Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have been together for a long time, but their relationship wasn’t always perfect. The singer recently shared a bit of her story on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast. Even though she and Orlando are engaged with a daughter, Daisy Dove, their relationship hit a rough patch about a year in.
The pair met in 2016 and temporarily broke up in 2017. Katy said they weren’t “really in it” initially, making the relationship fragile.
“I mean, he was in a way, because he had just done a huge time of celibacy, and he had set intentions,” she said. “I was fresh out of a relationship, and I was just like, ‘I can’t do this anymore. I need to go swim in a different pond,’ but I had yet to do a lot of real work.”
A Retreat Brought Them Back Together
She explained that Orlando went on a one-week retreat to the Hoffman Institute in California, and it changed him.
“There’s no medicine or plant medicine. It’s literally just scientists and therapists that have put together programming that help you quiet that imposter syndrome and also kinda awaken yourself and find that ‘reborn’ mode,” she said.
When Orlando returned, he was different. Katy wanted someone to play games with, but that wasn’t him anymore. She said she moved on, but soon realized the retreat was what she needed, too.
“I had a really tough year, and I finally went to Hoffman towards the end of that year that we were separated, and then I got the tools and spoke the same language, and it changed my life,” she said. “It saved my life. I would be dead without it. I would not be on this planet without that process — and meditation.”
The pair got back together when Katy went to see him while she was performing near the spot where he was vacationing. She said they were better together and that she was glad to have him back in her life.
“We all have our strengths and then our opportunities for growth. But one of his strengths [is] when I crumble, he can step in and be that anchor. That’s amazing,” she said, “because I’m usually just alpha, alpha, you know? I’m like testosterone, testosterone. ‘I got this. I don’t need any help,’ but actually, I do need help. I do need a partner.”
This story’s featured image is by Kathy Hutchins via Shutterstock.
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