{"id":1931934,"date":"2026-05-12T16:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1931934"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:09:09","slug":"katy-perry-revisits-the-one-that-got-away-after-josh-groban-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1931934","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry Revisits &#8216;The One That Got Away&#8217; After Josh Groban Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/82\/16by9\/2026\/05\/12\/82fbe4f882cd45a789525c4cf01ed4d2_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Katy Perry Revisits &#8216;The One That Got Away&#8217; After Josh Groban Engagement<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Katy Perry<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I&#8217;m Mourning Ex Josh Groban Getting Engaged &#8230;<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">AKA &#8216;The One That Got Away&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T09:09:09-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202605\"><br \/>\n                May 12, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            9:09 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-771e953549bbd0bbbe49e0eb84dc0a94\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260512_82fbe4f882cd45a789525c4cf01ed4d2\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4dbf78a9-25cf-462f-89ee-d275e76628c8\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/82\/4by3\/2026\/05\/12\/82fbe4f882cd45a789525c4cf01ed4d2_md.jpg\" alt=\"Natalie McQueen and Josh Groban Katy Perry Getty Tiktok 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty Composite<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4f39efb66c36c9d37486fa2ad0d66cb8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/katy-perry\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Katy Perry<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s popping bottles and poking fun at her own love life after finding out ex-boyfriend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/josh-groban\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Josh Groban<\/strong><\/a> is officially off the market &#8230; jokingly mourning the guy she once called &#8220;The One That Got Away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-59ea7adb0ad19752e3b459ea41f5a914\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The pop star hopped on TikTok Monday in a white bathrobe looking absolutely defeated &#8230; pouring herself a giant glass of bubbly and fake-crying after news broke that Groban got engaged to British actress <strong>Natalie McQueen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c4365a97923c22b64012c0627671e365\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-tiktok-embed-block canvas-tiktok-embed-block-permalink canvas-tiktok-embed-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-c4365a97923c22b64012c0627671e365-739279879-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load TikTok Post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a81bd251a225ed0f809d91149cb39c94\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>To really twist the knife, Katy set the video to her 2011 hit &#8220;The One That Got Away&#8221; &#8230; the same song she later admitted was inspired by Groban after their brief 2009 romance.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-01d85eb3dd944138a5b8ee606f2bff27\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Still, no hard feelings here &#8230; KP kept it classy-ish by captioning the post &#8220;congrats&#8221; alongside a champagne emoji for the newly engaged couple. Fans in the comments, meanwhile, were absolutely eating up the ex-girlfriend humor.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a4dafd28e51044cc838e37d840cf8d59\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260512_01db7ed2bc4945e9bd68d023967e0f42\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4dbf78a9-25cf-462f-89ee-d275e76628c8\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/01\/4by3\/2026\/05\/12\/01db7ed2bc4945e9bd68d023967e0f42_md.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Groban Katy Perry Getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0f44f7cf37d2dbd59498791838ed2a60\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Katy first confirmed Josh was the muse behind the track during a 2017 livestream promoting her &#8220;Witness&#8221; album &#8230; a revelation that apparently blindsided Groban himself. He later joked on &#8220;Watch What Happens Live&#8221; that he nearly spit out his coffee hearing the news &#8230; before pointing out the lyrics didn\u2019t exactly match his life.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d38096e1d4e092dc58eb97c8fc1efc0b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Josh cracked, &#8220;I never owned a Mustang. I don\u2019t have a tattoo. 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