POP STAR KATY Perry and British actor Orlando Bloom have confirmed that they have split, according to a statement released to US media outlets. 

The statement, obtained by Hollywood’s People magazine and attributed to representatives for both stars, said the pair “have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting”.

It said their priority would be raising their daughter with “love, stability, and mutual respect” and that they will continue to be seen in public with her.

It comes a week after reports of the couple’s break-up swirled ahead of the wedding of billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos in Venice, which Bloom attended alone.

Perry, 40, and Bloom, 48, have been in a relationship since 2016. The pair split in 2017 but rekindled shortly thereafter, getting engaged on Valentine’s Day in 2019, as Perry revealed during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

In 2020, the pair welcomed a daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom. 

Bloom and his former wife, Australian model Miranda Kerr, have a son, Flynn, who was born in 2011. Daisy is Perry’s only child.

Perry, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, was previously married to comedian Russell Brand.

Born and raised in California, the 13-time Grammy Award nominee has released seven studio albums, most notably 2010’s sugar-sweet Teenage Dream. The album produced five US number one singles, tying a record set by Michael Jackson’s 1987 album Bad.

Bloom, who is from Canterbury, is best known for his roles as the elf Legolas in The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit films as well as Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.