Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin have ended their long-term, on-again, off-again relationship after nearly eight years together, according to reports.
“It feels final this time,” a source close to the couple said. Representatives for both Johnson and Martin declined to comment.
The “Fifty Shades of Grey” actress, 35, and the 48-year-old Coldplay frontman were first romantically linked in 2017. They were last photographed together on May 16, stepping out in Malibu.
Earlier this year, in January, the couple were seen holding hands in India, where Coldplay was on tour.
In March 2024, a source told PEOPLE that Johnson and Martin had been secretly engaged “for years,” following early engagement rumours that surfaced in 2020. However, the pair were reportedly “in no rush to get married.”
Breakup rumours previously emerged in August 2024, but at the time, a representative for Johnson denied them, stating the two were “happily together.”
“Sure, they’ve had issues and taken breaks in the past, but things are great now,” a source said then. “They both love their careers. They are balancing things the best they can.”
In June 2024, another source noted that while Johnson and Martin kept their relationship mostly private, they had “ups and downs, but now they’re definitely back on.”
Johnson has spoken warmly about her relationship with Martin’s two children — Apple, 21, and Moses, 19 — whom he shares with ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow.
“I love those kids like my life depends on it,” she told Bustle. “With all my heart.”
She also shared how much she enjoys watching Martin perform: “I don’t know. I love watching him. I could watch him every day. I don’t know how to explain it. I feel like, I don’t know… I’m watching my most favorite being do his most favorite thing.”
Johnson will next appear in “Materialists,” a romantic drama co-starring Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal, set for release on June 13. While promoting the film, she spoke with the Los Angeles Times about modern relationships.
“For a long time we’ve all been so quick to judge relationships or how they should happen, how they should exist in the world. When people should get married,” she said.
“Divorce is bad. All these things that actually, if you think about it, why is divorce bad? Why do people have to get married or at a certain age or only once? Why? It doesn’t matter.”
