Katy Perry Gets A Shoutout From Venice As Orlando Bloom Flies Solo In Wedding Of The Year

Katy Perry's absence at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's Venice wedding leaves a vacuum!

The singer received an assuring word of affirmation from the bride of the year as she skipped the lavish wedding amid split rumors from her fiancé, Orlando Bloom.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom spark breakup rumors as sources close to the couple reveal that her career challenges have caused a strain in their nine-year relationship.

The pop star popped up on her social media with shots and excerpts from the Australian leg of her "Lifetimes" tour. She shared a series of sweet selfies with a furry friend, a Quokka, at a park and headed out to the beach for a spin by the seabed.

Perry looked relaxed in a sporty outfit as she shared another clip of herself riding a bike on the street and having fun playing cards with her friends. The content dump gained over 200k likes with thousands of shares. In the limited comment section, Sanchez was found lurking with the warmest comment, declaring, "We miss you, Katy."

Perry also ventured out on the ocean with her friends, which she added to her photo dump. The singer did not forget to inform her fans about her current mood in the caption, as she wrote, "mood: Quokka."

The actor does not seem fazed by Perry's absence at the wedding; if anything, he is having the most fun. From his encounter with a mysterious woman to sharing a flirty kiss with Kim Kardashian, he is not refuting the fun guy allegations.

According to The Blast, Bloom looked ripped in a black tank top as he exited a water taxi ferrying the guests to the wedding island. He then exchanged pleasantries with the SKIMS founder.

The pair shared a warm kiss on both cheeks and held each other in a close embrace, sparking a frenzy among the public as the pictures were shared online.

Bloom and Kardashian have shared a somewhat controversial history, including a viral moment at New York Fashion Week last year when the actor was caught glancing at Kardashian's derriere.

At the time, Perry expressed that she had no problem with the interaction and laughed it off. Perhaps she will pay more attention to it now that she and Bloom are reportedly exes.

It looks like the couple's split was inevitable, at least judging by the sequence of events in their love story. The couple took a brief break in 2018, two years after they started their relationship.

They then reconciled that same year, with Bloom getting down on one knee in 2019, thus setting high expectations for the couple regarding their future.

Their wedding plans soon encountered some loopholes when the pandemic hit. The lockdown following the COVID-19 outbreak reportedly slowed down the wedding planning, literally keeping it in the back seat. According to a source:

"When they got engaged, she was expecting, so everything came fast, and she was looking forward to heading down the aisle pregnant. There just wasn't any time to put a wedding together."

The source affirmed that for the couple, it was more certain they were heading for the rocks than for the altar.

Perry is reportedly experiencing a range of emotions about their breakup. A close source revealed that the split is still very much amicable, but no one knows if things will become bitter as time passes.

While the singer is upset to see a nearly decade-long love story go to waste, she is still relieved that things did not end in divorce, especially after what she went through with Russell Brand.

The split had reportedly been in the works for a long time, judging by the extended moments of tension between the couple. She is, however, channeling the hurt and disappointment from the split into giving her fans the best performance at the rest of the shows lined up for her "Lifetimes" tour.

In addition to the influence of the pandemic and Perry's currently underwhelming career on their relationship, the singer's space voyage also altered the tone of her romance with Bloom.

As noted by The Blast, the "The Lord of the Rings" actor did not give his blessings to the actor going for the all-female space mission, but Perry went anyway. He reportedly voiced his opinion on the idea, stressing that it was unnecessary, and was eventually disappointed by her decision. 

Bloom was fully aware that his partner would face criticism from the public for going on that trip, which was why he was trying to protect her from doing so.

"He always thought it was a stupid idea, and she wouldn't get anything positive out of it," the source revealed. The pair is parents to a daughter, Dove Daisy Bloom, whom they welcomed in August 2020.

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