Orlando Bloom reveals ‘change’ in relationship with Katy Perry that was ‘really difficult’

Eight years after their first meeting, Orlando Bloom reflects on the many lessons he’s learned – and the things he’s had to let go of – in his relationship with Katy Perry.

The couple, who share daughter Daisy Dove, three, first met in 2016 at a Golden Globes afterpartyand although they briefly split the following year, they got engaged on Valentine’s Day 2019, and have been together ever since.

Monday has the pirates of the Caribbean actor appeared on podcast On Purpose, promoting his new Peacock series Orlando Bloom: To the edgeand talked about how his relationship with the American Idol judge has changed him.

After host Jay Shetty When asked what Orlando previously feared in relationships and any interpersonal revelations he may have had, he said, “I think I’m constantly learning to let go because everything I tried to hold on to, whether it’s good or bad , doesn’t serve me… and it doesn’t really serve either of us.”

“That’s really hard to let her go and keep letting her go.” he confessed, explaining, “Because I think when you’re in a deeply loving, committed relationship, you want to control or own or have or you know, even letting go of ideas about how things should be (is hard.)”

He added, “Or the idea of ​​what intimacy or intimate moments are for you versus them, or how you know, whatever it may be, because everyone, because you chose that person, you’re on a journey with that person. “

“You know you’re going to learn this lesson. And if you’ve chosen that person, then that’s the person you’re going to learn that lesson with, you know, I mean, that’s the opportunity, right.”

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Orlando also spoke candidly about growing with Katy and adapting to changes both within themselves and in their relationship. “I think it will change every day… It’s like every day you choose – I choose you because your life changes too,” he said, noting that he “takes the opportunity to grow every day,” and that, “I’ll never choose the past, the easy way, you know, like that’s just not who I am.”

He continued, “In some ways, my relationship is the greatest opportunity for my continued growth… and I know we both see it that way. So that’s how we grow.”

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“(Katy will) hold me accountable and I will do the same,” he also noted. “Sometimes you know you’re confronted with yourself, and I think – trust well – trusting your path, your journey, your belief that this is what is meant for you and then you know that the universe will take care of things. rest .”

Both Katy and little Daisy have brief cameos Orlando Bloom: To the Edge, in which he undertakes various adventures and stunts.

Recently spoke with Stephen Colbert about the show, and his fiancée’s support, he admitted: “Obviously she’s completely behind her. We fully support each other in all of our ventures. But I don’t think she fully understood what I would do until I came home from work and I was clearly under a lot of stress.”

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