Inside Katy Perry’s Dramatic Path to Forever With Orlando Bloom

Sworn to secrecy, her friends donned red sweatshirts emblazoned with the phrase “OK” and “everyone in the room cheered for them as they walked in and they had a champagne toast,” says the source. Wiping away tears of happiness, Perry continued to marvel at her good fortune.

“Katy is over the moon and so excited. She has always said that Orlando’s love for her was different than anything she has felt before,” says the source. 

Because she’s put in the work, learned what she needs and though she and the actor haven’t officially tied the knot—thanks in part to the pandemic delaying their planned 2020 vows—she feels totally confident that they’re ready to commit to forever. 

“I’ve gone to therapy, been through the Hoffman Process, done plant medicine…And I have a partner who is also all about finding a balance—Orlando, who is on a spiritual journey of his own. He’s an anchor who holds me down, and he’s very real,” she told Vogue India in 2020. “Love is different from dating. You date in your twenties. Love is partnership, friendship, truth and being an absolute mirror to someone.”

And it’s a mirror they hold up to each other.

“She definitely demands that I evolve, and I feel I do the same for her,” Bloom said in an April 2024 episode of What Now? with Trevor Noah. “And that makes for fireworks, pardon the pun. But it also makes for a lot of fun and a lot of growth.” 

(Originally published Feb. 16, 2019 at 3:00 a.m. PT)