The Katy Perry Justin Trudeau romance began with a long lunch in Montreal in July 2025 and has since progressed through red carpets, ski trips, beach days in Saint-Tropez, and a summer in Greece, with the pair now firmly established as a couple in the public eye.
It is, when you lay it all out, quite the journey for two people who were described by a restaurant co-owner as looking like nothing more than two friends enjoying a meal.
How the Katy Perry Justin Trudeau romance started
On 28 July 2025, Perry and Trudeau spent the day together in Montreal. They walked in Mount Royal Park, ate at Le Violon, and finished with drinks at Taverne Atlantic. TMZ obtained photos and footage from the outing. Danny Smiles, co-owner and co-executive chef of Le Violon, told TMZ he ‘didn’t get any dating vibes from Katy and Justin, just two friends enjoying a meal.’ He called them the ‘perfect guests, super chill, extremely nice to the staff.’ Trudeau covered the bill.
Two days later, Trudeau was spotted in the crowd at Perry’s Lifetimes Tour stop in Montreal. His daughter, Ella-Grace, was also there. He was filmed singing along to ‘Firework.’
A source speaking to People in early August acknowledged an attraction but stressed the logistical challenge: ‘She is traveling around the world, and he is figuring out his life now that he is no longer prime minister of Canada.’ Both have children they share with former partners. Perry’s daughter, Daisy Dove, now 5, is from her previous relationship with Orlando Bloom. A second source noted that Perry’s focus at that point was the tour, not dating, with ‘no current plans for another meet-up.’
Things shifted by October. The pair were photographed kissing on 11 October off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. On Perry’s 41st birthday on 25 October, they were spotted together in Paris, attending a cabaret show at Crazy Horse and photographed holding hands. By 30 October, a Canadian political source told People the relationship was ‘already fairly serious’ and that the couple had been ‘seeing each other as often as possible.’ A separate source told People that Perry had changed Trudeau’s outlook: ‘He is a much happier person now.’
On 31 October, Perry confirmed the relationship herself during a concert, responding to a fan who offered her a ring: ‘No! I am dating someone else for crying out fucking loud.’ That same day, Trudeau posted his Halloween costume, a shark, referencing Perry’s famously viral Left Shark from her 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Going public and building a life together
Perry went Instagram official on 6 December 2025 with a carousel from her time in Japan, which included a selfie with Trudeau. The day before, Trudeau had reposted an image on X from a meeting the pair had with former Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and his wife, Yuko, writing: ‘Katy and I were so glad to have the chance to sit down with you and Yuko.’
The following day, Perry shared an emotional video reflecting on 90 shows and what the Lifetimes Tour had brought into her life, listing: ‘I got love, I got connections, I got community.’
In January 2026, Perry joined Trudeau at the World Economic Forum‘s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, photographed holding hands. February brought ski trip selfies and a caption from Perry: ‘let love be the revolution.’ Trudeau’s son Xavier, 18, addressed the relationship publicly for the first time that month, telling followers: ‘She’s cool; she’s nice. We talked for hours, talking about my music. She gave me advice.’
The Katy Perry Justin Trudeau romance made its red carpet debut at the Tribeca Festival on 8 June 2026, at the premiere of Perry’s Lifetimes Tour concert film. On the red carpet, Trudeau told Entertainment Tonight: ‘I saw the show three times, but I wasn’t really paying attention to anything but Katy, so I’m looking forward to seeing the show now for the first time.’
Since then, the couple have attended a World Cup qualifying match in Inglewood, taken a picnic date in Santa Barbara, and spent stretches of the summer in Saint-Tropez and Greece. On 14 August 2026, Trudeau posted a summer carousel that included a shot with Perry, captioning it: ‘Grateful for the moments that made this summer so special, and for the people I got to share them with.’
A source told People in March that the priority for both of them is ‘stability for the kids’, and that ‘the long-distance dynamic was never a surprise to them.’ Whatever comes next, they have already navigated considerably more logistics than most new couples have to.
