Katy Perry addresses Justin Trudeau romance, PDA onstage in London
Katy Perry has addressed her headline-making new romance with the former Canadian PM after PDA pics emerged yesterday, as the pop star hit the stage in London.
Katy Perry cheekily referenced viral photos of herself engaging in heavy PDA with former Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau when she hit the stage for her latest concert.
The US pop singer, 40, kicked off her Lifetimes tour at London’s O2 Arena on Monday night, just hours after paparazzi photos emerged showing the newly-single star embracing Trudeau, 53, on-board a yacht in California.
In a loaded statement which also touched on her recent ex Orlando Bloom, Perry told the crowd, “London, England, you’re like this on a Monday night after a whole day at work and a whole day at school? No wonder I fall for Englishmen all the time … But not anymore.”
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According to The Sun, Perry then appeared to suggest she and Trudeau had only made things official in the last couple of days, making a telling comment to a fan who sprung the pop star with a marriage proposal mid-show.
“I wish you’d asked me 48 hours ago,” Perry quipped.
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The musician and Trudeau, who was prime minster of Canada from 2015 until March this year, first sparked romance rumours in July, just two months after Perry announced her split from fiance Bloom after nine years together.
At the time, Perry and the former politician were spotted having a dinner date in Montreal, where the singer was on tour at the time.
Reports surfaced in the weeks afterwards Perry and Trudeau had already “cooled off” their new romance, which certainly doesn’t appear to be the case anymore after photos of the couple kissing and hugging surfaced.
Meanwhile, Trudeau’s ex-wife Sophie, whom he separated from in 2023 after 18 years of marriage and three children, took to Instagram with a cryptic statement about “letting go” of past loves.
“Sometimes we forget that nothing we love is ever meant to be kept,” Sophie, 50, said in a video.
“The people, the places, even the moments that once felt infinite, right?
“Time asks us not to cling to them, but yet we do. I do because to hold on feels safer than to let go. But, love was never about possession, it was always about presence. The present moment and when we release what we cannot keep, we make space for the truth of connection, intimacy, the memory, for the lesson.”
Perry, for her part, shares one child, five-year-old daughter Daisy Dove, with Bloom.
