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Lisa McLoughlin

Orlando Bloom says Katy Perry relationship can be ‘really, really, challenging’

Orlando Bloom gave Flaunt magazine an insight into his relationship with Katy Perry

(Picture: Getty Images)

Orlando Bloom has got candid about his relationship with fiancée Katy Perry, admitting that it can be “really challenging” sometimes.

The 46-year-old admitted that coming from two different industries, acting and music, means that they don’t always “understand” one another.

Speaking to Flaunt magazine, he shared: “We’re in two very different pools. Her pool is not a pool that I necessarily understand, and I think my pool is not a pool that she necessarily understands.”

Although being from different worlds might cause tensions from time-to-time, Bloom said he also thought the couple were very “blessed” to have found one another, before joking that there’s “never a dull moment” between them.

He added: “Sometimes things are really, really, really, challenging. I won’t lie. We definitely battle with our emotions and creativity.

“I think we’re both aware of how blessed we are to have uniquely connected in the way that we did at the time that we did, and there’s definitely never a dull moment.”

The actor was candid about his engagement to Perry (Getty Images)

Perry and Bloom first started dating in 2016 before splitting over a year later in 2017.

After getting back together in 2018, they got engaged on Valentine’s Day in 2019 and welcomed daughter Daisy in August 2020.

Recently, Perry referred to her fiancé’s ex-wife Miranda Kerr as her “sister” as the pair attended the 20th G’Day USA Arts Gala in Los Angeles, California.

The pair were pictured together arriving for the event, before Perry, 38, honoured Kerr, 39, with the Excellence in the Arts Award.

Perry spoke of her close bond with Kerr in a speech before the Australian model received her accolade.

Perry recently discussed her sisterly bond with Bloom’s ex-wife Miranda Kerr (Getty Images)

She said: “Many of you may be confused as to why I’m presenting Miranda with this award.

“It doesn’t fit the ex-wife, new wife narrative. Many in the media would like to see us mud wrestle... but this is about love, and Miranda is love.

“I’m so grateful for our modern blended family. It’s like I gained another sister, one with whom I usually sidebar from the main family chat and agree with.”

Kerr was married to Bloom, 46, from 2010 to 2013 and the pair share a son Flynn, 12. She later remarried to Snapchat CEO and co-founder Evan Spiegel in 2017, and they share two children.

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