In 2014, Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow sent the entertainment world into overdrive when they announced they were “consciously uncoupling.”
After 12 years as a couple and two children, the superstar separated, however, after his shocking statement, they remain firm friends.
While Gwyneth, 51, has found love again with Brad Falchuk, whom she married in 2018, it was reported on Wednesday that the Coldplay singer, 47, proposed to actress Dakota Johnson, 34 , after six years as a couple.
Far from being a sign of acrimony, Gwyneth is said to have given her blessing to the couple, months after she candidly said of Dakota: “We’re actually very good friends.” I love her so much. She is a lovely and wonderful person.”
Meanwhile, Dakota happily posed for a photo with her future husband’s ex, while also gushing about the former couple’s children, Apple, 19, and Moses, 17.
We take a look inside Hollywood’s friendliest exes…
The friendliest of exes! After Dakota Johnson, 34, and Chris Martin, 47, (pictured right in 2019) got “engaged,” we take a look back at his sweet friendship with his ex Gwyneth Paltrow, 51, 10 years after “conscious disconnection.”
Gwyneth recently shared this photo of her with Dakota.
After 12 years as a couple and two children, the superstar separated, however, after her shocking statement, they remain firm friends.
Where it all began… and ended
In October 2002, Gwyneth and Chris met three weeks after the death of her father, Bruce Paltrow, after which Chris wrote Fix You to help her with her grief.
They married in December 2003 in a Southern California hotel ceremony, during which she became pregnant with Apple. She was born the following year, while they welcomed her son Moisés two years later in 2016.
Her unique name was inspired by a song Chris wrote for Gwyneth. Coldplay’s Simon Pegg and Jonny Buckland are godparents to her daughter.
Gwyneth reduced her workload after becoming a mother and revealed that she also suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her youngest son in 2006.
The couple then shocked the entertainment world when, in March 2014, she announced they had separated after ten years of marriage, describing the process as “conscious uncoupling.”
In his official announcement, he had his doctor, Habib Sadeghi, and his dentist wife, Sherry Sami, explain conscious disengagement as “the ability to understand that every irritation and argument (within marriage) was a signal to look within ourselves.” and identify a negative internal object that needed healing.
Gwyneth and Chris are pictured in the early moments of their romance in 2003.
In October 2002, Gwyneth and Chris met three weeks after the death of her father, Bruce Paltrow, after which Chris wrote Fix You to help her with her grief (pictured in 2003).
Habib explained: “From this perspective, there are no bad guys, just two people, it’s about people as individuals, not just the relationship.” In April 2015, Paltrow filed for divorce, which was finalized on July 14, 2016.
The duo maintained a strong friendship and in 2014 began dating producer Brad Falchuk, whom she met on the set of Glee in 2010. They announced their engagement in January 2018 and married in September of that year.
Meanwhile, Chris and Dakota met through mutual friends and “have never been apart” since, the actress told Vanity Fair in June 2022.
They were first seen together in 2017, a year after the musician’s divorce from Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth. However, it was initially unclear whether the pair were dating or just close.
In June 2019, the couple faltered, rumored to be the result of Coldplay’s frontman pressuring them to have children.
This was a leap that Dakota, in her professional prime, was reportedly unwilling to make. However, before the summer was over, they got back together.
Dakota recently spoke about her love for her stepchildren (Chris and Dakota pictured in 2018)
It’s all love!
Dakota recently spoke about her love for her stepchildren.
She told Bustle: ‘I love those kids like my life depends on it. With all my heart.’
As a member of a large mixed-race family, Dakota, who was recently spotted in Malibu, has learned to accept connections that are not related to blood.
When the reporter mentioned a photo Gwyneth posted of her and Dakota, he said, “I grew up in a very big family and I believe in the saying, ‘Blood is thicker than water,'” he explained.
‘The actual saying is, “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” meaning that the connections with the people you choose are stronger than the connections with the people you were actually born with.’
He was previously married to Gwyneth from 2003 to 2016; in the photo 2014
Dakota’s parents are actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. The two separated: Don married Kelley Phleger in 1999 and Melanie married Antonio Banderas in 1996. They divorced in 2015.
Of their friendship, she continued: ‘‘I think because I grew up (in a blended family) this has been more natural, but I really wouldn’t have done it any other way. I really wouldn’t do it. I love it. It feels very honest. It feels really authentic…
“No one is hiding anything.”
Adding her own take on things, Gwyneth recently said, “We’re actually really good friends.” I love her so much. She is a lovely and wonderful person.”
In 2020, he spoke about Dakota again, saying: ‘I can see how strange it would seem because it’s kind of unconventional. But I think in this case, having gone through it iteratively, I just adore it.”
Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson are reportedly ‘engaged’ after six years together