{"id":764702,"date":"2026-06-28T00:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/764702\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T00:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:05:12","slug":"courteney-cox-johnny-mcdaid-split-after-13-years-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/764702\/","title":{"rendered":"Courteney Cox, Johnny McDaid split after 13 years together"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courteney Cox<\/a> has reportedly split from her partner of over a decade, Snow Patrol<\/a> musician Johnny McDaid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cox<\/a>, 62, and McDaid, 49, had been in a relationship since 2013, having announced their engagement just one year after they began dating.<\/p>\n

\"Courteney<\/p>\n

Actress Courteney Cox and recording artist Johnny McDaid have split after over a decade together.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Reports have emerged this morning that the long-term relationship has come to an end, though insiders reveal it was not an \u201cugly\u201d split.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Mail on Sunday<\/a> was the first to report the news, with an insider assuring that they remain friends and their split was amicable, and that it only came about because the two felt they were living different lives. People <\/a>has also confirmed the split.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Johnny<\/p>\n

The couple were last seen in public at the US Open.\u00a0Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The couple first met at a party in Los Angeles when they were introduced by their mutual friend, Ed Sheeran<\/a>.\u00a0McDaid has worked as a songwriter on many of Sheeran<\/a>\u2019s hits, including Shape Of You and Galway Girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Friends<\/a> star and the musician announced their engagement in June 2014, but briefly separated in late 2015 when they called off their engagement, before reconciling in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2024, Cox<\/a> recalled the moment McDaid had broken up with her during the first five minutes of their joint therapy session<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking to Minnie Driver on the Minnie Questions podcast, the Scream<\/a> star<\/a> said, \u201cWe went to this therapist to talk about our boundaries – what we could and couldn\u2019t accept of each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018What?\u2019 And we were engaged. And I was so shocked. I was in so much pain. I also don\u2019t like surprises!<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was that much that needed to be dealt with, that he had to protect himself around his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cox previously said she was \u201cthankful\u201d for the momentary split as she thought it made their relationship even stronger.<\/p>\n

The couple were last spotted in public last September as they attended the US Open together. One month before that, they notably went on a double date with Cox\u2019s Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston and her boyfriend, wellness expert Jim Curtis.<\/p>\n

McDaid is reportedly in the early stages of a new relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Courteney Cox has reportedly split from her partner of over a decade, Snow Patrol musician Johnny McDaid.\u00a0 Cox,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-764702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}