Katy Perry says she would “be dead” if she hadn't gone through a year-long breakup with Orlando Bloom early on in her relationship.
The 39-year-old “Firework” hitmaker began a romance with the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor in 2016, but the pair split the following year.
After a year of separation, the two reconciled and got engaged in 2019.
“I wasn't really on board from the beginning,” Perry said. “Call Her Daddy” Podcast“So he was living the single life in a way, and he was determined.”
“I'd just gotten out of a relationship and I was like, 'I can't do this anymore, I want to swim somewhere else,' and I hadn't really done much actual work yet,” she added.
Shortly after the two began dating, Bloom headed to the Hoffman Institute in California.
Perry said the facility is designed to “help break all those bad habits and rewire neural pathways through a variety of physical activities.”
The “Dark Horse” singer said that after completing the retreat, Bloom, 47, “wasn't playing that game of cat and mouse with me anymore, so I was like, 'I'm bored now. I'm moving on.'”
Perry admitted that she was “used to the push and pull” in their relationship, so “playing games” would often give her a “dopamine hit.”
Eventually, she followed suit and enrolled at the Hoffman Institute.
“It was a really hard year, and then towards the end of the year after we split I finally went to Hoffman, and I got my tools there, we started speaking the same language, and it changed my life,” she told host Alex Cooper.
“It saved my life. Without it I would be dead. Without that process, without meditation I wouldn't be here.”
The couple welcomed their daughter, Daisy, in 2020.
“We all have our own strengths and opportunities for growth,” she said recently about their relationship, “but one of his strengths is that when I crumble, he steps in and supports me.”
“And that's amazing, because normally I'm just alpha, alpha. Like testosterone, testosterone. I'm like, 'I'm OK. I don't need any help,' but actually I do need help. I need a partner,” she added.
