One of the most unexpected couples of 2025 is easily the reported, blossoming romance between the newly single stars, Chris Martin and Sophie Turner. But turns out, insiders claim there’s one big hurdle to make this romance work: Turner needs his ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow’s approval.

Insiders told Rob Shuter of #ShuterScoop that Turner allegedly needs Paltrow’s approval to continue the new romance with Martin. “Gwyneth still has enormous influence in Chris’s life. They may have consciously uncoupled, but she’s the unofficial gatekeeper. You don’t date Chris without Gwyneth knowing — or approving,” an insider said to the Substack.

“They vacation together, they text constantly, and she still helps manage parts of his world,” another insider added about his ex-wife, with whom he was married f

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