Justin Trudeau Is a Dark Horse Contender for Best PR Boyfriend of the Year

The former prime minister of Canada just braved an hour and 45 minutes of Katy Perry's greatest (?) hits.

By Audra Heinrichs  |  July 31, 2025 | 10:25am
Photot Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Katy Perry Dirt Bag
Justin Trudeau Is a Dark Horse Contender for Best PR Boyfriend of the Year

This week, in celebrity love: Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas held hands in Vermont; Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson appeared to hard launch a relationship while promoting The Naked Gun; and Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are either testing the waters or trying to take us all on one hell of a PR ride.

On Wednesday, just two days after the former prime minister of Canada joined Perry for a stroll and supper, Trudeau attended Perry’s Lifetimes tour stop in Montreal. A photo posted by Pop Crave shows Trudeau among the audience staring at the stage in awe—no doubt a reaction Perry isn’t used to these days given that the tour isn’t exactly selling out. Trudeau’s 16-year-old daughter, I’ll note, was also by his side as he mouthed the lyrics to “Dark Horse.” Anyway! Miranda Kerr, who shares an ex with Perry (Orlando Bloom, obviously) also attended a recent show, so she’s attracting quite the audience.

It’s still too early to tell quite what’s happening here, but on Monday, Perry and Trudeau went for a walk around Montreal’s Mount Royal Park. The pair then went for a very photographed dinner at the famed (and fancy) Le Violon. According to fans who recognized them, they shared multiple cocktails and dishes before popping into the kitchen to say thanks to the staff. Notably, Danny Smiles, Le Violon’s co-owner and chef, told TMZ that there was no PDA between Perry and Trudeau and he “didn’t get any dating vibes.”

As I noted earlier this week, these two actually have a lot in common. Perry is recently single, Trudeau got divorced in 2023, they each have a daughter, and they both peaked in 2015. And hey, Trudeau was actually willing to suffer an hour and 45 minutes of Perry’s discography so, it’s a match made in cringe couple heaven…if it’s real.

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