Rumour has it, Dakota Johnson grew weary of beau Chris Martin’s reluctance to pin down their wedding day, insiders claim.

Allegedly, the duo put an end to their eight-year romance partly due to a mutual feeling of exasperation, with 35 year old Dakota reportedly “sick” that no date had been confirmed. Engagement rumours swirled around them years after they commenced their intermittent romance in 2017, post-Chris’ split from Gwyneth Paltrow.

An informant whispered to Page Six: “She was sick of him dragging his feet on setting a date for the wedding.”

At 48, Chris previously shared 13 years of matrimony with Gwyneth, with whom he has two children.

But whispers suggest that the crux of Dakota and Chris’s split stems from conflicting desires about expanding their family. An insider divulged: “They broke up over Chris Martin not wanting to have more kids.”, reports the Mirror.

Contrasting with the Coldplay frontman, Dakota has yet to walk down the aisle or become a mother. A confidant told the Sun: “They really tried to work through their issues but the age gap was often a problem. She’d [also] expressed that she may want children in the future, whereas Chris is kind of done with that part of his life.”

This same source indicated to the publication that Johnson and Martin were caught in a long-running tug-of-war regarding various matters, including the prospect of children.

The break up has reportedly left Dakota, known for her roles in the Fifty Shades franchise and last year’s Madame Web, in “incredible pain”. Even as Coldplay embarks on a sensational global tour, Dakota has been busy filming for her latest silver screen projects, Materialists and Verity.

Career success, it seems, has also thrown a spanner in the works of their romance.

A confidant revealed to The Sun: “Dakota wanted this relationship to work. She not only loves Chris, but his two kids, and that loss feels incredibly painful. The decision to end things was amicable, but Dakota is finding it hard. Over the past year, it became clear that their relationship had stalled and wasn’t moving forwards.

“Settling down, as in Chris properly taking his foot off the pedal, isn’t going to happen. And, ultimately, it was one of the many straws that broke the back of them.”

As the gossip about the duo’s parting hit the headlines, a source confided to the media: “They just haven’t been able to figure out to make it official. Dakota held a flame for them to be together because she loved him so much and loved his kids so much.

“Breakups aren’t instant and they continued to breakup and makeup and sometimes things would work when they were away from each other, while they were working because absence makes the heart grow fonder, but then they’d get back together and little things just kept adding up to where they weren’t right for each other anymore… Dakota is devastated that she isn’t going to be around his kids as much anymore, but wants them to know that she is always there for them.”