Katy Perry’s relationships have had many ups and downs, but perhaps none have come as low as the one she experienced during her split with actor Orlando Bloom. According to the singer, she thought about suicide during that time in the relationship.
Page Six reports that the 35-year-old songstress revealed that the breakup with the 43-year-old actor was the tipping point that made her consider taking her life. After the separation, Perry had released her album Witness, which she thought would help her get over the heartbreak.
However, the album got mixed reviews from critics despite getting to number one on the charts, resulting in Perry feeling like she was “broken in half.” Perry said that she had been living on the validation she had been receiving as a pop star so that when she no longer got a high from it she just crashed.
CNN’s coverage says that what helped Perry move past that dark place was her upbringing by two Pentecostal pastors. Perry credited her faith in helping her work through her anxiety and depression and called the breakdown she experienced as “necessary brokenness.”
According to the singer, the brokenness she experienced was necessary because it allowed her to find other ways to become whole again. She says the experience made her look past living her life as a pop star and to be “more dimensional.”
CNN also notes that this is not the first time that Perry has opened up about her mental health. Three years ago, Perry took part in Vice’s The Therapist series and live-streamed her therapy session with therapist Siri Sat Nam Singh on YouTube.
In that live-streamed conversation, Perry admitted to feeling shame about her depression because of the strong image that she projects as Katy Perry.
Perry’s relationship revelations are the latest in a string of celebrity relationship news that has caught the attention of the public during the global coronavirus pandemic. Aside from Perry and Bloom, the developing relationship between actress Megan Fox and musician Machine Gun Kelly has been a hot topic, with the pair recently seen out and about on a date in Malibu.
Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas blossoming relationship also caught the public’s attention, especially since the pair have been seen wearing matching jewelry as well as wearing each others clothes on separate occasions.
Stranger Things star David Harbour and pop star Lily Allen have also been subjected to engagement rumors after Allen was spotted wearing a noticeable diamond ring on her finger in one of her Instagram posts.