From Parliament to Page Six: Justin Trudeau is living it up post-politics 

Justin Trudeau, left, eats ramen while seated next to Katy Perry at the 2026 Coachella music festival in California. Photo by Katy Perry/Instagram

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This time 14 months ago, even with his tenure as prime minister near its end, an embattled Justin Trudeau was still butting heads with Donald Trump over Canada’s sovereignty.

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Nowadays, however, the 54-year-old spends his days skiing with Prince Harry, posing for selfies with his 21st-century pop icon sweetheart Katy Perry, or vibing in the front row at Justin Bieber’s Coachella comeback.

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That’s precisely where Trudeau was this Saturday night, accompanied by Perry, who shared a carousel of videos and photos from the California music festival on Instagram. Among them was a snap of the two seated on a curb with red solo cups while Trudeau, dressed in blue jeans, a white T-shirt and a backwards ball cap, eats from a takeout box.

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In a selfie-video of the two embracing and swaying to Bieber’s Speed Demon, she moves the camera directly in front of his face, prompting Trudeau to briefly gaze into the camera.

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On TikTok, she posted a clip of herself fan-girling as Bieber was about to perform Baby, one of his earliest hits.

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Meanwhile, back in Canada, many of his former colleagues likely lingered in Trudeau’s hometown of Montreal after the Liberals’ federal convention concluded on Saturday.

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It was the first such convention without him in attendance in almost 20 years, but the former party leader did record a video message that was played for delegates on Friday evening.

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“Welcome to my home, my dear friends,” Trudeau said in French, adding regrets that he can’t be there in person, presumably because he knew he’d be at Coachella.

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“Not only is this one of the biggest gatherings in the history of the Liberal party, the majority of you are at a convention for the very first time. Take it from me — the first convention is in Montreal? You totally lucked out.”

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Trudeau, of course, spent much of his youth in the city and was the MP for its Papineau riding from 2008 until last year’s federal election after ceding power to Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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In his brief address, he said the world, now more than ever, needs Canada’s celebration of diversity, its defence of democracy, its mission to create positive change and global leadership and encouraged attendees to “keep thinking big.”