Katy Perry reacts to ex Josh Groban's engagement — using the song she once wrote about him
Katy Perry reacts to ex Josh Groban's engagement — using the song she once wrote about him
Shania RussellTue, May 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM UTC
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Josh Groban with Natalie McQueen; Katy Perry
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Katy Perry shares her reaction to ex Josh Groban getting engaged.
The singer shared a video of herself pretending to sob and drink after reading about his engagement to Natalie McQueen.
The TikTok was set to her song, "The One That Got Away," which is supposedly about her 2009 relationship with Groban.
Sometimes it's hard to find the right song for your specific heartbreak. Lucky for Katy Perry, she has her own discography to choose from.
The "Firework" singer is sharing her candid — if unserious — reaction to learning that her ex Josh Groban just got engaged. And what better song to mark the occasion other than the hit track that she supposedly wrote about him?
On Monday, Perry shared a TikTok video that begins with a news story about Groban's recent engagement to actress Natalie McQueen. The Grammy winner then wanders into frame wearing a white robe and pretending to cry. She pours herself an absurdly tall glass of something orange, raises a toast, and then drinks it while mock-sobbing.
All the while, her 2010 hit "The One That Got Away" is blasting in the background.
Perry captioned the video, "Congrats."
Natalie McQueen and Josh Groban
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The joking video comes just a few weeks after Groban and McQueen announced their engagement, which became official when the "You Raise Me Up" singer got down on one knee at Disneyland.
"MY BEST FRIEND SAID YES!!!," he captioned their April 21 announcement. "Sharing this life with you is my happiest place."
Perry and Groban were romantically linked way back in 2009 and, a year later, "The One That Got Away" hit the airwaves. At the time, there was some speculation about who the song referred to, which resurfaced in 2017 when Perry ranked her exes as part of a weekend-long livestream. While talking about Groban, she referred to him as "the one that got away."
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The following year, Groban was pressed about the song during a visit to Watch What Happens Live. "I was not expecting that,” he admitted to host Andy Cohen, of learning that the song was written about him. "That was a double take and a spit of my coffee when I saw that."
He added, "It’s very sweet of her to say that. I’m very flattered by it. But I was very surprised by it too."
He also explained that he initially didn't believe the song could be about him because of certain lyrics, explaining, "I never owned a Mustang. I don’t have a tattoo. Are you sure that’s about me?"
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau on Instagram
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As for his relationship with Perry, he concluded by saying that the former couple remain on very good terms after their split. "We were both very private and we realized we were better as friends," he said at the time. "And we’ve been very, very good friends to this day. She’s the best."
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Despite her fake tears in the video, Perry's relationship with Groban is basically ancient history. She was married to Russell Brand from 2010 to 2012 and was in a long-term relationship with Orlando Bloom from 2016 to 2025. The "Teenage Dream" singer has most recently been romantically linked to former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The pop star and politician were first spotted together in Montréal last July. Months later, they were photographed kissing on a yacht in Santa Barbara, Calif. By the end of the year, they were ready to make their relationship Instagram official and have since shared several sweet snaps together.
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