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Katy Perry says pregnancy was not an ‘accident’

‘I think we were both looking forward to this new interval of life,’ says singer

Olivia Petter
Friday 06 March 2020 09:50 GMT
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Katy Perry has opened up about her pregnancy, revealing that she and Orlando Bloom had been planning to start a family.

The singer confirmed she was expecting her first child with her fiancé on Thursday.

Perry shared the news via the music video for her new single “Never Worn White”.

At the end of the film, the 35-year-old is shown cradling a baby bump.

Following the music video’s release, the musician took part in an Instagram Live video with her 90.5m followers, in which she confirmed that she is pregnant.

Now, in an interview with SiriusXM’s Mikey Piff, Perry has said the pregnancy was not an “accident”.

“I’m so grateful for everything that I have been able to do and achieve and all the goals that I’ve been kind of able to check off my list and dreams and the life I’ve lived thus far,” she said.

“And I think I’ve just been trying to create this space in my own life where I’m not running myself too ragged and creating space for something new to happen like this.

“And I think we were both looking forward to this new interval of life and sharing this, so, that’s kind of how it happens, you know?”

The singer explained that she had planned to share the news with her parents by printing it on the label of a bottle of wine she was bringing to their house for dinner but that her mother, Mary, spotted the label beforehand.

“She just came over and was looking at my wine, which she never does, and she’s like, ‘What is this?!”’ Perry said.

“And that’s how it happened. And I was like, ‘Well, you ruined the surprise,’ but I guess moms have intuition unlike any other right?”

Perry added that she has no plans to put her career on hold as she embarks on motherhood.

“I’m sure it will be an untraditional way, but look, I’m joining the force of working moms out there.

“And that is a very strong force. And I love what I do and it doesn’t feel like work and it brings me so much joy, so I just want to continue that state of joy.”

The interview comes after reports circulated the Perry and Bloom have postponed their wedding in Japan due to fears around the coronavirus outbreak.

A source told People: “They were both so elated that all the wedding details were finally coming together, but they are hitting pause because of coronavirus.”

To date, there are 116 cases of coronavirus in the UK and more than 96,000 cases worldwide, with 331 in Japan.

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