
Dakota Johnson left feeling 'incredible pain' after split with Chris Martin
Dakota Johnson, who was in the popular Fifty Shades film series, was in a relationship with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin for nearly eight years until their split
Dakota Johnson is has been left feeling "incredible pain" amid her split from Chris Martin, it is said.
The 35-year-old actress, who was in the Fifty Shades film series and 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 separate ways. They found their relationship, which began in 2017, stalled, a source said.
But the split is believed to have 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."
Coldplay's epic world tour continues and Dakota has been away on shoots for upcoming films Materialists and Verity recently. It is thought their flourishing careers have provided challenges for their relationship.
"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 pictured in New York City on Wednesday hours before the split news broke, and without her engagement ring. 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.
"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.

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