My night with Orlando explains why Katy Perry split was inevitable – he hit on married Holly Willoughby in front of me
The actor, 48 and the singer, 40, 'have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting,' according to a joint statement given by the couple's lawyers.
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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom announced their split last month after nine years together - but Kelly Allen wasn't surprised
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The pair met at the Golden Globes Awards in January 2016
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Fabulous Magazine's Kelly Allen partying with Orlando Bloom in 2015
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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'.
They confirmed their split after
Australia
.
The couple first met at the
Golden Globes
Awards in January 2016 with insiders at the time saying they were 'extremely flirty and whispering to each other. He would lean in to whisper into her ear and touch the small of her back as they chatted.'
And they almost broke the internet seven months into their relationship when they were spotted paddle boarding in Sardinia in August 2016.
While Katy, who was
The couple briefly split in 2017 but then quickly reconciled going on to have their four-year-old daughter, Daisy. He popped the question on Valentine's Day in 2019 with a
Speaking about the proposal, Katy said: 'It was
Valentine's Day
... It was very sweet. We went to dinner. I thought we were going to go see some art, after dinner, but instead we pulled up to a helicopter.
"He asked me to marry him in a helicopter. We did land and it was like
James Bond
, everybody had an ear piece and we were rushed over... we landed on a rooftop [in Los Angeles] and my whole family was there, and all my friends. He did so well."
Despite the grand gestures of love, it doesn't surprise me that the pair split up as I've witnessed first hand how flirty
Orlando
can be when he set his sights on someone the year before they met.
Orlando was previously married to Miranda Kerr and they share Flynn, 14, together.
Emotional Katy Perry fights back tears onstage as she thanks fans after Orlando Bloom split
While there's no suggestion of infidelity with Katy, it was quite clear Orlando loved the flirt when out and about.
Ten years ago in February 2015, I partied alongside him at the Brits Afterparty. The Warner Music party, which was held at the Freemasons Hall in Covent Garden,
London
, was wall to wall with celebrities with the big winner of the night
Ed Sheeran
dancing alongside show presenters
Ant and Dec
as well as Robert Pattison, Take That's Jason Orange and 1975's
Matty Healy
.
He'd attended the awards earlier in the evening at the O2 Arena where he had presented British Male Solo Artist to Ed Sheeran alongside Rita Ora before partying the night away.
Having been a fan of Pirates of the
Caribbean
films, I was extremely excited to meet him. The iconic building was quite a warren of nooks and crannies and my opportunity came when I spotted him looking lost searching for the toilet.
He later came over to thank me for giving him directions. After making polite chit chat and getting a selfie (obviously) he pointed at a blonde at the bar in a black embellished A line dress asking 'who is that? She's beautiful.'
I glanced in the direction he was pointing and exclaimed: 'That's Holly Willoughby.'
'Oh do you know her? Can you introduce me?' he replied.
I did tell him that she was happily married to TV boss Dan Baldwin [they tied the knot in August 2007] but it didn't seem to dull his enthusiasm.
Another pal told me later 'Orlando Bloom just told me he really fancied
Holly Willoughby
. He didn't seem to know who she was.'
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Orlando Bloom attended Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos' wedding alone last month
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The Hollywood star pointed at 'beautiful' Holly Willoughby during a 2015 Brits after-party and asked Kelly to introduce him
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Holly and TV boss Dan Baldwin tied the knot in 2007
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Later I got my chance to tell the former
This Morning
star about her crush when we were waiting at the bar for our Ciroc cocktails to be made.
She giggled at the
news
of her admirer saying: 'Haha, of course he does! Shame I'm married with three children. He is gorgeous though!'
Just like Holly, it was at an awards afterparty that Orlando met Katy.
The actor 'stole' some
fast food
from her table at the Golden Globes in LA but she thought he was "hot" so let him off with it.
I did tell him that she was happily married to TV boss Dan Baldwin but it didn't seem to dull his enthusiasm.
She told talk show host Jimmy Kimmel: "In-N-Out plays a big role in my life. We bonded over an In-N-Out burger about three years ago at the Golden Globes.
"He stole one off of my table. I was sitting with Denzel
Washington
and he took it and I was like, 'Wait! Who - oh, wow, you're so hot. Fine, take it.'"
She continued: "Then I saw him at a party [afterwards] and was like, 'How are those onions sitting on your molars?' He was like, 'I like you' and then, you know, cut to..."
Let's keep an eye out for Orlando during award season
next
year!
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Katy Perry was seen emotional onstage whilst performing in Australia after her split was announced
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Orlando was previously married to Miranda Kerr and they share Flynn, 14, together
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Katy was previously married to Russell Brand
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