Katy Perry Approves of Orlando Bloom's 'Clickbait' Moment With Kim Kardashian: 'I Approve,' She Says

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom packed on the PDA on the red carpet for a recent fundraising event in New York, but it was a photo of the couple with another celebrity that set the internet abuzz.

Perry and Bloom, who have been engaged since 2019, were photographed at the Kering Foundation's Caring for Women Dinner standing next to Kim Kardashian. The annual event raises money and awareness for organizations that support those affected by gender-based violence.

In one of the pics of the trio, Bloom is looking down and slightly to the left, with Kardashian appearing to be directly in his line of sight.

TMZ published the photo Sept. 10 and claimed Bloom “peered” at Kardashian. Later that day, Perry was asked on the nationally syndicated radio show “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show” for her reaction to the pic.

“Can I show the latest clickbait that just came over my TMZ, have you seen this?” host Elvis Duran asked the “Woman’s World” singer.

Perry said she hadn't seen the photo.

“It's you taking a photo with Kim Kardashian, and Orlando's staring at her butt,” he said through laughter. “I mean, how could you not?”

Perry reacted with just two words: “I approve.”

Duran read out part of TMZ's article before Perry chimed in, “So, what's the controversy?”

“There is no controversy,” Duran said, to which the singer said, “Oh great. Count that click, honey.”

Orlando Bloom's 'Gaze' Sparks Online Chatter

On X, formerly Twitter, fans reposted the picture and questioned if Bloom was “checking out” Kardahsian’s “behind.” The image showed the actor standing next to his fiancée with his arm around her waist as they posed for photos. The Pirates of the Caribbean star was not focused on the camera, however, as he seemed to be looking down at Kardashian, who was standing right next to him.

Perry Opens Up About Bloom's 'Rewiring' Journey

For the charity event, Perry wore a blue, strapless sequin dress, while her partner opted for a classic black bow tie and tuxedo. The event also came one week after she opened up about her relationship with Bloom – who she’s been engaged to since 2019 – on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast. She recalled that when she and Bloom were apart for a year, before reuniting in 2017, it was actually for the better.

“We weren’t really in it from day one,” she said. “He was because he had just done a huge time of celibacy and he had set intentions. I was fresh out of a relationship, and I was like, I can’t do this anymore. I need to swim in a different pond, but I had yet to do a lot of real work.”

She shared that at the time of their split, Bloom had gone to a week-long retreat called The Hoffman Process, where he “rewired” the way he thought about himself and discussed some of his negative behaviors. Perry noted that when Bloom got back from the retreat, his approach to the relationship changed, which she wasn’t ready for.

“He wasn’t playing that cat-mouse game anymore. And I was like, ‘This is boring. I’m moving on,’” she admitted. “I was so used to this push-pull. Because once you have it. I was playing games.”

Perry and Bloom Embrace Couple's Therapy

Earlier in the episode, Perry – who shares a four-year-old daughter, Daisy, with Bloom – opened up about the current dynamics of her and Bloom’s relationship, revealing that they’re in couple’s therapy.

“Orlando and I, we do a lot of couple’s therapy and we want to evolve,” she explained. “That’s why we’re in this relationship – to become better humans so that we can raise this amazing human being,” she said.