Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau picked a very public way to spend a very private week. The singer, 42, and the former Canadian prime minister, 54, were photographed holding hands as they left a dinner date at E. Baldi in Beverly Hills on Wednesday night — their first public outing together since Perry's ex-husband Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison on Monday.
The photos, exclusively obtained by Page Six, show the couple walking out of the celebrity hotspot hand in hand. Perry wore a black top with a matching belt and boots, light-wash denim jeans, pink lipstick and silver earrings, her dark brown hair styled up in a bun, and carried a small black purse. Trudeau wore a navy blue long-sleeve sweater, black jeans and black shoes — and was pictured opening the door of a black van for Perry as they left.
A Date Night Days After The Sentencing
The timing is what makes the outing impossible to miss. On Monday, Brand, 51, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court in London to 10 years and six months in prison after a jury found him guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women, with the offences taking place between 2004 and 2009. The judge handed him nine years for the rape, with 18 months for the sexual assaults to run consecutively, and he is expected to serve two-thirds of the sentence before release. He was acquitted of two further counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.
Brand, who was married to Perry in 2010 before their divorce was finalised in 2012, is being held at HMP Wandsworth in London and is expected to be transferred to another prison. Perry has not publicly addressed his legal troubles since the sentencing. But her own past words about the marriage have come back into circulation — including a 2013 interview in which she described her ex-husband as “controlling” and said he did not like her being the boss on tour.
“He didn't like the atmosphere of me being the boss on tour.” — Katy Perry, to Vogue in 2013, on her marriage to Russell Brand
Months before the sentencing, Perry also reportedly joked on stage during a show in Oxfordshire, in Brand's home country, saying she hoped her ex was not in the audience — adding, “He should be in jail.” The line, first reported at the time, has resurfaced across social media this week.
Over A Year In, And No Longer Hiding
Perry and Trudeau have been dating for over a year. They first sparked romance rumours last July after they were spotted on a dinner date in Montreal, and they later made the relationship Instagram official last December. In September, they were photographed together at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art — and on Wednesday night in Beverly Hills, there was no attempt to keep the evening quiet.
Trudeau has also been a visible presence on Perry's Lifetimes Tour, attending several dates on the road. In a September interview with People, Perry described the experience as healing, saying her boyfriend knew the words to her songs, was supportive, and was in awe of the show.
“He knows the words, he's supportive, and he's in awe; it's super healing. He is really heart-centered, and I think that we align in that way. I'm so grateful.” — Katy Perry, to People
What Each Of Them Left Behind
The relationship comes after major changes for both of them. Perry split from former fiancé Orlando Bloom, with whom she shares 6-year-old daughter Daisy Dove. In that same September interview, she reflected on the nine-year relationship, saying she would not have stayed in something for nine years if there had not been really important things to learn, and that each relationship is a teacher.
Trudeau, meanwhile, separated from his ex-wife Sophie Grégoire in August 2023 after 18 years of marriage. The former couple share three children: sons Xavier, 18, and Hadrien, 12, and daughter Ella-Grace, 17.
The photos first circulated through celebrity gossip blog DeuxMoi before Page Six published its own set from the night, and the images spread fast — the kind of sighting that needs no caption. It is the latest in a run of public appearances for the couple, who were photographed together at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in September and at the premiere of Perry’s Lifetimes Tour concert film in Paris in June. Perry, who is scheduled to continue her Las Vegas residency, Play, at Resorts World, has spent much of the year on the road — and Trudeau has been along for parts of it.
For now, the message of the evening was simple, and it was written in the photographs: hand in hand, out in the open, on a Wednesday night in Beverly Hills. After a week in which her ex-husband's name dominated the news, Perry spent the night doing something entirely ordinary — dinner with the man she has been dating for more than a year — and let the cameras see it.
