Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau look like lovestruck teenagers as they kiss during romantic picnic date

Katy Perry’s romance with Justin Trudeau has had a grounding effect on her, as she herself has said.

That was more than evident as the couple were seen kissing and laying on the grass during a picnic date in Santa Barbara, California on Saturday.

The Dark Horse hitmaker, 41, had the former Prime Minister of Canada in her clutches as they nuzzled noses and shared a tender smooch.

Earlier in the day, they picked up lunch in Perry's vintage Moke before heading to a picturesque park location to relax and unwind on a red-checkered blanket.

The remnants of their meal lay beside them as the pair continued to put on their PDA-filled show.

Perry and Trudeau, who made their red carpet debut last week at the premiere of her concert movie in New York City, were also joined by the singer's mother, Mary, and Perry's daughter, Daisy Dove, five, with ex-fiance Orlando Bloom, plus another child who appeared to be the former politician's younger son, Hadrien, 12, with estranged wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau.

Even so, the lovebirds managed to steal some alone time, looking very much in their own world.

At one point, Trudeau lay on his back grinning while Perry leaned in for another kiss.

Perry was dressed casually in a white top with striped linen trousers along with flip flops that she later kicked off. She arrived wearing a hat, but later removed that, too, showing her dark hair that she'd tied back in a knot.

Trudeau wore an olive-green T-shirt and navy cargo shorts and, like Perry, went barefoot in the grass.

It wasn't all about them, as Perry and Trudeau spent time with their families at the playground.

The sighting comes just days after Perry hailed Trudeau as the 'love of my life.'

Perry - who was previously married to Russell Brand and ended her long-term relationship with Bloom in June of last year - made her red carpet debut with Trudeau at the New York City premiere of the Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour concert film on June 8.

And she couldn't help but gush over their romance and the stability Trudeau has brought to her life.

'I am very in love. Actually, that show was after I met the love of my life, and so I felt very anchored by that,' Perry told People.

'Because I'm a little bit like a rainbow kite. I fly super high and like, you know, touch the veil, cosmos, and sometimes I need to be anchored. So, to have that anchor finally makes me feel really whole now.'

The star couldn't be happier with the way her life is now.

'Every day is a fantastic journey, and every day is a chance to evolve, and to be a better person and do the right thing and to be a model for your community, for your family, for your world.

'I feel like a more grounded person in so many aspects of my life,' she added.

Perry reflected on how 2025 - the year her engagement to Bloom ended - was 'one of the hardest' periods of her life.

'I went through a f*** ton, and there were days that were really, really, really, really hard,' she recalled.

'And I just kept going 'cause I made a promise to my fans. I made a promise to my daughter. I made a promise to myself. And I got through it.

'I walked through the fire because everybody has to walk through their own fire, and if you're walking through hell, you keep going because on the other side of hell is definitely heaven.'

Perry, who has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2013, noted she has embraced life in her 40s.

'I'm different now. Your 20s are for emotions. Your 30s are for sorting them, and your 40s are for f****** not caring about those emotions and turning them into gasoline - finally transmuting all those emotions into a creative something.

'We're all human here and it doesn't matter. It's like sadness doesn't discriminate, grief does not discriminate, pain does not discriminate - everybody is subjected to it in their own ways.'

Meanwhile, Perry revealed she wants her daughter, Daisy Dove, to grow up to be 'a better version' of herself.

She was happy to take her little girl on the road with her for her recent Lifetimes tour because she is proud to be an example of a 'strong' woman.

'It's always incredible when I get to bring my daughter to work,' she told the outlet.

'I think when mothers can be their most supported, authentic selves, that is always a good template for children to model. And I'm just glad to model a strong, steady, intelligent, funny, weird woman for my beautiful daughter.'

'I think, as mothers and fathers, we're just modelling something for our children, and all we can hope for is that they will grow up into better versions of ourselves - and themselves.

'I think if I'm out there living my most authentic, free, supported, empowered, smart, sexy life, and she's going to have a pattern to follow, a model to follow.'

The star admitted she is proud Daisy is already confident enough to share her opinions.

'She's a force. She tells me exactly what she thinks,' Perry said.