Dakota Johnson Loves Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow’s Kids “Like My Life Depends On It”
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Although Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin may be one of Hollywood’s most private couples, the Madame Web star just gave us a rare look into her relationship with the Coldplay singer’s two kids.
In an interview published today by Bustle, Johnson shares her thoughts on being stepmom to Apple, 19, and Moses, 17, whom Martin shares with ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow.
“I love those kids like my life depends on it. With all my heart,” she told the outlet.
Although Johnson and Martin have yet to publicly address the engagement rumors that have swirled around them for years, the actor did refer to Moses as her stepson. Asked about her opinion on the rise of nontraditional and nonmonogamous relationships, she answered, “I think as long as you’re not hurting anyone physically, emotionally, psychologically, do you. I like that people are exploring existence and how to relate to other people. My stepson had a friend who was saying that at her school, some kids are identifying as cats. And I was like, ‘Okay, good for you.’ ”
She also talked about her perspective on blended families, having herself grown up with stepdad Antonio Banderas, who was married to her mother, Melanie Griffith, for almost two decades, until the Hollywood stars announced their divorce in 2014.
“I grew up in a family that was so big, and I just believe in the saying ‘Blood is thicker than water,’ ” she said. “The actual saying is ‘The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,’ which means that the connections with people you choose are more solid than the connections to the people you’re actually born to.”
When it comes to having her own children one day, Johnson said, “I’m so open to that. I’ve gotten to this place where I really want to experience everything that life has to offer. And especially being a woman, I’m like, ‘What a magical fucking thing to do. What a crazy, magical, wild experience.’ If that’s meant to happen for me, I’m totally down for it.” She added, “There’s so much to eat up and learn and grow from and experience and feel. That includes all the pain and the suffering and feeling so helpless about the world. … I do have that incredible friction in myself. And then I’m like, we’re not here for very long, so if I’m meant to be a mother, bring it on.”
Paltrow and Martin divorced—or “consciously uncoupled,” as the Goop founder famously phrased it—in 2016. Since, the two have maintained a friendly coparenting relationship, with Johnson and Paltrow’s husband, Brad Falchuk, joining the exes on double dates and family vacations.
Paltrow talked about her friendship with Johnson in an interview for Harper’s Bazaar’s February 2020 cover story. “I love her,” she said. “I can see how it would seem weird because it’s sort of unconventional. But 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? There’s so much juice in leaning in to something like that.”
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