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Dakota Johnson can’t seem to escape reading her name in headlines. After a viral press tour for the box office bomb Madame Web and a subsequent admonishing of the film being lapped up by netizens, it was presumed the actor and producer had shared all she could. Now, reports have emerged that Johnson is engaged to Chris Martin, her boyfriend of seven years and Coldplay frontman.
As per British tabloids, the English musician proposed to the 34-year-old nepo baby “a while ago and have kept the news private”. “They have been besotted with each other from day one so taking this next step was inevitable,” the anonymous source added before continuing: “They are in no rush to plan the wedding but are just enjoying making their commitment official.”
It’s alleged that Martin’s ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow, who unanimously “consciously uncoupled” in 2016 after a decade together, gave the nuptials her “full blessing.” We would’ve been gooped if she didn’t!
Given the blended family is the acme of unbothered celebritydom, it’s apparent Martin and Johnson aren’t using an engagement ring as a barometer to measure the success of their relationship. In a recent profile, Johnson candidly discussed her role as “stepmother” in Martin and Paltrow’s two children’s lives. (The couple shares Apple, a bourgeoning Chanel ‘It’ girl, 19, and Moses, a student at the prestigious Brown University, 17.) “I love those kids like my life depends on it. With all my heart,” Johnson responded when she asked if she liked being a stepmother.
Martin’s first wedding with Paltrow was an intimate affair as the couple chose to elope in 2003. It’s not yet clear if he plans on following this template with Johnson, but irrespective of the format the wedding will be unconventional, to say the least. Perhaps even taking liberties to change the matrimonial adage in line with Martin’s body of work: Something old, something new, something borrowed and something ‘yellow’
