her exes' performances in bed. When she ranked John Mayer above Bloom (and Diplo last), it certainly seemed that she and Bloom were done.
They were spotted together again in August 2017 — but Perry appeared to shut down reconciliation rumors.
Fans were divided over their relationship status when Bloom and Perry were seen attending Ed Sheeran's concert together.
Less than one month later, Perry addressed the reported reconciliation on Sirius XM.
"I think people are in and out of your life. It's nice to keep people you love around you," she said. "For me, it's never so extreme. So, when you get older, lines get blurred. And you know what, I'm really busy. I'm about to go on tour for another year."
Bloom told ELLE UK in November 2017 that he and Perry were "friends."
"It's good. We're all grown-up," he said. "She happens to be someone who is very visible, but I don't think anybody cares what I'm up to. Nor should they. It's between us."
In April 2018, Bloom and Perry were officially back on.
Amid reports of their reunion and flirty social media exchanges - which included Perry tagging Bloom in a flirty Instagram story - the singer confirmed in an interview with "Entertainment Tonight" that she was in a relationship.
"I have been spoken for and speak for myself," she said, "and I'm very happy!"
Just days later, Bloom accompanied Perry on a visit to Rome, where she was scheduled to be one of the speakers at the United to Cure event.
Perry called Bloom "my darling" in a video of the two on their way to the Vatican, where they met Pope Francis side-by-side.
They made their red carpet debut in September 2018.
The couple attended the Gala for the Global Ocean together in Monte-Carlo, Monaco on September 26, 2018.
In early December 2018, Perry outbid a fan to win a date with her own boyfriend.
The pop star was performing at One Love Malibu, a fundraiser held at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas, California, for those affected by the Woolsey Fire. She auctioned off a date with Bloom, which would include a motorcycle ride and lunch.
"You're holding him in a way that I am not excited about," she said when encouraging fans to bid for the prize. "You're holding his pecs and his six-pack - and it's so glorious. … You get to hold on to Orlando for about 45 minutes … and then, you get to stare into his brown eyes!"
The bidding reached $20,000 thanks to one excited fan named Laura, but Perry wasn't having it.
"Laura, I'm sorry. I'm buying it for $50,000," she said, before dropping the microphone and walking off stage.
Fans were divided over the gesture and couldn't decide if it was sweet or annoying.
Later that month, Bloom posted their shared holiday card.
Bloom posted a photo of a holiday card that included Perry's name; the name of Bloom's son, Flynn; and the names of all their pets. The couple also announced their pledge to reduce their use of plastic.
They got engaged on February 14, 2019.
Both stars posted the same close-up couple shot on Instagram, featuring a massive flower-shaped pink diamond on Perry's left ring finger.
Bloom wrote, "Lifetimes," while Perry captioned her post, "full bloom."
Perry's mother posted (and later deleted) photos of the couple apparently at a Valentine's Day-themed engagement party. "Look who got engaged on Valentine's Day!!" she reportedly captioned the images on Facebook.
Three months later, Perry shared details about the elaborate proposal during an interview with Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp.
"It was Valentine's Day and I had to work that day," she said. "I just remember meeting him at dinner at this place, this Italian restaurant, because when I get a pass, I just want to stuff my face with pasta."
"So I get there and, I mean, he's like clean-shaven. He's not wearing tennis shoes. I'm like, 'Ah s---, something is going down!'" Perry continued. "I got on a helicopter and he asked me to marry him, and then we landed on this building and then went downstairs and my family and friends were there and the most flowers you've ever seen."
In August 2019, Bloom said they're in no rush to tie the knot.
"It's important to me that we are aligned - I've been married and divorced and I don't want to do it again," Bloom said during an appearance on Today. "And we're both fully aware of that. She's remarkable and so I'm always so impressed with that and I'm encouraged."
Perry opened up about their relationship for the January 2020 issue of Vogue India.
In her Vogue India cover story, Perry called Bloom "an anchor who holds me down" and "very real."
"He's not the number one fan of Katy Perry, but he's the number one fan of Katheryn Hudson," she told the magazine.
"Orlando is like a sage. When we first met, he said we would pull the poison out of each other, and we really do," she continued. "It's exhausting, but we really hold each other accountable. I've never had a partner who was willing to go on an emotional and spiritual journey like Orlando. It's challenging, because you're facing all the things you don't like about yourself. It's like a never-ending cleanse."
On March 5, 2020, Perry revealed that she's pregnant with the couple's first child.
Perry revealed her pregnancy in the music video for a new song, "Never Worn White."
"I've never worn white / But I'm standin' here tonight / 'Cause I really wanna say 'I do,'" she sings in the ballad, which nods to how she wore a gray wedding dress when she married Russell Brand.
After the music video launched, Perry confirmed her pregnancy during an Instagram livestream and said she's due summer 2020.
"There's a lot that will be happening this summer," Perry said. "Not only will I be giving birth, literally, but also figuratively to something you guys have been waiting for."
On April 3, 2020, Perry revealed they were expecting a daughter.
The couple apparently threw a gender reveal party in early April; Perry posted a photo of Bloom's face, covered in what looks like pink icing.
"It's a girl," she wrote.
In August 2020, Perry discussed their "spiritual" connection again.
In an interview with The Times of London, Perry said she and Bloom are bound together by "spiritual evolution."
"He's very sensitive. Very emotionally evolved," she said. "He gets up at 7 a.m. and chants for an hour. One of the things that binds us is our desire to be more spiritually evolved? And our desire to investigate that realm? One of our main love languages is the spiritual evolution."
"We love mysticism, conspiracies, aliens, all that stuff. We love an adventure of the mind. That's definitely something we are bound by."
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