Orlando Bloom was completely celibate for 6 months before Katy Perry
IT took staying away from sex for six months for Orlando Bloom to find love with now-fiancee superstar Katy Perry.
The Lord of the Rings actor revealed he went celibate for six months before he met the 'I Kissed A Girl' singer.
Orlando, 43, did not have sex with anyone or even masturbate so that he could "figure" out his life and be more open to another serious relationship.
He told his friend Laird Hamilton that he wasn't happy and the professional surfer had some wise advice for him.
“[I] wasn’t happy. Laird said, ‘If you want to be serious about a relationship, go celibate for a few months and figure it out,’” he told .
“It takes away the idea of going to a party and thinking, ‘Who am I going to meet?’ I was suddenly like, ‘Oh, I can have a relationship with a woman that is just friend
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor thought he might try celibacy for only three months, but then really started to see its benefits.
“I was really enjoying the way I was relating to women, and to the feminine within myself,” he said. “I know that sounds crazy.”
Orlando also admitted he also did not indulge in any self love during the six month period, but regretted taking his vow so seriously.
“Completely nothing. It was insane,” he said. “I don’t think it’s healthy. I don’t think it was advisable. You have to keep it moving down there.”
The star also admitted that he thought “porn is super disruptive to your sex life, to your libido”.
“They’ve done the studies, they can’t find any kids who don’t watch it. When you watch multiple people at multiple times in one evening, how is your actual real-life partner going to match up? It’s just so destructive,” the Carnival Row star said.
Orlando and Katy, 35, had been in an on again, off again relationship after seeing each other at a 2016 at a Golden Globes where they “actually hung out and connected.”
The couple split in 2017 and rekindled their romance a year later, with Orlando proposing to Katy on Valentine's Day, 2019.
They are about to welcome their first child, after Katy revealed her baby bump in the music video for her latest song, Never Worn White.
Orlando gushed about his wife-to-be to The Sunday Times describing her as "very surprising".
He added: “She’s witty and smart and intelligent. She’s charismatic, but she’s direct too, and this dynamic was intriguing to me.”
The A-listers were set to tie the knot in Japan, but are "hitting pause" on plans to marry in the East Asian country in the summer due to the
A source told : "It was all set for Japan with 150 guests. Katy was actually really excited about walking down the aisle pregnant.
"They were both so elated that all the wedding details were finally coming together, but they are hitting pause because of coronavirus."
The global pandemic has also impacted filming for the second series of Amazon's Carnival Row in Orlando stars alongside Cara Delvingne.
"It's farewell from us, as we go home to be quarantined," Orlando told his fans.
"But we're coming home, to the States, at least I'm coming home to the States, as we want to get in before the quarantine."
He added: "Big love everybody, stay safe out there, self quarantine. it seems really crazy this whole Corona thing.
"But do the right thing by you and your family and stay safe and in a few weeks we'll beat this bad boy."
The baby is Katy's first child, but Orlando has a nine-year-old son Flynn with his ex-wife, Australian model Miranda Kerr.
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