It’s (seemingly) official! Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau have been noticed kissing on the singer’s yacht off the coast of Santa Barbara in images from final month that surfaced over the weekend on Sunday, October 12. The images seemingly verify months of rumors that Perry, 40, and Trudeau, 53, having turn out to be one thing of an merchandise.
“She pulled up her boat subsequent to a small public whale-watching boat, then they began making out,” an eyewitness instructed The Every day Mail. “I didn’t notice who she was with till I noticed the tattoo on the man’s arm and I instantly realized it was Justin Trudeau.”
So how did some of the inexplicable movie star pairings in current reminiscence start? We’ll break down all the pieces we all know up to now.
August 2023: Justin Trudeau turns into a single man
On August 2, 2023, the previous Canadian Prime Minister and his spouse of 18 years, Sophie Grégoire, introduced that they’d separated.
“Hello everybody, Sophie and I want to share the truth that after many significant and troublesome conversations, we’ve made the choice to separate,” Trudeau wrote in a press release posted to Instagram. “As all the time, we stay a detailed household with deep love and respect for one another and for all the pieces we’ve constructed and can proceed to construct.”
He added a request that folks respect their privateness out of the well-being of the couple’s three kids, Xavier, 17, Ella-Grace 16, and Hadrien, 11.
June 2025: Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom break up
On June 26, 2025, Folks confirmed that Perry and Orlando Bloom, her companion of 9 years, had ended their engagement, simply days after TMZ reported that Bloom was attending the marriage of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez solo.
The couple first started courting in 2016 after assembly at a Golden Globes afterparty. They break up in 2017 after which obtained again collectively in 2018, and later obtained engaged on Valentine’s Day in 2019. Although the couple by no means formally tied the knot, they share a daughter collectively, Daisy Dove Bloom, who was born in August 2020.
July, 2025: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau first noticed collectively
Perry and Trudeau have been first noticed eating collectively on the swanky Le Violon restaurant in Montreal throughout a Canadian cease of the singer’s Lifetimes Tour in late July, in images obtained by TMZ.
Nonetheless, it quickly was revealed that it was greater than only a shared meal. Simply hours later, the outlet adopted up with images of the couple strolling Perry’s canine in Montreal’s Mount Royal Park about an hour and a half earlier than dinner, after which dropping the pooch off on the Ritz-Carlton, the place Perry was staying.
Then, simply two days later, Trudeau was noticed within the viewers throughout the Bell Centre cease of Perry’s tour in Montreal, singing alongside to her 2010 hit, “Firework”
On the time, a supply instructed Folks that the pair had sparked an “instantaneous connection.”
“They’re considering one another, however it can take some time to see the place this goes,” a Canadian supply stated on the time. “She is touring around the globe, and he is determining his life now that he’s now not prime minister of Canada, however there may be an attraction. They’ve rather a lot in frequent.”
“Their very own private obligations might make this relationship transfer slower than it could, however there are methods to see the opposite and nonetheless fulfill their parenting obligations,” the supply added. “For one factor, they every have an ex. So, duties are break up in half. And long-distance relationships, whereas nonetheless laborious, are attainable for these two.”
August 2025: However are they courting?
Regardless of their obvious connection, in late August it was reported that Perry and Trudeau really had no plans so far, and that the outing had been informal.
“That they had an off-the-cuff first get-to-know-you date,” a supply instructed Folks. “And though they’ve shared pursuits and many to speak about, courting simply isn’t on her radar. She’s stayed in contact with Justin, however there are not any present plans for an additional meet-up.”
On condition that the yacht images have been taken final month, it’s unclear what the present standing is with Perry and Trudeau. Nevertheless it appears attainable that issues are actually full pace with the unlikely couple.
