Dakota Johnson And Chris Martin have been secretly engaged for several years, according to multiple reports.
A source close to the couple says People that they “got engaged years ago but were in no rush to get married.” In 2020, Johnson sparked engagement speculation when she was spotted wearing an emerald ring. that finger. Years later, a source confirmed to the magazine that the accessory was indeed her engagement ring.
ET has reached out to reps for the 34-year-old actress and the 47-year-old musician for comment.
News of their engagement comes nearly a decade after the Coldplay frontman and Fifty shades of Grey The star was first confirmed to date back to December 2017. At the time, a source told ET that the two had been seeing each other for at least two months.
“They've been dating since early October and spend most nights hanging out at his house and keeping a low profile,” the source explained at the time. “His friends already love her and see how happy she makes him.” The following January, they were photographed together for the first timeconfirming the romance rumors.
Although they have remained a couple ever since, Johnson and Martin have mostly kept their romance out of the spotlight and rarely walked the red carpet together. Privacy seemed to be a priority for the actress from the start, as Johnson made it abundantly clear during a 2018 interview with Tatler that she wasn't going to talk about their relationshipbut noted that she was “very happy”.
The two stepped out together for a good cause in September 2019 when they made a rare appearance at Forest Whitaker's Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative Place for Peace event in New York. The preceding month, the duo is vacationing in the Hamptons with the Coldplay singer's ex-wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, and her husband, Brad Falchuk. Martin and Paltrow split in 2014 and share daughter Apple, 19, and son Moses, 17.
“I love him,” Paltrow said of Johnson in a 2020 interview with Harper's Bazaar. “I can see how it seems weird because it's unconventional. But I think, in this case, after going through it iteratively, I love it.”
Someone in Johnson's entourage, Father Don Johnson, praised Martin during an appearance on Have a nice day New York. “He’s a lovely guy,” said the Miami Vice said an elder about his daughter's other half. “…And if she decides to get married, I imagine she'll have grandchildren soon after. I'd be pretty excited about that part.”
Johnson more recently addressed the subject of children, saying Hustle what loves Martin’s children “as if my life depended on it.”
As for having more, Johnson confirmed she's not opposed to the idea. “I'm so open to it. I've gotten to this place where I really want to experience everything life has to offer,” she said. the website. “And especially as a woman, I'm like, 'What a fucking magical thing to do. What a crazy, magical, wild experience. If this is supposed to happen to me, I’m totally up for it.”
For a complete recap of Johnson and Martin's romance, check out ET's timeline here.
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