Katy Perry Finally Reveals Why She & Orlando Bloom Broke Up For That Year

Katy Perry is opening up about that year she and Orlando Bloom spent apart.

If you haven’t watched the Firework singer’s episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast yet, it’s filled with TONS of inneresting tidbits. From her decision to work with controversial music producer Dr. Luke, to some of her and Orlando’s NSFW habits… She spilled the beans. But there’s more!

During the interview, which dropped Wednesday, Katy also opened up about her early days with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor in 2016 — and finally addressed that year they broke up!

For those who don’t remember, about a year after sparking up their romance, the two went their separate ways — we assumed for good. So what happened?? The pop star recalled:

“We weren’t really in it from day one… because he had just done a huge time of celibacy and he had set intentions. I was fresh out of a relationship, and I was like, ‘I can’t do this anymore. I need to swim in a different pond,’ but I had yet to do a lot of real work.”

So, the two continued in a “cat-and-mouse” sort of relationship, chasing one another but not committing together. Fun, but not serious. Then a year after they met, Orlando decided to embark on a week-long retreat known as The Hoffman Process. If you haven’t heard of it, it aims to help participants “rewire” negative thought and behavioral patterns. And he came back rewired alright — but Katy wasn’t ready for that level of maturity at the time:

“He went there, and he wasn’t playing that cat-mouse game anymore. And I was like, ‘This is boring. I’m moving on.’ I was so used to this push-pull. Because once you have it. I was playing games.”

So, the two spent a year apart. That is until Katy decided to look into The Hoffman Process herself:

“I finally went to Hoffman towards the end of that year that we were separated, and I got the tools. We spoke the same language. I would be dead without it. I would not be on this planet without that process and meditation. Because the noise got so large. When Witness came out and things started to shift, and I thought I really loved myself. I thought I really had that center, but actually that core was created from outside validation. It just helped me rewire what I think about myself, and it helped me connect my head to my heart.”

So after coming out of the experience with new tools, she and the Lord of the Rings star reconnected in 2018. And Orlando apparently helped the Woman’s World singer through the most tumultuous period of her life:

“I showed him the worst of me. I was like, ‘Here’s the next test. I’m gonna show you the craziest bitch you’ve ever seen,’ and he was like, ‘I’m not shook.’ And I was like, ‘You’re my baby daddy.’ If you’re not shook by this, then we’re going the distance.”

HA! We love that she found someone who could love her! ALL of her! Even through Witness! LOLz!

The pair went on to welcome their daughter Daisy in 2020, and continue to work on being supportive partners for each other. She added:

“We want to evolve that’s I think why we’re in our relationship is to become better humans so we can raise this beautiful human being. It’s been different layers. The more we do the work, the more we find the next level. And sometimes we get stuck, and we’re like, ‘OK, let’s go in to do the work and this is going to be annoying, and I don’t want to do it. We don’t have the time. I’m tired.’ But we’re gonna do it. And we find the next level. That’s why we’re continuing in the relationship.”

Good for them! Listen to the full podcast episode (below):