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Canada|Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau Get a Table for 2, Inviting a Serving of Speculation
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The former Canadian prime minister had dinner on Monday night with the newly single American pop star in Montreal, spurring intrigue over how they ended up meeting.
July 29, 2025Updated 7:21 p.m. ET
It’s the dinner pairing that has the United States and Canada buzzing: The newly single pop star Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada, dropped by a high-end restaurant in Montreal on Monday for a meal together.
Their rendezvous at Le Violon, which specializes in “seafood-forward cuisine” and is featured in the Michelin Guide, set the internet aflame with speculation about whether the American-born singer and the former head of state were on a date.
Now that would be rapprochement, especially amid the chilly state of affairs between the once mutually aligned countries over President Trump’s tariffs and his frequent hectoring of Canada as being the “51st state.”
What a juxtaposition. In Ms. Perry’s parlance? “Hot N Cold.”
Ms. Perry, 40, and the actor Orlando Bloom, with whom she shares a daughter, recently broke off their engagement. Mr. Trudeau, 53, who resigned earlier this year as prime minister, separated from his wife of 18 years, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, in 2023. They have three children.
In response to questions from The New York Times, the co-owner and co-executive chef of Le Violon, Danny Smiles, said on Tuesday that the restaurant had hosted Mr. Trudeau and Ms. Perry the previous night. The restaurant confirmed that they had a reservation, but would not say who had booked the table.
“We can’t say for certain it was a date,” Mr. Smiles said, “but they were in great spirits.”
The celebrity website TMZ reported earlier about the sighting of Ms. Perry and Mr. Trudeau at the restaurant, publishing photos of the two there, taking a walk earlier and having drinks later at a tavern.
