American singer Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have hard-launched their relationship on social media, laying to rest months of dating rumors.
Perry, a 13-time Grammy nominee, posted a video Saturday on Instagram that showed her eating sushi in Tokyo as Trudeau, with his arm behind her, looked on with an amorous gaze.
“Tokyo times on tour and more,” Perry wrote in the caption of a carousel that included the video and a selfie with Trudeau.
Perry was performing last week in Saitama, about 15 miles north of Tokyo, as part of her Lifetimes tour.
Trudeau on Thursday reposted on X a picture of the pair posing with former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife, Yuko.
Kishida, who met with Trudeau multiple times during their time in office, said in his Japanese-language post that Trudeau had “visited Japan with his partner and joined me and my wife for lunch.”
“Katy and I were so glad to have the chance to sit down with you and Yuko,” replied Trudeau, who left office in March after almost 10 years as prime minister.
Though neither Trudeau nor Perry has officially commented on their relationship, their social media confirmation is the culmination of months of speculation that began when the couple were first spotted in July having dinner in Montreal.
Trudeau was then seen singing “Firework” at one of Perry’s concerts in Montreal.
The duo were then publicly spotted holding hands in Paris on Perry’s birthday on Oct. 25, with videos showing Trudeau leading Perry into a car after the attended a cabaret show while being swarmed by photographers.
Trudeau said in August 2023 that he was separating from his wife of 18 years, Sophie Grégoire, with whom he has three children: sons Xavier and Hadrien and daughter Ella-Grace.
Meanwhile, Perry has a 5-year-old daughter, Daisy Dove, with American actor Orlando Bloom.
Perry and Bloom, who had been engaged since 2019, announced they had officially split in July.
