Celeb couple split after eight years together

This on-again, off-again celeb couple have split once more - but sources insist that this time, it’s “final.”

Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin have reportedly broken up for good.

“It feels final this time,” a source told People Wednesday.

The actor, 35, and the musician, 48 — who were first linked romantically in October 2017 — were last photographed together in Malibu, where they share a home, in mid-May.

Prior to that, they were snapped holding hands in India in January.

Reps for Johnson and Martin did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.

However, Johnson hinted at the reported break-up in an interview with the Los Angeles Times published this week.

Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson have split. Picture: TheImageDirect.com

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Actress Dakota Johnson. Picture: Slaven Vlasic/Getty

Asked what made the role “feel different for her,” Johnson replied, “The complexities of all of the characters. The paradox. Everyone being confused about what the f**k they’re supposed to do with their hearts and what’s the right move. I found that very honest, and I found it just so relatable.”

She continued, “For a long time, we’ve all been so quick to judge relationships or how they should happen, how they should exist in the world, when people should get married, divorce is bad. All these things that actually, if you think about it, why is divorce bad? Why do people have to get married or at a certain age or only once? Why? It doesn’t matter.”

In June 2019, Johnson and Martin were reported to have split only briefly, as they sparked engagement rumours the following December.

Johnson appeared to hint at the split during an interview this week. Picture: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty

The now former couple were spotted holding hands in India in January 2025. Picture: Kaushal/Ajay / BACKGRID

Then in March 2024, an insider told Page Six that the pair had actually been engaged for six years, with another source telling People that they were “in no rush to get married.”

That August, split speculation began to swirl again, prompting Johnson’s rep to quiet the rumours by insisting to us that the duo was “happily together.”

The 50 Shades of Grey star then took matters into her own hands by flashing her emerald engagement ring at paparazzi.

Simultaneously, a source admitted to People that Johnson and the Coldplay frontman have “had issues and taken breaks in the past,” as they “both love their careers” and “are balancing things the best they can.”

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission.

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