Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin lead Hollywood divorcees making friends with exes’ new loves

A-list actors are known for work in front of cameras, but many celebrities, like Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry and Demi Moore, find an added spotlight for their famous relationships.

Despite a few disastrous splits, some stars maintain amicable friendships with their exes as they move on to new romances.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Dakota Johnson have formed a strong bond, and an even more modern family unit, since the “Fifty Shades” actress started dating Coldplay frontman Chris Martin in 2017.

Martin and Paltrow were married 10 years and have two children together, Apple and Moses, but announced their separation as a “conscious uncoupling” in 2014. Their divorce was finalized in 2016, and they’ve remained an example when it comes to friendly exes in Tinseltown.

The Academy Award winner proved to be cool with her ex, his girlfriend and her husband, Brad Falchuk, when the foursome was spotted hanging out on the beach in the Hamptons in 2019.

Martin also tagged along on Paltrow’s honeymoon in the Maldives after she married Falchuk in September 2018, and Johnson was reportedly included on a family ski trip to Aspen, Colorado, the same year.

The Goop lifestyle brand founder previously discussed the “love” she has for Johnson in a 2020 Harper’s Bazaar interview.

“I love her. … 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,” she said.

“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 into something like that.”

“Maybe I think about relationships like that differently because I grew up in my family,” Johnson told Vanity Fair in June.

Her parents, Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, were married briefly in 1976 and once again in 1989, before divorcing in 1996. Griffith was previously married to Steven Bauer, and the former couple has one son.

Melanie was married to Antonio Banderas from 1996, before a divorce was finalized, to 2015. They also have a daughter named Stella.

Don, 73, has been married five times to four women, two of which were annulled within days. He tied the knot with Kelley Phleger in 1999, and they have three children.

“We were all cool [with each other],” Dakota said of her unique childhood. “Obviously, there were times where it was not cool, but I experienced that, so I don’t want that in my life.”