Chris Martin has broken his silence on rumours that he and Dakota Johnson split earlier this year.
The Coldplay frontman and the Madame Web star have been dating on and off since 2017.
The former couple reportedly got “engaged” in March after 6 years together.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Chris appeared to confirm he and Dakota are still very much together, but wishes to keep their romance out of the public eye.
“It is important to say that [romantic love] is such a big factor in everything,” he told Rolling Stone.
“Even though it feels right to keep it precious and private; I’m not denying its power,” he confessed.
Rolling Stone reported that throughout the interview, Chris repeatedly mentioned Dakota, including telling them he had recently listened to Kasey Musgraves’s Golden Hour together.
The Coldplay also listed his partner when asked who his as best friends were: “Phil, Dakota, Jonny, Will, and Guy. My kids.”
In August, the Daily Mail reported that the singer had “accepted the relationship is over – and that it’s best to move on.”
A source told the Daily Mail: “Chris and Dakota have tried desperately hard over the past few months to make their relationship work.”
“They’ll always have love for each other but they’ve both come to the conclusion the relationship cannot be sustained long-term.”
“They’re both busy people, Chris has been in Europe with Coldplay and they both have personal priorities, passions and work commitments which don’t naturally intertwine with each other.”
“They wanted it to work but it just hasn’t, and they’ve now accepted it is best to move on.”
Hollywood Foreign Press AssociationHowever, a rep for Dakota has since slammed these claims and told TMZ that they are still happily together.
A source told TMZ that Dakota was supporting Chris at Coldplay’s Helsinki concert just 2 weeks before the rumours.
