“I fell in love with Katheryn, this girl from Santa Barbara,” Bloom told Trevor Noah on the latest episode of his ‘What Now?’ podcast
is opening up about his relationship with .
During an appearance on the Thursday, April 18 episode of the podcast, Bloom, 47, spoke about the candid moments he shares with Perry, 39, in his new documentary series,.
As host Noah, 40, commented on the pair seemingly pursuing “a life of purpose,” “peace” and “normalcy,” despite their huge showbiz status, Bloom responded, “I think one of the things that I fell in love with Katy was… she hates when I say this, so I have to word it carefully, but her music was everywhere, right?”
“When I came up, it was just on every radio station, but I wasn’t conscious of… [it] wasn’t what I was listening to, but, I fell in love with Katheryn, this girl from Santa Barbara. And by the way, parents, pastors, living on food stamps,” the actor said in a nod to Perry’s upbringing.
“We’re not talking glamorous, Montecito,” Bloom pointed out, adding that it’s the “side [of Santa Barbara] that no one knows.”
Related:
Perry and Bloom met in 2016 at a and in 2019. They share a daughter, , 3.
While speaking to Noah, Bloom said he and Perry both have an “understanding where we came from, what we worked to do, what we had to do to get to where we got to,” admitting that the “Roar” singer “definitely demands that I evolve.”
“I feel I do the same for her. And that makes for fireworks, pardon the pun,” he continued, referencing Perry’s hit single. “But it also makes for a lot of fun and a lot of growth.”
Related:
Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
“I wouldn’t change it for anything, even when sometimes it feels like, ‘how do we do this?’ Because we’ve got these two giant careers and lives, and hers is even, you know… it’s like a universe sometimes,” Bloom continued of their relationship. “But I think I just keep coming back to her and trying to hold her hand and walk her back to the sand pit and be like… we’re just gonna build a sandcastle.”
Thestar — who also shares son Flynn, 13, with ex-wife , 40 — commented on the “little moments” such as “the sandcastle” or a bike ride being special to himself and Perry, telling Noah that Perry is a “master” of helping to “keep building those moments.”
“So I try to, I try to hold a space big enough. I try to be big enough. I think you could even say in the show, it was like me proving to myself that I was man enough, big enough, whatever, capable enough,” he continued.
For more People news, make sure to
Read the original article on .
This article originally appeared on www.aol.com: www.aol.com https://www.aol.com/orlando-bloom-falling-love-katy-102250433.html