‘He’s an anchor who holds me down…’: When Katy Perry gushed about her husband Orlando Bloom

Katy Perry has had a perilous relationship with the media and her public image. Like most female pop stars, she has faced unnecessary criticism as well as overt sexualization, leading to struggles with her mental health too.Though she has admitted to adopting transcendental meditation, therapy and an evolved perspective towards her life to help with those issues, the most significant contributor to her betterment has been none other than her husband Orlando Bloom. Crediting him with bringing a certain stability and calmness into her life, the American Idol judge was quite grateful for his presence in her life, when she opened up to Vogue India in 2020.“He’s an anchor who holds me down, and he’s very real. He’s not the number one fan of Katy Perry, but he’s the number one fan of Katheryn Hudson,” the Roar singer had told Vogue India.The singer credited the Lord of the Rings actor as someone who saw the real her, that is a girl from a conservative family, Katheryn Hudson and not the stage persona she presented to the world as Katy Perry. This quality of his helped her to connect with her image and have a better understanding of herself as well.