{"id":2017013,"date":"2026-06-29T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2017013"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:03:36","slug":"courteney-cox-and-snow-patrols-johnny-mcdaid-split-after-decade-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2017013","title":{"rendered":"Courteney Cox and Snow Patrol\u2019s Johnny McDaid split after decade together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Courteney-Cox-and-Johnny-McDaid.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>TV News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Courteney Cox and Snow Patrol\u2019s Johnny McDaid split after decade together<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The couple previously split in 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Sam Warner<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-29T13:03:36+01:00\">29th June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Courteney-Cox-and-Johnny-McDaid-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid\" title=\"Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid at the 2025 US Open. CREDIT: Getty\/XNY\/Star Max<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Courteney Cox and Snow Patrol member Johnny McDaid have separated after more than a decade together.<\/p>\n<p>The couple first started dating in 2013, getting engaged shortly after before calling it off in 2015, later reconciling but remaining un-engaged.\u00a0According to <i>People<\/i> and the <i>Daily Mail<\/i>, the couple have now decided to split up, having last been photographed together in September 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Back in 2024, Cox revealed that their initial split in the mid-2010s took place during a therapy session, sharing on <i>Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver<\/i>: \u201cSo three years in, we broke up and it was really intense. We broke up in therapy. I didn\u2019t know it was coming, whether I should have or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cHe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t trying to surprise me. He was in that much pain in the relationship. There was that much that needed to be dealt with that he had to protect himself around his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Friends: The Reunion Trailer | Rotten Tomatoes TV\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RasWhgd4vao?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Recalling the impact on herself, the actress shared: \u201cI learned how to reclaim my voice, boundaries. What were my motives in life? Like, what was my part in this?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>She admitted that she was \u201cso thankful for that breakup\u201d, because when they got back together, \u201cit was a different relationship, but also because it really taught me how I operated in the world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Before their planned wedding over a decade ago, McDaid\u2019s collaborator Ed Sheeran expressed a wish at the time to officiate their nuptials.<\/p>\n<p>Sheeran revealed a few years ago that he pranks the <i>Friends<\/i> star every time he goes to her house, ordering gimp masks on her Amazon Alexa device each time she is out of the room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnbeknownst to me, Courteney\u2019s assistant found it,\u201d he told <i>The Late Late Show with James Corden<\/i> in 2021. \u201cShe opened the post and she finds this mask and instantly goes, \u2018Oh, I don\u2019t think I was meant to see that\u2019 and leaves it on Courteney\u2019s bed. And Courteney comes up, and she\u2019s like, \u2018Where did this come from?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>He added: \u201cAnyway, she found out the story, and now every time I go back there, I order her another gimp mask. And she has maybe 12, and then, I hide them in people\u2019s bedrooms. So they\u2019ll go in a drawer, and they\u2019ll just find this leather S&amp;M mask.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Snow Patrol are in the middle of a UK and Ireland tour, which includes a huge show at London\u2019s Crystal Palace Park on July 3. You can find any remaining tickets here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Friends<\/li>\n<li>Snow Patrol<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 td-is-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-sidebar  tdi_92 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_93 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_93\">\n<div class=\"td-block-title-wrap\">\n<h4 class=\"td-block-title\"><span class=\"td-pulldown-size\">TRENDING<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_93\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Debbii Dawson \u2013 \u2018Where Have All The Good Men Gone?\u2019 EP review: dazzling pop for uncertain times<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Hayley Williams live in Manchester: Paramore star balances joy and rage at intimate UK show<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">\u2018The Bear\u2019 season five review: tuck into the final helping of this heartfelt kitchen drama<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">NYC trio Chanpan make fresh, unpredictable alt-pop that plays by their own rules<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">\u2018Star Fox\u2019 review: refuelled space-shooter ready for a fresh generation<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-custom_ad_1  tdi_94 td_block_template_2\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_95\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_96  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_98  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_100  vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_102  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_104 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>More Stories<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_105 td-pb-border-top td_module_flex_1--card td_module_flex_1--card--highlight td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_105\">\n<div id=\"tdi_105\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Saves The Day announce \u2018Stay What You Are\u2019 25th anniversary UK tour<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Courteney Cox and Snow Patrol\u2019s Johnny McDaid split after decade together<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">The Coral announce 2026 UK and Ireland tour with Dave McCabe, The Mary Wallopers and more<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Live Reviews<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Bad Bunny live in London: history-making stadium show is a reminder of the power of community<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">PlayStation is deleting movies from your PS5 library<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">\u2018House Of The Dragon\u2019 viewers laud \u201cfucking poetic\u201d character death in latest episode<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Courteney Cox and Snow Patrol member Johnny McDaid have separated after more than a decade together.<\/p>\n<p>The couple first started dating in 2013, getting engaged shortly after before calling it off in 2015, later reconciling but remaining un-engaged.\u00a0According to <i>People<\/i> and the <i>Daily Mail<\/i>, the couple have now decided to split up, having last been photographed together in September 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Back in 2024, Cox revealed that their initial split in the mid-2010s took place during a therapy session, sharing on <i>Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver<\/i>: \u201cSo three years in, we broke up and it was really intense. We broke up in therapy. I didn\u2019t know it was coming, whether I should have or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cHe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t trying to surprise me. He was in that much pain in the relationship. There was that much that needed to be dealt with that he had to protect himself around his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Friends: The Reunion Trailer | Rotten Tomatoes TV\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RasWhgd4vao?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Recalling the impact on herself, the actress shared: \u201cI learned how to reclaim my voice, boundaries. What were my motives in life? Like, what was my part in this?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>She admitted that she was \u201cso thankful for that breakup\u201d, because when they got back together, \u201cit was a different relationship, but also because it really taught me how I operated in the world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Before their planned wedding over a decade ago, McDaid\u2019s collaborator Ed Sheeran expressed a wish at the time to officiate their nuptials.<\/p>\n<p>Sheeran revealed a few years ago that he pranks the <i>Friends<\/i> star every time he goes to her house, ordering gimp masks on her Amazon Alexa device each time she is out of the room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnbeknownst to me, Courteney\u2019s assistant found it,\u201d he told <i>The Late Late Show with James Corden<\/i> in 2021. \u201cShe opened the post and she finds this mask and instantly goes, \u2018Oh, I don\u2019t think I was meant to see that\u2019 and leaves it on Courteney\u2019s bed. And Courteney comes up, and she\u2019s like, \u2018Where did this come from?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>He added: \u201cAnyway, she found out the story, and now every time I go back there, I order her another gimp mask. And she has maybe 12, and then, I hide them in people\u2019s bedrooms. So they\u2019ll go in a drawer, and they\u2019ll just find this leather S&amp;M mask.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Snow Patrol are in the middle of a UK and Ireland tour, which includes a huge show at London\u2019s Crystal Palace Park on July 3. You can find any remaining tickets here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/courteney-cox-and-snow-patrols-johnny-mcdaid-split-after-decade-together-3953924&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Courteney-Cox-and-Johnny-McDaid.jpg&#8221;] NewsTV News Courteney Cox and Snow Patrol\u2019s Johnny McDaid split after decade together The couple previously split in 2015 By Sam Warner 29th June 2026 Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid at the 2025 US Open. CREDIT: Getty\/XNY\/Star Max Courteney Cox and Snow Patrol member Johnny McDaid have separated after more than a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2017013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2017013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2017013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2017013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2017013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}