Diplo claimed to have dated both Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau during a recent appearance on the podcast Smart Girl Dumb Questions.
The topic came up when the DJ was talking about Quebec with host Nayeema Raza. Mr. Diplo called the city a “slutty” place, and Mr. Raza commented that there is a “hot prime minister” who Mr. Perry is currently dating.
Raza was even more shocked when Diplo said he had previously dated the “Dark Horse” singer and added, “I’ve dated Mr. Trudeau, too.”
“But it was weird,” he continued. “Because I’m not…in that position.”
It wasn’t clear whether Diplo was joking, so the podcast’s official YouTube account had to clarify that he had actually made the wild claims in jest after a fan asked if he was serious about dating the politician.
“LOL!! No, that part was a joke,” the account replied in the comments section of the episode.
However, Diplo, 46, and Perry, 41, dated. The two were briefly linked in 2014 when they were spotted together at Coachella and other industry events.
While playing a game with James Corden on a Witness Worldwide livestream in 2017, Perry ranked him as her third best boyfriend, behind Orlando Bloom and John Mayer.
“I don’t even remember having sex,” Diplo responded on Twitter at the time.
He followed up the tweet by adding, “I won a bronze medal at the Sex Olympics.”
Perry is now dating Trudeau, 53, after splitting from Bloom earlier this year. The singer and politician made their first public appearance as a couple last weekend as they stepped out hand in hand to celebrate her birthday in Paris.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is “obsessed” with the “Teenage Dream” singer and thinks she is “the perfect woman,” a source told Page Six.
“They’re simpatico about everything: politics, kids, French food,” the source said, adding, “They both have a spark in each other.”
Prime Minister Trudeau divorced his wife of 18 years, Sophie Grégoire, in 2023. The couple have three children, son Xavier (18), daughter Ella-Grace (16) and son Hadrian (11).
Perry has one child with Bloom, 5-year-old Daisy.
