I wrote at the end of my post yesterday about Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry that she was performing in Montreal last night and asked whether or not you thought he would show up. I mean, OF COURSE HE SHOWED UP. 

 

Both JT and Katy are well aware that their date has made worldwide headline news. I know this because I was contacted by two news outlets, one in the UK and one in Australia, to comment on the story. So this romance is playing beyond North America because it’s irresistible. Former Prime Minister dating popstar?! Like I said yesterday, it’s a rom-com, no one is immune to this script. 

So here’s Justin at Katy’s show last night. 

 

JT is with his daughter, Ella-Grace, 16, who was in the national spotlight here in Canada a few months ago when her dad stepped down as leader of the country and his party when she introduced him at the Liberal leadership convention. You can watch her speech here – she did a great job, and she was so cute, a teenager on such a serious old people occasion being herself and talking about her father’s job from her perspective. I bring this up because at one point during her remarks, she described the experience of being his daughter and scrolling through social media. You can imagine how hideous that might be – and she said she was looking forward to seeing less of him on those platforms and more of him at home…

 

Cut to this week and Justin is the main character again, not for politics but for pop culture – a fan boy in the best seat in the house, next to her, singing along to “Firework”. 

What’s interesting, though, is JT’s virality this week, at least in my feeds, is not quite as toxic as it used to be. Obviously there are still haters and trolls, mostly in Canada, being gross about the situation. But Canadians’ relationship with him is different from citizens in other parts of the world. Pretty sure people who don’t live in Canada aren’t as familiar with him and their image of him may be varying degrees of rosier – like my friend Liz in New York who texted this morning and described him as a “comparatively dream politician from days of yore”. LOL at the “yore” part because I’m not sure how JT would react to essentially being called a has-been. 

 

But back to my point about Justin Trudeau’s reputation outside of Canada, some Katy Perry fans are actually all about it and calling him an “upgrade” on Orlando Bloom. 

 

The PR is PR-ing! For both of them! 

I’m not saying this relationship – if it is a relationship – isn’t legit, but I am saying it’s working to both their advantages. This is the best press JT and Katy have had in a long, long time. And they’re both enjoying the sh-t out of it. Look at her in this clip, how she suddenly whips her head in his direction, almost as if she’s making sure people are capturing the moment. 

 

These two are serving exactly the kind of celebrity content we are looking for! Because, I’m telling you, this math is mathing! They are both corny and cringy, on the same level. From her janky dance moves to the vertical words on his t-shirt that read “Strong & Free”, like we need to be reminded of Canada’s national anthem and his former title as the Prime Minister, how can anyone not see that this is a f-cking MATCH!? Corny + cringe = GOOD GOSSIP. Savour it! 

But there might also be another benefit: you know who else has heard about this? The current president of the United States, guaranteed. He already felt a certain type of way about JT being tall, and younger, and better looking. As for Katy, he will never admit it since Katy is a Democrat, but he thinks Katy is hot, he used to tweet about her all the time. So the jealousy has to be eating at that motherf-cker, you know it. 

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