Justin Trudeau Brutally Mocked For Dancing Like A Rabbit In Katy Perry’s Viral Video
Adedokun Waliyu
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Amid news this week that four in 10 Canadian manufacturers plan to move production to the U.S. and reports that his successor, Mark Carney, had the worst first year of growth for a prime minister since 1963, Trudeau decided to treat Canadians to a glimpse of his dancing “by hopping like a rabbit” in a social media video to promote Katy Perry’s new single, Watch it Burn.
In the midst of a run of shows in Europe, his girlfriend posted a TikTok video of herself and some friends dancing to the new song, with the caption, “Ancient texts say that if you hop to this song you will get 1,000 years of good luck.”
As Perry and her pals bounced around to the track, eagle-eyed followers spotted a grinning Trudeau jumping through the shot.
But as the clip racked up millions of views on social media, the 54-year-old former Liberal leader earned brutal reviews for his “garbage” moves.
“Former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is promoting Katy Perry’s new song… by hopping like a rabbit. 2026 is wild,” political commentator Mario Nawfal wrote.
“Imagine being a nepo-baby Prime Minister, divorcing your wife, making yourself the single most hated Canadian politician in modern history, dating Katy Perry, and then doing this,” another added.
“I have to admit, he is much better qualified for this job and also better at it,” one charitable viewer said.
Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry seen dancing in a viral TikTok video.
Kevin O’Leary bluntly pointed to Trudeau’s dismal record while in office, writing, “The longest run of a #Canadian prime minister in history with absolutely no executional skills that left his nation at the bottom of the #G20 after ten years of incompetence.”
“It’s good to see that Trudeau finally has a job he’s qualified for,” the Canada Proud X account swiped.
“He was always the substitute drama teacher who accepted an acting role as prime minister,” author and former Concordia University professor Gad Saad wrote. “It is a forever stain on Canada that such an individual held power for 10 years.”
Trudeau’s dancing debut came hours shortly after he and Perry shared a smooch in a photo shared to her Instagram.
The pair first sparked dating rumours last summer after Perry split from fiance Orlando Bloom when they were snapped having dinner together in Montreal.
By the fall, they had officially become an item after they were spotted celebrating Perry’s 41st birthday in Paris.
At the premiere for her new music documentary, Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris, in New York last month, Perry said the concert was filmed “after I met the love of my life.”
During a subsequent appearance on Justin Tranter’s Unfamous podcast, Perry said meeting Trudeau changed her life.
“I have love in my life now. That’s transformed me,” Perry said. “You think when The Beatles say, ‘All you need is love,’ it’s a cliché? Clichés are clichés for a reason.”
But Trudeau’s appearance at a New York film festival rubbed many Canadians the wrong way.
“He ran Canada into a recession and left Carney to finish the job,” one X user remarked, referencing news that the country is now in a technical recession. “Now he’s photobombing Katy Perry at Tribeca.”
Trudeau also caught flak for attending the U.S. men’s opening match at the FIFA World Cup.
But the former politician fired back at critics by sharing a Canadian flag emoji and insisting he was there to support Perry, who helped kick off the World Cup festivities in Los Angeles.
“Sometimes supportive boyfriend duties call. But you know who I’m rooting for to take the Cup,” Trudeau responded on X.
Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry on the red carpet at the Tribeca Festival in New York City.
Seemingly unwilling to keep a low profile, Trudeau resurfaced again when he defended high immigration rates at a talk in Finland late last month.
Trudeau opened the immigration floodgates. In 2015, Canada took in 579,000 people in a year. By 2024, that number had reached 1.36 million.
“The key on immigration is the capacity to integrate people into your society,” Trudeau said, offering no proof of how his government succeeded in doing that.
Speaking to CBC News on Canada Day, Trudeau — who has seemingly been having the time of his life partying at Coachella and vacationing with Perry after resigning as prime minister in January 2025 — said he was happy to no longer be in politics.
“Being too absorbed by politics disconnects you from what is sometimes the best about being a regular Canadian: having a beer and a chat on a porch about this great country we live in,” he said.
