Orlando Bloom addresses Katy Perry breakup in first public comments since split

Orlando Bloom is breaking his silence on his split from Katy Perry.

During an appearance on "The Today Show"  to promote his new movie "The Cut," Bloom touched on his breakup with the 40-year-old pop star after nearly 10 years together.

"I'm great, man. I'm so grateful. We have the most beautiful daughter," Bloom told host Craig Melvin. "You know, when you leave everything on the field, like I did in this movie, I feel grateful for all of it. And we're great. We're going to be great. It's nothing but love."

The couple began dating in 2016 and were together for about a year before breaking up in 2017. They reunited in 2018, and Bloom proposed on Valentine’s Day in 2019.

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Soon after getting engaged, Perry announced she was pregnant with their first child, a daughter named Daisy, who they welcomed in August 2020.

Rumors of their split began swirling in late June, and speculation grew when Bloom arrived in Venice for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánches Bezos' wedding without Perry.

They officially confirmed their split on July 3 in a joint statement.

"Due to the abundance of recent interest and conversation surrounding Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry’s relationship, representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting," a representative for the former couple told People. "They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is — and always will be — raising their daughter with love, stability and mutual respect."

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Following their split, Perry was spotted having dinner with former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal. The two were reportedly seen sharing a number of dishes and sipping on cocktails.

Trudeau was later seen at one of Perry's concerts during her "Lifetime Tour" at Montreal’s Bell Centre, accompanied by his 16-year-old daughter, Ella-Grace — further fueling romance rumors.

In addition to Daisy, 5, Bloom also shares his son Flynn, 14, with his ex-wife, model Miranda Kerr. Kerr also commented on the breakup between Bloom and Perry during a Sept. 3 appearance on "The Today Show."

"I actually just saw them both on the weekend. We were celebrating Daisy’s birthday," she said. "We’re one big, happy family…Katy is amazing. I love her. And Orlando, obviously."

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Bloom and Kerr were married from 2010 to 2013. During her interview, Kerr emphasized the importance of maintaining a healthy co-parenting relationship, saying "If you do have animosity, it only hurts yourself."

Georgetown professors slam Trump’s DEI ‘crackdown’ as ‘attack on religious freedom’ at Jesuit schools

A new essay in America Magazine by a pair of Georgetown professors slammed President Donald Trump’s DEI "crackdown," saying it is an assault on religious freedom, especially at Jesuit schools. 

The essay, titled, "At Jesuit universities, the government’s DEI crackdown is an attack on religious freedom," is authored by William Michael Treanor, a professor of constitutional law and constitutional history and a former dean, and Amy Uelmen, a lecturer in religion and professional life and a special advisor to the dean at Georgetown Law School. 

"This past March, Georgetown University Law Center fended off an extraordinary incident of unprecedented government overreach when the chief federal prosecutor for our district, interim U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr., opened an inquiry into the content of our curriculum," they wrote.

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"Such incursions constitute a threat of the highest order to our nation’s First Amendment values. Now more than ever, it is urgent to stand up for our university’s autonomy to make curricular decisions based on its Jesuit mission." 

The essay from Treanor and Uelmen hit Trump’s Jan. 21 executive order on DEI, as well as the memorandum to "All Federal Agencies," that asked the agencies that receive federal funds to comply with federal law and "ensure that their programs and activities comply with federal law and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, or other protected characteristics-no matter the program's labels, objectives, or intentions."

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"The often unstated premise for the attack on DEI programs and policies is that they necessarily push down or squash the identity and interests of those who are not the beneficiaries of these efforts," Treanor and Uelmen wrote. "This zero-sum-game vision sorts the world into undeserving winners and otherwise deserving losers, and in the scramble for scarce resources, this vision concludes that DEI is unjust and unfair." 

They also defended Georgetown’s approach to DEI by highlighting the mission statement of the university, which reads, "[S]erious and sustained discourse among people of different faiths, cultures, and beliefs promotes intellectual, ethical, and spiritual understanding."

Fox News Digital reached out to Georgetown University and the Department of Justice for comment. The Department of Justice referred Fox News Digital to two letters sent to Georgetown, one in February and one in March.

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In part, the February letter raised Georgetown's "invocation of Catholic doctrine as a reason for your school’s devotion to racist policies was particularly vexing." 

"Catholics opposed Jim Crow and other Democrat policies of segregation and we even led the fight to end that racism," Ed Martin, former US attorney for the District of Columbia, wrote. "As a Catholic and former servant of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, I find it disturbing that a Jesuit institution is choosing racism in the name of some misunderstood preference - and even boasts about it." 

"Until you answer my questions in full, as my initial letter stated, no Georgetown Law student will be considered for our fellows program, our summer internships, or employment in our office," he added. 

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