Justin Trudeau has been making headlines with his personal life for several months now. It all began a few months ago, when he was spotted with Katy Perry during an outing. Following this, he attended her concert with his daughter, Ella Grace. Well, later, reports suggested that whatever was brewing between the couple had cooled down. Cut to October 12, 2025, when social media was filled with Justin’s photos with Katy, featuring their steamy PDA on a Yacht.
Amid this, people’s attention also shifted to his personal life. For the unversed, Justin was married to Sophie Gregoire for 18 years before calling it quits back in 2023. And now that Justin and Katy are leading all the headlines, let’s look back at the time when Sophie talked about parting ways with Justin. Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire have known each other since childhood, as the latter was his brother’s classmate. It was in 2003 when they met again as adults, as they co-hosted a charity event in Montreal, Canada. Eventually, they fell in love, got married and hopped onto their parenthood journey.
Justin Trudeau’s estranged wife, Sophie Gregoire, talked about their separation
Justin Trudeau was the second PM to announce separation while in office. On August 2, 2023, he and Sophie, an author-model and TV host, took to their social media handles to release a statement announcing their separation. On the statement, they shared that their decision came from a mutual and difficult conversation. However, it was Sophie, who, two years later, in March 2025, talked about her separation from Trudeau while talking to ELLE. Sharing details about the same, Sophie said that she had imagined the worst-case scenario while announcing the separation. She mentioned that she didn’t want to be naive and also wanted to protect herself. Sophie said that they all stayed away from their phones and stayed together, as a family. Sophie shared: