As an up and coming musician, Justin Trudeau’s son Xavier “Xav” Trudeau is thrilled to see his father dating pop star Katy Perry.
“When I’m really happy with a song [I] send it [to her],” Xav, 18, said of his dynamic with Perry, 41, during the Wednesday, April 8, episode of the “Can’t Be Censored” podcast. “She’s always happy to give me advice or tell me what I should change.”
Xav noted that he has a good relationship with the “Roar” singer and has grown to know her in the year since she and the former Canadian Prime Minister, 54, began dating.
“She’s super nice. She’s super down to earth. She’s great,” Xav added. “I think that my dad’s happy so that’s important.”
While Xav admitted there was some “noise” that comes with his father dating such a public figure, as the son of a former — and prominent — politician he said he’s used to it.
He revealed that seeing a picture of Justin and Perry together is “just like any other picture of my dad and my mom. Or just my dad.”
“My life is so crazy sometimes. I’m like, What is my life? What the hell?” Xav shared. “I just laugh. The reality of it is, it’s my life. What can I do? What can I change?”
When it comes to his own public persona, Xav said he’s learned not to “really care” about what other people think — or write on social media.
“I’ve been told my whole life, ‘Don’t read comments,’” Xav continued, noting that he has always grown up in the spotlight thanks to his dad’s political career. His mother, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, is also a public figure working as a public speaker, published author and mental health advocate.
Xav confessed that he’s not, however, always bulletproof.
“The hate, it gets to me sometimes,” he said. “I guess it’s built into my brain, I think of it as when someone comments on my video, when someone shares my video, when someone likes it, it just helps me.”
While Xav had nothing but good things to say about Perry and her relationship with his father, Justin has kept his feelings about the musician to himself since they were first romantically linked in July 2025.
After the pair were spotted spending time together in Canada, Justin and Perry flew under the radar for a few months. Their romance was brought back into the limelight in October 2025, when they were seen packing on the PDA on a yacht off the coast of Santa Barbara, California.
“She’s very happy,” an insider exclusively told Us Weekly of Perry at the time. “She’s trying to keep it low-key, and they’ve spent a lot of private time together. She’s not looking to publicize this relationship.”
Perry, who shares daughter Daisy, 5, with ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom, has since begun to post more and more intimate moments featuring her and Justin on social media.
Justin, who shares Xav, Ella Grace, 17, and Hadrien, 11, with his ex-wife Sophie, 50, was featured in Perry’s Tokyo roundup in December 2025. He also made an appearance in the singer’s holiday season photo dump posted in January.
Perry showed off her love life with Justin again last month, sharing an Instagram photo of the duo out to dinner.
Check out Xav’s complete interview on the “Can’t Be Censored” podcast now.
