Dakota Johnson in 'incredible pain' after split with Coldplay star Chris Martin

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The pair were in a relationship for 8 years.
Hollywood star Dakota Johnson has been left feeling "incredible pain" following her split from long-term boyfriend and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.
The Fifty Shades star, 35, who also starred in last year's Madame Web, was reportedly determined to make the relationship work but, after almost eight years together, the pair confirmed they've gone their split. They found their relationship, which began in 2017, stalled, a source said, reports the Mirror.
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Insiders claim the split has hit Dakota hard. A source told The Sun: "Dakota wanted this relationship to work. She not only loves Chris, but his two kids, and that loss feels incredibly painful. The decision to end things was amicable, but Dakota is finding it hard. Over the past year, it became clear that their relationship had stalled and wasn't moving forwards."
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Coldplay's huge world tour continues and Dakota has been away on shoots for future films including Materialists and Verity recently. It is believed their flourishing careers have drove a wedge between the pair.
"Settling down, as in Chris properly taking his foot off the pedal, isn't going to happen. And, ultimately, it was one of the many straws that broke the back of them," the source continued.
A sombre Dakota was last snapped in New York City on Wednesday - without her engagement ring - just hours before the split news broke. However, the couple were hit by split rumours in August last year, speculation sources close to them denied.
But now that decision has been reached with an insider confirming the " relationship had been over for a long time". Speaking earlier this week, the insider added: "They just haven't been able to figure out to make it official. Dakota held a flame for them to be together because she loved him so much and loved his kids so much.
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"Breakups aren't instant and they continued to breakup and makeup and sometimes things would work when they were away from each other, while they were working because absence makes the heart grow fonder, but then they'd get back together and little things just kept adding up to where they weren't right for each other anymore... Dakota is devastated that she isn't going to be around his kids as much anymore, but wants them to know that she is always there for them."
Chris, 48, shares those two children with actress Gwyneth Paltrow, whom he married in December 2003. They divorced in 2016, a split Gwyneth described as "conscious uncoupling". The Grammy Award nominee, 52, has since gone on to marry writer and producer Brad Falchuk, whom Gwyneth met on the set of Glee when she had a recurring guest role in the musical comedy-drama.