Gwyneth Paltrow’s Dynamic With Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin: Everything We Know

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Dynamic With Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin: Everything We Know

The results of a successful uncoupling! Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin remained friends after their divorce, and since then, his girlfriend, Dakota Johnson, has been welcomed into the family. The Oscar winner and the Coldplay frontman tied the knot in December 2003. During their marriage, they welcomed daughter Apple and son Moses in May 2004 and April 2006, respectively. However, the pair announced their split in March 2014, noting that they still loved each other “very much.” “We are, however, and always will be a family, and in many ways we are closer than we have ever been,” a statement released at the time read. “We are parents first and foremost, to two incredibly wonderful children, and we ask for their and our space and privacy to be respected at this difficult time. We have always conducted our relationship privately, and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and coparent, we will be able to continue in the same manner.” Paltrow subsequently filed for divorce in April 2015, and the proceedings were finalized in July 2016. The exes remained close, though, for the sake of their kids. “I think we’ve managed to really stay a family,” the Iron Man star told ES Magazine in January 2019. “Chris is a very close friend. I see him every day, I talk to him every day.” [jwplayer eQq6ZSCm-zhNYySv2] After their separation, Paltrow moved on with Brad Falchuk. Us Weekly revealed in August 2014 that the couple were dating after meeting on the set of Glee. They announced their engagement in January 2018 and got married that September. Us confirmed in December 2017 that the Grammy winner was dating Johnson. The Fifty Shades of Grey actress soon bonded with Paltrow. “Gwyneth loves Dakota and vice versa. She really likes her and who she is as a person,” a source told Us in October 2019, noting Paltrow’s stance that anyone who enriched Martin’s life would do the same for her children. “She cares deeply for him and wants him to be happy.” The insider revealed that the singer and Falchuk were also on good terms. “Brad and Chris have a lot of respect for each other and they always get their creative juices flowing when they hang out,” the source said. “They get something from being together — they’re both very cool guys.” Scroll through the gallery below for everything we know about Paltrow’s friendly relationship with Johnson and Martin: [podcast_block]

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Dynamic With Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin: Everything We Know

The results of a successful uncoupling! Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin remained friends after their divorce, and since then, his girlfriend, Dakota Johnson, has been welcomed into the family. The Oscar winner and the Coldplay frontman tied the knot in December 2003. During their marriage, they welcomed daughter Apple and son Moses in May 2004 and April 2006, respectively. However, the pair announced their split in March 2014, noting that they still loved each other “very much.” “We are, however, and always will be a family, and in many ways we are closer than we have ever been,” a statement released at the time read. “We are parents first and foremost, to two incredibly wonderful children, and we ask for their and our space and privacy to be respected at this difficult time. We have always conducted our relationship privately, and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and coparent, we will be able to continue in the same manner.” Paltrow subsequently filed for divorce in April 2015, and the proceedings were finalized in July 2016. The exes remained close, though, for the sake of their kids. “I think we’ve managed to really stay a family,” the Iron Man star told ES Magazine in January 2019. “Chris is a very close friend. I see him every day, I talk to him every day.” [jwplayer eQq6ZSCm-zhNYySv2] After their separation, Paltrow moved on with Brad Falchuk. Us Weekly revealed in August 2014 that the couple were dating after meeting on the set of Glee. They announced their engagement in January 2018 and got married that September. Us confirmed in December 2017 that the Grammy winner was dating Johnson. The Fifty Shades of Grey actress soon bonded with Paltrow. “Gwyneth loves Dakota and vice versa. She really likes her and who she is as a person,” a source told Us in October 2019, noting Paltrow’s stance that anyone who enriched Martin’s life would do the same for her children. “She cares deeply for him and wants him to be happy.” The insider revealed that the singer and Falchuk were also on good terms. “Brad and Chris have a lot of respect for each other and they always get their creative juices flowing when they hang out,” the source said. “They get something from being together — they’re both very cool guys.” Scroll through the gallery below for everything we know about Paltrow’s friendly relationship with Johnson and Martin: [podcast_block]

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Gwyneth Approved of Dakota From the Get-Go

Shortly after news broke of Martin and Johnson’s romance, an insider told Us that Paltrow did not “really know” the Social Network star but they had “some mutual friends.” Despite their unfamiliarity at the time, the Shakespeare in Love actress was “happy if Chris is happy. She only wants the best for him.”  

The source added: “[Gwyneth] trusts his judgment and knows he’s smart about his decisions and who he spends time with. She leaves it at that. She doesn’t scrutinize his choices or who he dates.”

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Gwyneth Encouraged Chris and Dakota to Get Back Together

In 2019, Johnson and Martin reconciled following a brief split. An insider told Us that August that Paltrow was “the one who pushed them” to give their romance another shot.  

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They’ve Been Spotted on Double Dates

Paltrow, Falchuk, Martin and Johnson were seen hanging out at the beach in the Hamptons in August 2019.  

“The adults are all very friendly,” a source shared that October. “It’s not without effort and having to put feelings aside from time to time. They genuinely enjoy being together and there’s a lot of love for one another on all sides.”  

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Gwyneth Has Declared Her Love for Dakota

The Goop founder detailed her relationship with Johnson in January 2020. “I love her,” she told Harper’s Bazaar. “I can see how it would seem weird because it’s sort of unconventional. But I think, in this case, just having passed through it iteratively, I just adore her. I always start to think of the ampersand sign — what else can you bring in, instead of being resistant to or being made insecure by? There’s so much juice in leaning in to something like that.”  

A fan later asked Paltrow during a January 2022 Instagram Story Q&A, “Do you love Dakota Johnson?” to which she replied, “Very much.”

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Choosing Kindness

Johnson reflected on how her own upbringing as a child of divorce (parents Don Johnson and Melanie Griffiths divorced in 1996) with six half-siblings likely made her more eager to have a positive relationship with Paltrow.

“Maybe I think about relationships like that differently because I grew up in my family. We were all cool [with each other],” Johnson told Vanity Fair in June 2022. “Obviously, there were times where it was not cool, but I experienced that, so I don’t want that in my life. I don’t want any kids to experience anything like that. It’s better to be kind, and it’s also really nice that everybody actually really loves each other and has each other’s backs.”