Justin Trudeau Defends Missing Canada World Cup Match To Watch Katy Perry

Justin Trudeau has responded to his critics after watching his girlfriend Katy Perry performing at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in the USA, rather than supporting his native Canada during their first match.

The former Canadian prime minister and Grammy-nominated pop singer have been an item for the better part of a year now, with Trudeau in the audience as she performed her 143 album cut Wonder on the pitch on Friday.

However, not everyone was happy that Canada’s former leader didn’t turn up to support his home country.

On Sunday, he responded to a post on X pointing out that “on a day that Canada and the United States both opened their campaigns at the World Cup, Justin Trudeau opted to watch Team USA, where his girlfriend Katy Perry was performing in the opening ceremony”.

“Sometimes supportive boyfriend duties call,” he claimed, but insisted: “You know who I’m rooting for to take the Cup.”

The couple had jaws dropping the world over last summer, when it was first reported in the press that they were in the early stages of dating.

More recently, he was pictured looking loved-up with Katy on the red carpet at the premiere of her upcoming concert film during the Tribeca Film Festival.

Katy was previously married to the comedian Russell Brand, and shares a five-year-old daughter, Daisy, with her former long-term partner Orlando Bloom.

Justin, meanwhile, had been single for around two and a half years before he and his new famous girlfriend began going out, following the announcement in August 2023 that he and his wife of 18 years, Sophie Grégoire, had separated.

He and his ex share three children, sons 18-year-old Xavier, 16-year-old Ella-Grace and 11-year-old Hadrien.