Overview
- Speaking at a Turning Point USA gathering in Phoenix on Dec. 18, Brand told the crowd he was “okay with Orlando Bloom” but called Trudeau a “globalist stooge.”
- Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau have been linked since July when they were seen dining in Montreal, and they made a public debut as a couple in October at Crazy Horse Paris.
- The couple signaled a more formal public presence on Dec. 4 when Trudeau reposted a photo of them with former Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and his wife.
- Brand and Perry were married from 2010 to 2012, and Perry ended her engagement to Orlando Bloom in June after nine years together; Perry and Bloom share a daughter born in 2020.
- Brand was charged earlier this year with five counts of sexual assault and rape, which he denies, and he is scheduled to go on trial in June 2026.