Texas Senator Ted Cruz threw in a light jab Katy Perry’s boyfriend, Justin Trudeausuggesting that the former Canadian prime minister is essentially punching above his weight by being with her.
The “Dark Horse” singer certainly doesn’t seem to see things that way, as she recently gushed about how Trudeau has changed her perspective on love and life in many ways.
Perry also reflected on how the past year had been “tough” for her, but said she chose to stay cool and collected, even though she felt she had every reason to be “angry”.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz offered a surprisingly candid take on international relations this week, weighing in on the steamy romance between Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau.
When you are in a corner of a TMZ reporter, the Republican senator was asked directly about his thoughts on the budding couple. He didn’t hold back, leaning into a classic football analogy to describe the pairing.
“Well, you know, there’s an old saying about ‘exceeding your coverage,’ and I think Justin has managed to do that,” Cruz said with a laugh.
However, the senator was quick to make sure his comments didn’t come across as offensive, immediately adding a self-deprecating caveat: “To be fair, I’m in the same camp as well,” referring to his wife, Heidi Cruz.
The interviewer then asked if he thought the relationship had any effect on US-Canada relations, to which he replied, “objectively, it affects US-Canada relations,” before walking away.
Trudeau’s supportive girlfriend moment sparked debate
Although the pair had been linked for some time, they were only made their red carpet debut on June 8 at the Tribeca Festival in New York City while attending the premiere of “Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris.”
But their romance has already sparked tension among citizens of both nations, as many took to social media to call out Trudeau for traveling to the United States to watch the United States play in the ongoing World Cup, even though his native Canada was also playing.
“Sometimes supportive boyfriend duties call. But you know who I’m rooting for to take the Cup,” he wrote in a X post, adding a Canadian flag emoji.
Katy Perry opens up about her new love
Contrary to what Cruz seemed to suggest, the “Roar” singer seems happy and content with the way things are between her and Trudeau, and with the kind of love he’s shown her since they got together.
In a recent chat with Justin Tranter on her “UnFamous Podcast,” Perry explained that it has been a transformative journey for her, saying Trudeau has helped change her perspective in no small way.
“I have love in my life now. It’s changed me,” she said on the Wednesday, June 17, episode of the podcast when asked about how she’s changed as a songwriter over the years. “You think when The Beatles say, ‘All you need is love,’ is that a cliché? Clichés are clichés for a reason … it’s like you don’t know until you have your baby how beautiful that experience is and how it transforms you.”
“I’m constantly in transformation and I have so many Scorpio placements in my chart that it would be easy for me to go to the dark side,” she added on Wednesday’s episode. “I’m constantly reborn, constantly, constantly, you know, turning phoenix into ashes, so hopefully eagle.”
Perry says Trudeau has become her ‘anchor’
The pair seem so in love with each other that they can’t keep their hands off each other and have been seen several times packing on the PDA.
During their appearance at the Tribeca Festival for the premiere of her concert film, “Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris,” Perry talked about how meeting Trudeau has been an “anchor” for her.
“I’m very much in love. And actually, that show was after I met the love of my life, and so I felt very grounded by it because I’m kind of like a rainbow dragon,” she said during a Q&A session, per PEOPLE. “I’m flying super high and touching the veil … the cosmos … and sometimes I need to be anchored. So having that anchor finally makes me feel really whole now.”
Katy Perry says boundaries changed everything
Their relationship comes after a “tough” year for the “California Gurls” singer, who endured a painful split from ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom, with whom she shares daughter Daisy Dove. She also faced harsh criticism after participating in an all-female space flight aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spacecraft.
Perry told Tranter it instead of falling into “the strange victim triangle” she decided to sit with her feelings, learn from them and get feedback.
After coming to terms with the split, she adjusted her “boundaries” before meeting Trudeau.
“You know what it is? It’s really limits (of) limits within yourself, and then when you boil it down even further, it’s just self-respect. It’s just love for yourself,” Perry said. “If you don’t have limits, maybe you need to look at it … or peel yourself out of it. That’s what I’ve done is peel myself out of all the conditioning.”
