Katy Perry reveals year-long split from Orlando Bloom 'saved her life': 'I would be dead without it'

Katy Perry reveals year-long split from Orlando Bloom ‘saved her life’: ‘I would be dead without it’ Katy Perry said she “would be dead” if she had not taken a year-long breakup from Orlando Bloom in the early stages of their romance. The “Firework” hitmaker, 39, kickstarted a romance with the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor in 2016, however the duo parted ways the following year. After a year apart, they reconciled and got engaged in 2019. “We weren’t, like, …