Quick summary
- Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau were photographed holding hands outside a Beverly Hills restaurant on Wednesday night, according to Page Six.
- It is Perry’s first reported public outing since her former husband Russell Brand was sentenced on Monday.
- Page Six reports the couple have been dating for over a year.
- Brand received 10 years and six months in prison after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault.
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau have been seen together in public for the first time since Perry’s ex-husband Russell Brand was sentenced to prison. Page Six published photos on Thursday showing the pair holding hands as they left E. Baldi in Beverly Hills after dinner on Wednesday night.
What the photos show
According to Page Six, which says it obtained the pictures exclusively, Perry, 42, wore a black top with a matching belt and boots, light-wash jeans, pink lipstick and silver earrings, with her dark brown hair up in a bun. She carried a small black purse.
Trudeau, 54, the former Canadian prime minister, wore a navy sweater, black jeans and black shoes. The photos also show him opening the door of a black van for Perry as they left the restaurant.
Neither Perry nor Trudeau has commented on the outing, at least in the material Page Six published. The report treats the evening as a dinner date between a couple, and describes Trudeau as Perry’s boyfriend.
How long they have been together
Page Six says Perry and Trudeau have been dating for over a year. That follows the singer’s split from her former fiancé Orlando Bloom, with whom she has a six-year-old daughter.
Trudeau, who led Canada as prime minister from 2015 to 2025, separated from his wife Sophie Grégoire in August 2023 after 18 years of marriage, Page Six notes. They share three children.
The Russell Brand context
The timing is why the photos drew attention. Brand, who was married to Perry from 2010 to 2011, was sentenced on Monday to 10 years and six months in prison after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault, Page Six reports. He faced seven charges, including three counts of rape, relating to alleged incidents involving six women between 1999 and 2009. The trial ran for four weeks.
Page Six also reports that Brand’s legal team blocked prosecutors from raising his relationship with Perry during the trial. After the sentencing, some of Perry’s older remarks about him resurfaced, including a 2013 comment to Vogue that he did not like her being “the boss on tour”. We covered those in Katy Perry’s past remarks resurface after Brand sentencing and in a separate look at her 2013 comments.
A line she reportedly delivered on stage in Oxfordshire months earlier, that her ex “should be in jail”, has also been recirculated. It is a reported remark from a live show, not a formal statement, and Page Six does not say Perry has addressed the sentencing herself.
Page Six adds that Brand is being held at HMP Wandsworth in London, where he is expected to stay for “the next few weeks”, according to solicitor Kally Sahota. He will later be moved to another prison based on “security, safety and rehabilitation needs”.
What happens next
Nothing in the report points to a planned announcement from either Perry or Trudeau. The next developments are more likely to come from the Brand case, with his move out of Wandsworth the one step Page Six says is expected. For everything we have published on the singer, see our Katy Perry tag page.
Frequently asked questions
Where were Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau photographed?
They were pictured leaving E. Baldi, a restaurant in Beverly Hills, on Wednesday night, according to Page Six.
How long have Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau been dating?
Page Six reports they have been together for more than a year, after Perry’s split from Orlando Bloom.
What was Russell Brand sentenced to?
Brand was sentenced on Monday to 10 years and six months in prison after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault, Page Six reports.
