Orlando Bloom learnt for the first time that his wife Katy Perry is responsible for the career of Niall Horan.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star and former One Direction singer shared the couch on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Thursday (16 February).

The host began by pointing out that the two shared “quite a connection” as if it were not for Bloom’s partner Perry, Horan “would not be sitting here now”.

Perry was a guest judge on The X Factor in 2010 when Horan was auditioning in the competition.

Corden then pulled up a clip of the moment the “Teenage Dreams” singer cast the deciding vote to send Horan through to the next round.

“That is fantastic!” Bloom, who had not appeared to have seen the clip before, raved. “Is that the moment that changed your whole thing?” He asked Horan.

“My audition was going very south,...