PEOPLE with the exclusive yesterday citing multiple sources who say that Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin have ended their engagement and their relationship. They’ve been together for eight years. 

 

The last time there were reports that they were over was last summer, August 2024. And it was the Daily Mail, and they got it wrong. They got it so wrong that Dakota made a point of clowning them by holding up her hand, and her engagement ring, for the paps three days after the Daily Mail’s bullsh-t. As if that wasn’t clear enough, her rep went on the record with almost every entertainment outlet with a denial to further dunk on the tabloid. 

 

This time, though, it’s not the Daily Mail. It’s PEOPLE – much more reliable and celebrity friendly and, therefore, believable. But the timing is weird. Dakota is currently promoting Materialists, opening next Friday 13 June. The red carpet premiere is on Saturday. And she’s doing press junkets etc in the coming days, too. My point is, Dakota will be facing media while her breakup is making headlines, not exactly the ideal time to be leaking news about her personal life. Would she be putting her own personal life on blast to promote a rom-com in which she plays a matchmaker who has to choose between a billionaire and her ex who can’t get his sh-t together? I mean…surrrre…but it’s never been her style. Dakota Johnson has never been that kind of celebrity. And given her track record on this kind of PR, which is that she’s never engaged in it, it’s hard to imagine that she would authorise her team to place this story. So does that mean someone sold her out? Or did she want to get ahead of something? 

 

Joanna and I were messaging about this yesterday and she had a theory that perhaps Dakota’s done a magazine interview/profile where it might have come out? Or…I dunno…maybe she’s getting ahead of another development in her personal life we might soon find out about?

 

What’s also interesting is Chris and what he did the other night at the Coldplay show. The band is currently on tour; they played Stanford Stadium on Sunday. And here’s what he said during closing remarks: 

“Don’t forget to go see Materialists!” Looks like it’s an amicable split, then? Chris consciously uncouples once again. 

Attached: Dakota Johnson out in New York over the last few days.