In their debut, Chris was officially dating Lily Sobhani, a producer specializing in massive music events broadcast internationally with whom he had considered marrying. However, the couple broke up before that desire was fulfilled. Around 2002, it was rumored that Chris was in a relationship with Kylie Minogue (48), a rumor that has intermittently surrounded the singers, but both have always stated that they are close friends.
Chris Martin met Gwyneth Paltrow in October 2002 while hanging out backstage at one of the group's concerts. The actress had lost her father, producer Bruce Paltrow, three weeks prior, so she appreciated the singer for those moments shared. From there, they started dating until they finally took the big step of getting married on December 5, 2003, at the Santa Barbara County courthouse in California.
The "I do" moment was doubly happy, as the actress was pregnant with their first daughter, Apple, born in May of the following year. As the actress experienced postpartum depression, her husband wrote her the songFix You, released in 2005. Their son Moses was born in 2006. Just after becoming parents, they moved into a mansion bought from Kate Winslet and her then-husband Sam Mendes located in Primrose Hill, one of the most expensive areas of London. Shortly after, they bought the adjacent house and planned a large mansion with 33 rooms. In 2022, Chris sold the property for 14.5 million euros.
What seemed like a happy marriage ended up dissolving in 2014 when they both issued a statement to confirm their separation: "We have worked hard for over a year to see what was possible between us, and we have come to the conclusion that we must be separated despite our love for each other." Since then, they have maintained a strong friendship.
In an interview given in 2016 to The Sunday Times, the singer confessed that following the separation, he fell into a deep depression. "It's a divorce, but a strange one. I was depressed for a whole year after the breakup, but I have experienced many things since then. Now I feel like I have the tools to turn the situation around. It took me a year of depression, but I believe I can start over."
A few months before the separation, there were rumors that Chris had something special with Jennifer Lawrence, but nothing could be further from the truth, as he had only composed a song for The Hunger Games, starring the actress.
In October 2017, paparazzi caught Chris Martin with Dakota Johnson after a romantic dinner at a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles. From the beginning, they showed great discretion, avoiding posing at events and declining to make any statements. No one confirmed or denied anything until they were seen together at a Coldplay concert in Buenos Aires the following year.
There have been many rumors during their relationship that suggested the end of their romance, but they ignored the gossip. Due to their work commitments, they would go months without seeing each other, but their relationship did not suffer because they were fully aware of the demands of their work. A person close to them commented that "their relationship works because they are both very independent and, in fact, they also have lives outside of their relationship. It's as if every time they are not seen together for a while, breakup rumors surface."
At the peak of their love, Dakota publicly confessed about Chris's children: "I love those kids as if my life depended on it. With all my heart." Once again, rumors of a breakup arose but were soon forgotten. However, after eight years of relationship, this past June, the couple decided to go their separate ways.
Regarding the latest news about Gwyneth Paltrow, in early 2025, she sold the mansion for 21.9 million euros where she lived with Chris and their children in a development in Brentwood, Los Angeles. The Oscar-winning actress for Shakespeare in Love still owns another residence in California, specifically in Montecito, not far from where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex live, and another in Amagansett, in the Hamptons, where she spends summer vacations with her second husband, producer Brad Falchuk (54), whose Celebrity Net Worth estimates a fortune of 25.7 million euros.