Former prime minister Justin Trudeau holds hands with Katy Perry as they leave an event during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau holds hands with Katy Perry as they leave an event during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
On Sunday, photos appeared online that seemed to show former prime minister Justin Trudeau and his partner Katy Perry on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The photos are fake. The Getty Images watermark on the photos does not match the real logo of the photo supplier, and the credited photographer does not seem to exist. Photo archives, media reports and the social media accounts of Trudeau and Perry show no evidence that either of them attended the ceremony.
THE CLAIM
鈥淜aty Perry and her boyfriend, Justin Trudeau at the GRAMMYs pre-show red carpet!!!!鈥 reads the caption of a Sunday on the X platform, formerly Twitter.
Posted the night of the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, the X post shows two photos of the former prime minister and his pop-star partner posing together on the red carpet. A Getty Images watermark appears on both photos, credited to 鈥淎ndrew Brian.鈥
The photos appeared in several other posts on , and . Another included solo photos of Perry on the red carpet, with the same Getty Images watermark and photographer credit.聽
THE FACTS鈥
A closer look at the Getty Images watermark on the photos shows inconsistencies with the photo supplier's real logo.聽
The bottom loop on the lowercase g does not connect, but in the it does. The cross stroke on the two lowercase t's connects both letters, but in the real logo there is a space between them.
A Google search of the supposed photographer, Andrew Brian, shows that while there are a few people with the same name who advertise themselves as photographers, none appears to have a working relationship with Getty Images.
A search of the photographer's name on the Getty Images website no one with the name Andrew Brian is credited as photographer for any of its photos.
Red carpet photos from , the Grammy's official and the Getty Images show the red carpet backdrop Sunday was different than the one depicted in the Trudeau-Perry photos, and the couple do not appear in any red carpet photo roundups.聽
Neither Perry nor Trudeau mentioned the Grammys on their social media pages, and their last public appearance as a couple was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20. The Getty Images archive and Perry's most recent Instagram post show her last solo public appearance was at the Joy Awards in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 17.
The fake red carpet photos originated from a Katy Perry fan account on X; before posting the photos of Trudeau and Perry together, the account several photos of Perry alone on the red carpet.
The account did not give any indication the photos it posted were fakes, though the version with both Trudeau and Perry now has a community note attached, which notes the couple did not attend the red carpet or ceremony together.
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Claim posted to X Feb. 1, 2026 () and (), Feb. 1, 2026 (), Feb. 1, 2026 ()
Photos of Perry on red carpet posted to Feb. 1, 2026 ()
Top view of joyful friends lying on patterned floor surrounded by gold balloons at a fun New Year鈥檚 Eve celebration 鈥 stock photo. Getty Images . Uploaded Nov. 5, 2025 ()
Truc Nguyen. Red carpet highlights from the 2026 Grammy Awards. CBC News . Feb. 1, 2026 ()
cbstv red carpet post via Grammys . Feb. 1, 2026 (, )
Grammy Awards red carpet photos via Getty Images . Accessed Feb. 2, 2026 ()
Katy Perry photos via Getty Images . Accessed Feb. 2, 2026 ()
Katy Perry from Jan. 18, 2026 ()
Kyle Duggan. Justin Trudeau, Katy Perry make appearance at World Economic Forum. 国产诱惑福利 website. Jan. 20, 2026 ()
X account's with Katy Perry solo red carpet photos from Feb. 1, 2026 ()
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