Orlando Bloom, 46, reveals ‘sometimes’ Katy Perry romance is ‘really, really, really challenging’

Orlando Bloom bared his sculpted physique as he stripped down to his underwear for a tantalizing new magazine shoot.

Covering the latest issue of Flaunt, the 46-year-old dreamboat hinted at the rough spots in his romance with his fiancée Katy Perry.

‘We’re in two very different pools,’ he said. ‘Her pool is not a pool that I necessarily understand, and I think my pool is not a pool that she necessarily understands.’

Katy is a white-hot music superstar, earning a reported $25 million salary from American Idol while juggling a top-flight residency in Las Vegas, while Orlando is now on the Amazon Prime show Carnival Row opposite model Cara Delevingne.

‘Sometimes things are really, really, really, challenging. I won’t lie. We definitely battle with our emotions and creativity,’ he confessed.

Electrifying: Covering the latest issue of Flaunt , the 46-year-old dreamboat hinted at the rough spots in his romance with his fiancée Katy Perry

The pop star and her hunk: Katy and Orlando became an item in 2016 and in August 2020, in the midst of the coronavirus lockdowns, they welcomed their daughter Daisy; pictured 2019

Orlando shared however that ‘I think we’re both aware of how blessed we are to have uniquely connected in the way that we did at the time that we did, and there’s definitely never a dull moment.’

Shortly after his and Katy’s daughter Daisy was born, Orlando told the Guardian the couple were not having ‘enough’ sex, adding that ‘we just had a baby though.’

He became a global movie star over 20 years ago as as the Elf archer Legolas in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, his first job out of drama school.

His profile was catapulted even higher when he played the blacksmith-turned-swashbuckler Will Turner in the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies.

In order to avoid the personal crises that befell other superstars, the committed Buddhist began ‘hiding [himself] from the world.’

Orlando compared celebrity to ‘getting into a burning vehicle,’ explaining: ‘Like, okay, just make sure you got a safety team, cause basically you’ve got to have a fire retardant suit on, a helmet, the gloves, you’ve got to get into the suit and everyone’s going to go: “Oh my god, it’s on fire, look at it.”‘

The sizzling sensation argued: ‘Anyone who tells you different, I think, has maybe either drunk the Kool-Aid, or bought the wrong ticket, cause it’s a job.’

For his latest magazine shoot he posed up a storm in Missoni, including a couple of pictures with an open top to expose his chiseled torso. 

Making it happen: For his latest magazine shoot he posed up a storm in Missoni, including a couple of pictures with an open top to expose his chiseled torso

Hunk-tastic: In another picture he showcased his mesmerizingly musclebound arms in a sleeveless, see-through Lanvin chain top

‘I won’t lie’: ‘Sometimes things are really, really, really, challenging,’ he said of his romance with Katy, confessing: ‘We definitely battle with our emotions and creativity’

‘Never a dull moment’: Orlando shared however that ‘I think we’re both aware of how blessed we are to have uniquely connected in the way that we did at the time that we did….’

He offered fans a generous glimpse of his washboard abs, as well as the small picture of the sun he had tattooed onto them as a teenager.

In another picture he showcased his mesmerizingly musclebound arms in a sleeveless, see-through Lanvin chain top.

After rocketing to international fame, he dated Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!! star Kate Bosworth and then settled down with Miranda Kerr.

Orlando and Miranda welcomed a now 12-year-old son called Flynn before they ultimately brought the curtain down on their marriage in 2013. 

Katy and Orlando became an item in 2016 and in August 2020, in the midst of the coronavirus lockdowns, they welcomed their daughter Daisy. 

Orlando was in Prague shooting Carnival Row as the coronavirus pandemic began to spread around the world – but he remained calm.

‘Listen, I’m not afraid of this thing at all,’ he told Amazon Studios chief Jen Salke shortly before getting caught in lockdown. ‘If you want us to hang, I’m down, because I love what we’re doing and I don’t see it as a big threat.’

He wound up having to quarantine with Katy, who was pregnant by then, and while isolating he ‘kind of felt the fear all around me, this palpable sense of fear in everyone, that was also being proclaimed through social media and over the news.’

Perils of stardom: Orlando compared celebrity to ‘getting into a burning vehicle,’ explaining that there is a need to ‘make sure you got a safety team’

Protecting himself: In order to avoid the personal crises that befell other superstars, the committed Buddhist began ‘hiding [himself] from the world’

Looking back: He became a global movie star over 20 years ago as as the Elf archer Legolas in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, his first job out of drama school

The smoldering Kingdom Of Heaven actor reflected that he ‘was feeling this fear around me and not wanting to buy into that.’

While grappling with the ups and downs of fame, he also tried to prevent himself from either succumbing to jealousy or incurring it in others.

‘I think there’s a lot of competition in our industry, absolutely, but I’ve never been trying to compete with anyone other than myself,’ he insisted.

He cited Tom Cruise as ‘the head of this crazy arrow that is that sort of movie star idea, and that’s a life that I’m not sure what it must be like sometimes for his mind.’ 

One anchor for Orlando has been Buddhism, which he converted to despite being confirmed as an Anglican by the Archbishop Of Canterbury.

Buddhism ‘kind of landed for me more than being confirmed in Christianity,’ he said, noting: ‘I respect all religions – and you can’t knock Jesus – but ultimately, I think that the responsibility of my life lies within me, and I’m not going to look outside of my life for somebody to say: “Yeah, you’re saved.”‘

Elsewhere in the interview he also revealed a real-life act of derring-do he engaged in that was worthy of one of his old action roles.

In 2009, after the infamous Bling Ring stole his $500,000 watch collection including several rare Rolexes, Orlando decided to take matters into his own hands and wear a wire while plunging into the black market to recover his property.

Even keel: While grappling with the ups and downs of fame, he also tried to prevent himself from either succumbing to jealousy or incurring it in others

Running his own race: ‘I think there’s a lot of competition in our industry, absolutely, but I’ve never been trying to compete with anyone other than myself,’ he insisted

By the way: He cited Tom Cruise as ‘the head of this crazy arrow that is that sort of movie star idea, and that’s a life that I’m not sure what it must be like sometimes for his mind’

The mission was a success, as ‘I have a pretty high tolerance for things, which probably helped me survive this long, You could do a movie about me getting my watches back – I met some really interesting characters along the way.’

Orlando was spotted this Wednesday heading to a taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote the second season of Carnival Row.

After the fantasy series bowed on Amazon Prime in 2019, the program was renewed for a second and final season, which will premiere this Friday.

Orlando cut a dapper figure as he strolled to his latest talk-show appearance modeling a perfectly fitted blue suit with gleaming bronze aviators.

Sporting a beguiling touch of scruff, the Hollywood hunk flashed his winningly rakish smile while making his way into the studio. 

He reflected to Flaunt: ‘Everything in my life right now, in the last five years, has been strategic,’ and explained his mindset with regards to Carnival Row.

Orlando said his thought process was: ‘Okay, let’s do a fantasy, let’s bring people back cause I’ve taken some time, I’ve raised a kid, I’ve got married, I’ve got divorced and I need to remind people of who I am and the world that I’m from.’

Said he: ‘Now, I’m feeling seated. There’s a depth that I couldn’t have brought prior, an element of life experience that I could never have brought prior.’

Off he goes: Orlando was spotted this Wednesday heading to a taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote the second season of Carnival Row

Publicity rounds: Orlando cut a dapper figure as he strolled to his latest talk-show appearance modeling a perfectly fitted blue suit with gleaming bronze aviators

Rollout: After the fantasy series bowed on Amazon Prime in 2019, the program was renewed for a second and final season, which will premiere this Friday