Gwyneth Paltrow wants everyone to know that there’s no animosity between her and Dakota Johnson. In an Instagram Story, she made it clear that Johnson, who has been dating her ex-husband Chris Martin for almost half a decade now, is someone she holds dear.
“Do you love Dakota Johnson?” a fan asked, according to Us Weekly, to which Paltrow replied, “very much.” And this isn’t the first time that Paltrow expressed her adoration for the “Fifty Shades of Grey” actor. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in January 2020, she said that she recognizes how their relationship might seem absurd to other people, but she has learned to block it all out and embrace it. “I love her. I can see how it would seem weird because it’s sort of unconventional,” she said. “I think, in this case, just having passed through it iteratively, I just adore her. I always start to think of the ampersand sign — what else can you bring in, instead of being resistant to or being made insecure by?” Paltrow added.
Paltrow also said that her relationship with Martin today is anything but tough, as opposed to how it was at the start of their separation. “It’s a lifelong commitment to constantly reinvent your relationship with your ex,” she told Harper’s. “I would say very rarely is it difficult now. We’ve learned how to communicate with each other. We love each other. We laugh. We have the best of each other. It’s really nice.”
