<p id=”par-1_62″>After her divorce from Russell Brand, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/katy-perry/?swcfpc=1″>Katy Perry</a> began a <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/celebrity-relationships/?swcfpc=1″>relationship</a> with fellow singer John Mayer. Their romance was not without its problems — they were on and off for several years — but Perry felt more warmly toward Mayer than she did toward her ex-husband. After one of their breakups, she publicly admitted that she still had strong feelings for him.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-katy-perry-said-she-still-had-strong-feelings-for-john-mayer-after-they-broke-up”>Katy Perry said she still had strong feelings for John Mayer after they broke up</h2>
<p id=”par-2_29″>After 14 months of marriage, Perry and Brand <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/katy-perry-signed-her-divorce-papers-with-a-smiley-face.html/?swcfpc=1″>divorced in 2012</a>. While she said their breakup initially devastated her, she realized she had to let go of the relationship.</p>
<p id=”par-3_28″>“I let go and I was like: This isn’t because of me; this is beyond me,” she told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.vogue.com/article/beauty-and-the-beat-katy-perrys-first-vogue-cover” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Vogue</a> in 2013. “So I have moved on from that.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_19″>She moved on to a relationship with Mayer, but she denied that he was a rebound or revenge partner.</p>
<p id=”par-5_22″>“No, not at all. No, I was madly in love with him,” she said. “I still am madly in love with him.”</p>
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<p id=”par-6_9″>She said that Mayer fit her type almost exactly.</p>
<p id=”par-7_34″>“All I can say about that relationship is that he’s got a beautiful mind,” she said. “Beautiful mind, tortured soul. I do have to figure out why I am attracted to these broken birds.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_25″>Given what she said about her feelings for him, it’s unsurprising that they got back together several times before ending things for good in 2015.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-katy-perry-and-john-mayer-recorded-a-song-together”>Katy Perry and John Mayer recorded a song together</h2>
<p id=”par-9_33″>In 2013, Perry and Mayer recorded the song “Who You Love” together for his album <em>Paradise Valley</em>. While Mayer said he wasn’t the biggest fan of the album itself, he liked the song.</p>
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<p id=”par-10_59″>“I listen to that every once in a while, and I go, ‘I like that song,’” he said on <em>Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen</em> (per <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.eonline.com/news/1386959/how-john-mayer-feels-about-his-song-with-katy-perry-nearly-a-decade-after-their-breakup” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>E! News</a>). “And I like the way that she sounds on the song. She got that way of singing down and met the challenge of that song. It was so much fun.”</p>
<p id=”par-11_18″>Mayer also said that his 2017 song “Still Feel Like Your Man” was <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/john-mayer-revealed-1-songs-katy-perry.html/”>about his relationship with Perry</a>.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-she-is-currently-in-a-relationship-with-orlando-bloom”>She is currently in a relationship with Orlando Bloom</h2>
<p id=”par-12_52″>Not long after ending things with Mayer, Perry moved on to a relationship with actor Orlando Bloom. The two met at a Golden Globes after-party in 2016, and sources said there was an immediate chemistry between them. Before long, they made their relationship official and began spending time with each other’s families. </p>
<p id=”par-13_22″>Though they broke up in early 2017, fans began spotting them together later that year. By 2018, they were officially back together.</p>
<p id=”par-14_47″>Perry and Bloom <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/katy-perry-orlando-blooms-engagement-fragile-psychologist-says-marriage-complex.html/”>got engaged in 2019</a> but chose to postpone their wedding. In 2020, they welcomed their first child, a daughter named Daisy. While they still have yet to make it down the aisle, the couple has confirmed they are still working on planning their wedding. </p>