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Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid have split after more than 10 years together
The actress and the Snow Patrol musician started dating in late 2013 after they met at a star-studded house party hosted by Cox
While they got engaged nine months into their relationship, the pair called it off in late 2015 before reconciling the following year
Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid have called it quits.
The Friends actress, 62, and the Snow Patrol musician, 49, have broken up after more than 10 years together, PEOPLE can confirm. The Daily Mail was the first to report the news.
Reps for both Cox and McDaid could not immediately be reached for comment.
The pair were last seen out together publicly when they attended the US Open in September 2025. Prior to that, the actress celebrated the musician’s 48th birthday with a sweet tribute post in July.
Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid at Cox’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in L.A. on Feb. 27, 2023
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“Happy birthday to the man who can do most anything,” Cox wrote on Instagram alongside photos of McDaid performing onstage, flying a plane and grinning next to her with a fish he had caught. “I love you always J ♥️♥️♥️.”
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Cox and McDaid began dating in late 2013 after they met at a star-studded house party hosted by the Cougar Town star. They got engaged nine months later, but called off their engagement in late 2015. They reconciled the following year but did not get re-engaged.
In April 2024, Cox revealed that she and McDaid had initially broken up during a couples therapy session.
“Three years in, we broke up, and it was really intense. We broke up in therapy. I didn’t know it was coming, whether I should have or not,” she said during an episode of the Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver podcast at the time. “He just broke up within the first minute. And I was like, what? We were engaged, and I was so shocked. I was in so much pain.”
Johnny McDaid and Courteney Cox attend the 2022 BRIT Awards in London
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“He wasn’t trying to surprise me. He was in that much pain in the relationship,” she continued. “There was that much that needed to be dealt with that he had to protect himself around his heart.”
While Cox emphasized that the split taught her how to “reclaim” her voice and her boundaries, she also explained that she was “thankful for that breakup” because it transformed their relationship when they got back together the following year.
“It really taught me how I operated in the world,” she said on the podcast. “What were the things from my childhood that I needed? Like, whether it was to be adored by men or things that I didn’t know how to let go to be in a relationship. To not take things personally, my boundaries. I just went into myself and I had a great therapist.”
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