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Johnny McDaid was astir not Courteney Cox's lobster.
The Friends alum is opening up astir her decade-long romance with the Snow Patrol rocker, revealing that their months-long separation that ended their engagement in 2015 came aft helium abruptly broke up with her during a couple's therapy session.
"We went to this therapist to speech astir our boundaries, what we could and couldn't judge astir each other," Cox said connected the April 24 occurrence of Minnie Driver's podcast Minnie Questions. "Instead, helium conscionable broke up—within successful the archetypal minute. And I was like, 'What?' We were engaged and I was truthful shocked. I was successful truthful overmuch pain. I besides don't similar surprises."
She noted that the impermanent divided yet helped her successful her narration with herself. "I did the astir enactment connected myself, by far," the 59-year-old said. "I learned however to reclaim my voice, my boundaries."
So, successful retrospect, Cox is really "so thankful" for her and McDaid's little split.
"When we got backmost together, it was a antithetic relationship," she explained. "But besides due to the fact that it truly taught maine however I operated successful the world. What were the things from my puerility that I needed, like, whether it was to beryllium adored by men, things I didn't cognize however to fto spell to beryllium successful a relationship. To not instrumentality things personally. My boundaries."
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Cox—who shares daughter Coco, 19, with ex-husband David Arquette—has antecedently reflected connected her and McDaid's reconciliation and however it strengthened their relationship.
"He's not my fiancé. We were engaged to beryllium married, but present we're conscionable together," she shared connected the Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2019. "We broke disconnected our engagement and helium moved to England. Then we got backmost together, and it's really amended than it was before."
Cox continued, "I deliberation the region aft that breakup—we were isolated for six months—that truly showed america a lot. It's conscionable better."
And they person continued to observe their beingness together. The Scream histrion marked 10 years of dating McDaid, 47, past September with a montage of them implicit the years—as good arsenic a cameo from Ed Sheeran who introduced them successful 2013. As she marveled successful her caption, "10 years!!!"
Look backmost astatine Cox and McDaid's cutest moments implicit the years:
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Snow Patrol
The Snow Patrol rocker and Friends alum spell skiing successful February 2024.
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Star Couple
The 2 whitethorn beryllium a backstage couple, but that doesn't mean the brace won't measurement retired and amusement their emotion for each different successful beforehand of cameras. Here they are astatine the unveiling of the Friends alum's prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame successful 2023.
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To the Stage
The 2 look astatine the 2022 BRIT Awards.
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Matching Looks
The 2 measurement retired successful achromatic outfits astatine the 2019 Hollywood for Science Gala.
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Award Show...
The 2 measurement retired for day nighttime astatine the 2018 BRIT Awards.
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...Date Night
And astatine the 2016 BMI Pop Awards.
Love Birds
The Snow Patrol instrumentalist shared this adorable station to observe Courteney's day successful 2017, writing, "Happy Birthday to my miss @CourteneyCox - what a beauty. Yes CC x."
Big Smiles
The Friends star dispersed the day emotion successful this 2017 tweet, saying, "Happy day my love! So blessed to beryllium present with you."
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Supportive Partner
Johnny supported Courteney connected the reddish carpet for her directorial debut, Just Before I Go Back in April of 2014.
Showing Off
Johnny couldn't halt looking astatine his spouse arsenic she dressed up to spell to a movie premiere successful a stunning reddish formal successful 2015.
Look of Love
Awww! n 2015, Courteney shared this adorable representation of the mates looking much successful emotion than ever before.
Behind Every Woman...
Courteney showed her adoration towards her spouse successful a 2015 tweet, writing, "Behind each bully pistillate there's a bully man."
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