Katy Perry breaks her silence on her split from Orlando Bloom

Katy Perry says the months after her nine-year relationship with Orlando Bloom ended felt like an emotional roller coaster. First came the pain of the breakup, followed by the excitement of a new love.

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Probably it was the most difficult time.

“Probably it was the most difficult time,” Perry told People. She said her friends were spending time together at home while she cried and felt deeply alone, even when surrounded by others. She credited her friends with supporting her through that period.

Perry, who shares six-year-old Daisy with Bloom, found an escape in returning to the stage. During her Lifetimes Tour, only weeks after the breakup became official, she met Justin Trudeau, the former Canadian prime minister and her current partner.

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I learned to reconnect with what makes me happiest. And I received the greatest gift from this tour: I met the love of my life.

“I learned to reconnect with what makes me happiest. And I received the greatest gift from this tour: I met the love of my life,” Perry said. Before beginning the relationship, she said, she had to let go of Bloom to move forward. She had long dreamed of an “epic and legendary love” and had discussed that wish with her therapist.

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I had to let him go to be able to move forward.

Perry previously said she felt “very grounded” in her relationship with Trudeau. Bloom has also made clear that he and Perry will remain connected for their daughter’s sake. He discussed their relationship after the separation in an interview on the Today program last September.

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an epic and legendary love