Secret engagement: why Dakota Johnson won't marry Chris Martin

Actress Dakota Johnson and musician Chris Martin kept their engagement secret from fans and the general public for several years. A source close to the couple, in a conversation with People, said that the stars promised each other to enter into a marriage union almost four years ago, but are still in no hurry to do it. In 2020, Johnson sparked engagement talk when she was spotted wearing an emerald ring on that same finger. Now, several eyewitnesses have confirmed to the magazine that the piece of jewelry is indeed confirmation of the Madame Web star's engagement to the Coldplay frontman.

Rumors about a romance between Dakota and Chris first appeared in December 2017. Then it became known that they had been dating since October. “His friends are already loving her, seeing how happy she makes him,” the unnamed source said. In January 2018, they were seen together in public, thereby confirming their close relationship. Remaining a couple since then, Johnson and Martin try to keep their romance away from the spotlight, avoiding appearing together on the red carpet whenever possible. Privacy is among the priorities of the actress, who made it clear in a 2018 interview with Tatler that she was not going to discuss her personal life, but noted that she was “very happy.”

In September 2019, the actress and musician made an exception by attending a charity evening organized by Forest Whitaker in New York. And a month earlier, they were photographed on vacation in the Hamptons with Martin's ex-wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her second husband, producer Brad Falchuk. Chris and Gwyneth divorced in 2014 and are now parents to 19-year-old daughter Apple and 17-year-old son Moses.

“I love her,” Paltrow said in a 2020 interview with Harper’s Bazaar magazine. – I understand how strange it looks, because it’s unconvincing. But I guess in our case, incongruity aside, I just adore it.” Moreover, now the 51-year-old star of “Shakespeare in Love” is putting pressure on his ex-husband to marry Johnson as soon as possible. "Gwyneth says it's too sweet for Dakota to complain about Chris' indecisiveness," the source said. “She demands that Chris stop testing Dakota.” While Johnson herself does not insist on getting married and enjoys life. “Dakota just follows the flow,” noted the same interlocutor. “But Gwyneth has no intention of backing down.”

Don Johnson is also a fan of the union between his daughter and the Coldplay frontman. “He's a wonderful guy... And if she decides to get married, I can imagine it won't be too long before I have grandchildren. I would be incredibly happy about this event,” the actor admitted during a recording of the television program Good Day New York.

Dakota is ready to test herself in a new capacity. At the very least, she enjoys spending time with her fiancé's children from her first marriage, saying in an interview with Bustle that she loves Apple and Moses with all her heart, "like my life depended on it." And she hopes to one day become a mother herself. “I'm open to it, having reached a stage where I really want to try everything life has to offer. Of course, as a woman, I think: “What magic is this. What a crazy, incredible, amazing experience. If this happens to me, I will immerse myself in it completely,” she added in conclusion.