Miranda Kerr says the guiding rule in co-parenting her son Flynn with former husband Orlando Bloom is to put Flynn’s needs first. In interviews, she has described their relationship as amicable and peaceful, while acknowledging that separation involved difficult moments and that setting boundaries took effort.
The rule Kerr says guides their decisions
At the Environmental Working Group’s Know Your Worth Earth Day Dinner on April 22, 2026, Kerr told E! News that the principle was simple: “Put the needs of the child first.” She said they ask whether a decision is in Flynn’s best interest, and that keeping children first helped them navigate challenging situations. The E! News interview was published April 23, 2026.
Kerr has described that same principle as part of the separation itself. In comments from the We Need to Talk podcast reported by E! News on February 3, 2026, she said: “And so when we made that decision separate, I said to him, ‘Let’s always put the needs of Flynn first.’”
How Kerr describes the relationship after separation
Kerr has characterized the relationship as amicable from the beginning. In a GRAZIA interview, she said: “From day one, when Orlando [Bloom] and I separated, we’ve been super amicable.” She described using Flynn’s best interests to guide decisions, including decisions about holidays.
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In the same interview, Kerr said she, Bloom, her husband Evan Spiegel, and Bloom’s partner Katy Perry care about the wider family and share occasions such as birthdays, milestones, and holidays. These are Kerr’s descriptions of their family’s approach, not an independent account of every private arrangement.
Why the relationship needed rebuilding and boundaries
Kerr has also described why the marriage ended. In the podcast comments reported by E! News, she said: “We both knew that the relationship was not bringing out the best in each other.” She described forgiveness and making peace part of rebuilding after separation: “Forgiving each other,” she added, “forgiving ourselves, creating peace within the situation.”
She has said boundaries became important when plans changed at the last minute. Kerr described her husband, Evan Spiegel, as encouraging her to state those boundaries. Her account indicates that an amicable relationship did not mean every scheduling issue was easy or that boundaries were unnecessary. She also noted that a child’s other parent remains part of that child’s life: “When you have a child with someone else, they’re always going to be that person’s parent for the rest of their life.”
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Kerr’s public comments offer her perspective on the values she says guide co-parenting with Bloom: prioritizing Flynn, forgiveness, respect, and clear boundaries. They do not establish the details of custody, schedules, or private communications, and they should not be read as an independent assessment of the family’s arrangements or as universal parenting advice.
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