Diplo playfully shares photo with Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry after shocking dating ‘claim’

American DJ and music producer Diplo has shared a photo with Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry after making a seriously shocking dating 'claim'.

In a recent episode of the Smart Girl Dumb Questions podcast, which has gone viral after the 41-year-old 'E.T' singer and 53-year-old former Canadian Prime Minister made their relationship public, Diplo was discussing Quebec, which he said had a 'hot Prime Minister'.

On the podcast, which came out last month (7 October), Diplo, 46, said he previously dated Perry and went on to leave host Nayeema Raza even more shocked when he claimed that he also dated Trudeau.

Now, it's no secret that Diplo and Perry were briefly linked back in 2014 - but the Trudeau remark came out of nowhere!

Diplo has been the talk of the town after making a now-viral joke about his dating history (Amy Sussman/Getty Images for MISTR, Free Online PrEP)

Diplo called the new couple of Trudeau and Perry 'fire' and recalled that he previously dated the latter over a decade ago.

He added: "I did date Trudeau, too."

"That was a weird one though," he continued. "Because I’m just … I’m not into politicians."

The podcast later clarified that Diplo was joking about dating Trudeau, and it's clear the DJ continued to have fun rattling the internet after taking to Instagram on Monday (3 November) to share a throwback selfie of himself and the politician.

Seemingly making a reference to Perry's 2010 smash-hit 'The One That Got Away' which appeared on her beloved Teenage Dream album, Diplo captioned the neon-soaked selfie: "The one that got away."

Katy Perry was romantically linked to the DJ back in 2014 (Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

He also shared the main grid post to his Instagram story set to the backing track of Perry's 'Firework' to really hammer the point.

It didn't take long for hawk-eyed social media users to clock that standing right behind Trudeau and Diplo was none other than Perry.

"Not the lady in the background with that pixie cut," penned one Instagram user.

A second chimed in: "And what about Katy Perry in the back?"

"Katy Perry 2017 in the background there," joked a third while a fourth piped up: "I’m so dead lmfaoo."

Another exclaimed: "Shut up no wayyyyy."

Diplo shared the throwback snap to social media yesterday (Instagram/@diplo)

And a final Instagram user beamed: "I love this trio!"

Trudeau and Perry, who recently confirmed her split from Orlando Bloom in July of this year, were spotted together for the first time that same month in July, when they were together on what seemed to be a romantic dinner date, chowing down on lobster in Montreal as per TMZ.

Since then, the pair have been spotted on several occasions, with a source previously saying of Perry's new relationship with Trudeau: "They haven’t been able to spend a lot of time together as she’s on tour, but they’re constantly in contact — always FaceTiming and messaging each other.

"He can’t believe someone as glamorous as Katy is interested in him, whereas she’s flattered that such a respected politician wants to date her."