After we heard the recent news that Orlando Bloom is to become a father for the second
time, we got extremely excited about his relationship and upcoming marriage with Katy Perry, right?
Well, hold on a minute.
Their love story is by far fascinating, but there’s another story that haunts us. Very
few people know about the shocking revelation the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star faced
in his teenage years – the revelation that had a significant influence on his life and
perception of fatherhood in particular.
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The actor was born in a household that was very popular among reporters and academic
writers: they all wanted to meet his father. Orlando’s dad, Harry Bloom, was a prominent
lawyer and a well-known author who devoted his career to fighting against the apartheid
in South Africa. He spent his last years working as a professor of law at Kent University.
Raised in the shadow of Harry Bloom’s noble name, Orlando was also carrying an ambitious
dream of building a great career – not in law or politics though: Orlando has always
wanted to become an actor.
Sadly, Harry Bloom wasn’t able to support his son on his way to the dream: he passed
away when Orlando was only four years old. The actor doesn’t remember his father very
well, but he is proud to be Harry Bloom’s son.
The only thing is that he was NOT Harry Bloom’s son.
When Orlando was 13, his mother, Sonia Bloom, told him his biological father was not Harry
Bloom but Colin Stone, a family friend, and a school teacher.
Orlando revealed the details of this story only in 2005 when he signed on to play the
lead role in the "Kingdom of Heaven" movie partly because of its father-son relationship
storyline that (quote) “hit very close to home”.
Harry Bloom was considerably older than Orlando’s mother. However, she desperately wanted to
have children. Colin Stone, Orlando’s biological father, was one of Harry's top students, and
he was very close to the Blooms. Eventually, Colin ended up as a father to both of Sonia
Bloom’s children, Orlando and Samantha. But they all kept quiet about this story until
Harry Bloom died.
Shortly before his death, Harry Bloom asked his children’s biological father to look
after them. And so he did: Colin Stone became Orlando Bloom’s and his sister’s legal
guardian.
Despite the confusion around his upbringing, Orlando has grown close to Colin. Here’s
how he commented on his relationship with father in the interview with “The Sun”:
“He’s super excited about being a grandad, and I’m excited about it too, so he’s
amazing.”
The Internet was hit a number of times by photos of Colin Stone, Orlando Bloom and his
son Flynn Bloom spending time together. One of the brightest examples is the sweet “three-generation
selfie” that Orlando posted on his Instagram account in 2017.
However, it’s more than just a nice photo: in fact, there’s another notable story behind
it – not about Orlando Bloom’s father, but about Orlando Bloom BEING a father.
Flynn Bloom, Orlando’s son with supermodel Miranda Kerr, was born in 2011. Flynn was
only two years old when the couple decided to split.
Following the divorce, Bloom started to prioritize raising his son and didn’t actively pursue
professional achievements. Bloom admits he has missed out on a number of roles he’s
auditioned for since 2013, but he didn’t regret it at all, because he got one big role
instead – the role of a caring dad.
In 2017 the actor shared a photo with sleeping Flynn captioning it in the nicest way ever:
“When I was a boy I dreamed of creating a kingdom to share and balance love with life,
career and everything in between, something I didn’t fully comprehend till my son opened
my heart. Could not be more grateful.”.
Moreover, Bloom didn’t open up about his career to his son until he started attending
school, because the actor wanted to keep the sense of normality in their relationship.
Apparently, he realized that, in the first place, a child needs a thoughtful father who’s
always there for him – and then a recognized family member who is mainly occupied with
his professional successes.
If our presumption is right, it’s not hard to understand why “The Lord Of The Rings”
star chose to raise his son as the first priority and participated in a very limited number
of projects within the past ten years.
It’s really interesting though how the tables will turn now that the actor is expecting
his second kid.
At the beginning of March, Katy Perry announced her pregnancy by dropping the music video,
where she appeared cradling her baby bump.
Perry and Bloom were going to get married in Japan early summer, but they’ve decided
to postpone their big day due to the fast-spreading coronavirus.
According to a source, “Katy was really excited about walking down the aisle pregnant”.
No wonder why: the 35-year-old singer is expecting her first child, while her 43-year-old fiance
is already familiar with all the challenges that come with parenthood. And the need to
set the priorities right is probably the challenge number one.
We would love to see Orlando Bloom on our screens in the nearest future, but if it won’t
happen, we could only be happy for the actor spending time with his lovely family.