Katy Perry reveals reason why she and Orlando Bloom split for a year admitting it saved her life

Katy Perry has shared the reason she and Lord of the Rings actor Orlando Bloom split for a year, admitting it saved her life.

On the outside, it seems like Perry and Bloom's relationship has been a whirlwind romance.

After crossing paths at the Golden Globes in 2016, they officially confirmed their relationship a few months later.

Fast forward to 2024 and the pair are happily engaged and share their four-year-old daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom, together.

However their relationship hasn't always been smooth sailing, with the pair breaking up for a year back in 2017 after just 10 months of dating.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom first began dating in 2016 (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Perry - real name Katheryn Hudson - has now opened up about the split during an interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast, explaining to host Alex Cooper how the year-long separation had 'saved her life'.

"We weren’t really in it from day one," she said, explaining that she had been fresh out of a relationship at the time, while Bloom had just completed six months of celibacy.

"He was because he had just done a huge time of celibacy and he had set intentions."

Perry continued: "I was like, 'I can’t do this anymore. I need to swim in a different pond'. But, I had to do a lot real work."

The singer then went on to explain how during their year apart she went on a journey of self-improvement, deciding to go on a week-long wellness retreat called The Hoffman Experience and credited the experience as something allowed her to rekindle the relationship with Bloom.

"I would not be on this planet without that process and meditation," she explained.

"Because the noise got so large. When [2017 album] Witness came out and things started to shift, and I thought I really loved myself. I thought I really had that centre, but actually that core was created from outside validation.

The couple are still going strong, after getting engaged and welcoming their first child together (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

"It just helped me rewire what I think about myself, and it helped me connect my head to my heart."

The 'Roar' hit-maker then went on to add that she and Bloom regularly attend couples therapy in order to strengthen their bond and be the best parents possible to their daughter.

"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," she said.

"It’s been different layers. The more we do the work, the more we find the next level."

The candid admission about their split wasn't the only comment Perry made about her relationship with Bloom on the podcast, with the singer also revealing the NSFW reward her fiancé gets for completing household chores.