Dakota Johnson Lists Dating ‘Non-Negotiable’ After Chris Martin Breakup

Dakota Johnson knows what she’s looking for in a romantic partner. 

The 35-year-old actress, who recently split from fiancé Chris Martin, is starring in the new romance Materialists alongside Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal. In the film, she plays a matchmaker, who gets caught in her own love triangle. 

On Monday, June 9, Johnson and Evans appeared on the Today show where co-anchor Craig Melvin asked them, “If either of you were to engage with a real-life matchmaker, what would be the one non-negotiable for you?”

While Evans, who is married to wife Alba Baptista, replied, “Must love dogs. Gotta love dogs. If you’re not a dog person, what are we doing?” Johnson had an arguably more blunt response. 

“Like, not an a–h—?” she said as Melvin gasped slightly. 

“That’s concise,” Evans teased his costar. “There it is. Nail on the head.”

Melvin joked that NBC would have to “clean that up for the West Code feed,” as Savannah Guthrie later noted it was proof the show didn’t have a seven-second delay.  

Johnson laughed off the moment, not commenting on it further. Her candid thoughts come days after multiple sources confirmed to PEOPLE that Johnson and Martin had ended their eight-year relationship. 

“It feels final this time,” a source said of the split. 

The couple were first romantically linked in 2017, and in 2024 an insider told PEOPLE that Johnson and Martin had actually been engaged for “years.”

While the pair have split, things between the two seem to be cordial. The Coldplay singer promoted Johnson’s new film during his June 6 concert in Las Vegas. “Thank you, everybody! Be kind to each other!” Martin said into the mic, before adding, “Don’t forget to go see Materialists!”

Additionally, Martin’s ex Gwyneth Paltrow intends to keep up her “close friendship” with Johnson. The Goop founder “fully intends on maintaining that bond,” despite Johnson’s split from the Coldplay singer, a source tells PEOPLE.