Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have officially ended their years-long engagement—choosing to shift their focus toward co-parenting their daughter with "love, stability, and mutual respect." The couple, who got engaged in 2019 and share 4-year-old daughter Daisy Dove, released a statement to US media including USA Today. It reads:
"Due to the abundance of recent interest and conversation surrounding Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry's relationship, representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting. They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is—and always will be — raising their daughter with love, stability, and mutual respect."
The announcement follows a period of speculation about the couple's status, with Us Weekly and People reporting in June that Perry, 40, and Bloom, 48, had ended their engagement. The split comes after a nearly decade-long relationship that began in 2016, included a brief split in 2017, and saw them welcome their daughter in 2020.
The buzz about their relationship status ramped up last month when Bloom attended the high-profile wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez in Italy solo. Meanwhile, Perry was performing a string of concerts in Australia. After the wedding, Bloom posted a series of quotes on Instagram, including this one attributed to the Buddha: "Each day is a new beginning. What we do today is what matters most."
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