Orlando Bloom Reveals He Was Celibate For 6 Months Before Dating Katy Perry

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Before he hooked up with Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom had experienced a long dry spell — and it was of his own making. In a profile for the Sunday Times, the “Carnival Row” star reveals that he had decided to become celibate as a way of clearing his head. “[I] wasn’t happy,” Bloom tells the Times. “[My friend] Laird [Hamilton] said, ‘If you want to be serious about a relationship, go celibate for a few months and figure it out.’ It takes away the idea of going to a party and thinking, ‘Who am I going to meet?’ I was suddenly like, ‘Oh, I can have a relationship with a woman that is just friends.’” RELATED: Katy Perry Calls Fiance Orlando Bloom A ‘James Bond Of A Human Being’ In Sweet Birthday Tribute Initially, explains Bloom, “I was going to