Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are reportedly navigating a ‘rough patch’ in their nearly-decade long relationship, and one expert has spotted a telling moment in their last public sighting together
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are gearing up for “make or break talks” as the couple navigate a “rough patch” six years after announcing their engagement, it has been claimed.
The Lord of The Rings actor has flow over to Australia, where Katy has been performing for her Lifetimes tour, to reunite with his fiancée and their five-year-old daughter, Daisy Dove.
Orlando, 48, was spotted spending time with his little girl in Perth on Sunday, carrying Daisy on his shoulders as they walked around together. Katy, who performed at Perth RAC Arena that night, didn’t join them.
Orlando’s trip down under comes amid reports of their nearly-decade long relationship being in crisis, with the couple not being spotted together for months.
Rumours of a split have plauged the couple for weeks after Katy’s controversial Blue Origin space flight and her demanding world tour across 16 different countries.
Sources say they are living “separate lives” but Katy “doesn’t want to just give up”. It has been suggested that Orlando has flown to Australia so the pair can discuss the state of their relationship, with Katy also reportedly planning to return to their Montecito, California home to spend the July 4 holiday with her fiancé and family.
The rumour-mill has been fuelled by the couple’s lack of joint outings in recent months, having not being seen together since the Vanity Fair Oscars party back in March. And now an expert has pinpointed a telling sign that the couple weren’t their usual selves even then, as unearthed snaps show a sad signal from Katy – who looks ‘almost unrecognisable’.
The pair posed together on the red carpet at points, while Katy also had solo time in front of the cameras. Body language expert Judi James tells the Mirror: “Katy’s body language mood here looks serious with only a few brief outbreaks of the more familiar, fun displays as she poses alone on the red carpet.
“She seems to adopt a high fashion style of posing, with the accent on elegance rather than cheerfulness. Her very unsmiling facial expression and her cropped fringe make her look almost unrecognizable and it’s only when she pulls a goofy face at the end and sticks out her tongue to make the photographers laugh that we see a flash of the usual, upbeat Katy.”
But Judi notes there’s a subtle shift when Orlando joins Katy, as she says: “When she walks across to pose with Orlando there appears to be a small look of reluctance rather than keenness but this could be down to Orlando’s apparent desire to not be seen as a show-pony partner.
“She seems to tickle or stroke the back of his head and neck in a bid to warm his posing up and she presses her head against his to create an active signal of intimacy and togetherness, closing her eyes as she does so in an expression of what looks like love while his right hand runs up and down her back. Her smiles here seem to be ‘leading’ smiles, encouraging him to return the expression although when he poses alone his personal preference seems to be for eye-smiles rather than mouth smiles.”
The body language guru notes that Katy looks ‘dejected’ at points, with ‘no reciprocation’ from Orlando. She says: “Outside Katy’s body language gives the impression of being dejected. The couple walk apart in the photos and she looks down while he is on his phone.
“In one photo she is carrying her bag in the hand closest to Orlando but it another the hand is empty, which can be an invitation to hold hands although there is no sign from these photos that she gets any reciprocation.
“In one pic where Orlando does seem to have his arm around her his hand is clutching what looks like his phone so there is no actual hand touch.”
Since then, Katy’s diary has been jam-packed as she’s been on a world tour for months. Spending so much time away from her home in Montecito, California, has reportedly caused a ‘big disruption’ in her home life with Orlando, with a source claiming they have been ‘living separate lives’.
Reports have also claimed the Pirates of the Caribbean star wasn’t a huge supporter of Katy’s Blue Origin space flight, which saw her enter space for 11 minutes.
The source said: “Katy and Orlando have been disconnected for a while now, and with their work commitments have been living separate lives.
“She has mentioned jetting back from Australia to spend time with Orlando, Daisy, her sister Angela and her kids. They have barely been together for a decent amount of time, without distractions, for many, many months.”