Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom end engagement, plan co-parenting Daisy

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom confirmed in July that they have ended their engagement and are shifting their relationship to focus on coparenting their 5 year old daughter, Daisy Dove, after nearly a decade together. In the weeks since the split was announced, the former couple have publicly and privately emphasized an amicable approach to co-parenting, even as reports of tension, social media jabs and new romantic rumors have complicated the narrative.

Their representatives issued a joint statement in early July saying the pair had been “shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on coparenting,” and that they would continue to be seen together as a family with raising their daughter as the shared priority. Bloom reiterated that message in a televised interview in early September, saying he was “great” and “so grateful,” and praising Daisy as “the most beautiful daughter.” He added, “We are great. We are going to be great. Nothing but love.”

Miranda Kerr, who shares a teenage son with Bloom and has formed a blended family with the couple, echoed the public accounts of harmony. Speaking on a radio program in early September, Kerr said the adults had marked...