Orlando Bloom gets candid about his relationship with Katy Perry, says 'I'm constantly learning to let go'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Orlando Bloom has been candid about his relationship with Katy Perry. On April 22, the 47-year-old appeared on the 'On Purpose with Jay Shetty' podcast to speak on his new Peacock series 'Orlando Bloom: To The Edge.'

During the episode, the 'Lord of the Rings' star discussed about various things, including his acting career, Buddhist faith and love for the 39-year-old pop star. 

Orlando Bloom opens up on what he has learned from the relationship with Katy Perry

When asked by Shetty about what he's learned in his relationship with Perry, Bloom said, "I think I'm constantly learning to let go. Because anything that I try to hold onto, whether it's good or bad, doesn't serve me. Not in the relationship, and it doesn't really serve either of us." "And that's really hard," he added, as per People. "To keep letting go and to keep letting her go," he further stated.

"I think when you are in a deeply loving, committed relationship, you want to control or own or have and, you know, even just letting go of ideas, how things should be, or the idea of what intimacy or intimate moments are to you versus them, or whatever it may be," he continued of Perry.

"Because you've chosen that person, you are on a journey with that person. You are gonna learn this lesson. And if you've chosen that person, then that's the person you're gonna learn that lesson with. I mean, that's the opportunity, right?" he added.

Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry's love affair

The Hollywood star and the singer came across each other at a Golden Globes afterparty in 2016 and began dating soon afterwards, going Instagram official with their relationship by May of that year. The duo then got engaged on Valentine's Day in 2019, but they wound up postponing their 2020 wedding following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

They announced the the birth of their daughter Daisy Dove on August 27, 2020. Bloom also shares his older son Flynn, 13, with his ex-wife Miranda Kerr.

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"I seize the opportunity every day to grow and as you see from the show, I'll never choose the easy path. You know, like, it's just not who I am. And in some ways, my relationship is the greatest opportunity for my continual growth," Bloom shared in the podcast.

"I know we both see it that way. So that's how we grow. And we do. She'll hold me accountable and I'll do the same," he added.

"And sometimes, you know, you'll be confronted by your own self. And I think, you know, trust, right?" Bloom added. "Trusting your path, your journey, your faith, that this is what's meant for you. And then the universe will take care of the rest," he further shared.

The actor recently shared similar sentiments about his relationship during his April 19 appearance on 'Today With Hoda & Jenna'. “She challenges me, I challenge her. I think we kind of just demand that we get up every day,” he shared then, adding “ ‘I choose you, today, tomorrow, or whatever, or you choose me.’ ”