A photo of Beyonce and Chris Martin at the star’s Grammys after-party has sent fans wild and many didn’t know they were friends.
In the black and white pic, the Cuff It singer and Coldplay frontman are sitting next to each other on a couch peering at the ceiling.
Beyonce is wearing the black velvet sleeveless Schiaparelli gown and matching gloves she sported at the LA awards ceremony.
The Sky Full of Stars singer kept things a lot more casual in a jumper, boots and beanie, which he wore to present the Record of the Year award.
Chris and Queen B have actually been besties for over a decade. Read on to delve inside their friendship…
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Beyonce and Chris Martin have been friends since 2006
Beyonce and Jay-Z used to be close friends with Chris and his ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow before the pair divorced in 2016.
The two couples met at a gala in New York in 2006 and the Shakespeare in Love actress once told Ellen DeGeneres: “We just kind of hooked up and became close.”
“They’re the greatest people. They are funny and sweet, and self-aware and really intelligent,” the actress also gushed to Howard Stern in 2015.
Jay-Z name-dropped the pair in his 2006 track Hollywood, in which he rapped: “When your friends is Chris and Gwyneth, then it’s/ Time to get your windows tinted.”
However, since the divorce, Beyonce and her husband seem to be closer to Chris and haven’t been spotted with the Glee star in years.
They have collaborated together too
Not only are the pair besties, Beyonce and Chris work well together too and have collaborated musically on numerous occasions.
In 2010, the Coldplay star played the keyboard as the 41-year-old sang her famous track Halo at the Hope For Haiti Benefit.
Then, she featured on his hit track Hymn for the Weekend in 2015. The star told Ryan Seacrest Beyonce would take the track from “really good” to “excellent”.
After that, the 41-year-old performed at Coldplay’s Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show in 2016 alongside Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson.
She sang her hit track Formation before joining the pair for their track Uptown Funk and concluding with Coldplay’s Up & Up.
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Their kids know each other too
Beyonce and Jay-Z’s young kids Blue Ivy, Rumi and Sir are very familiar with Chris and Gwyneth’s teenage children Apple and Moses.
The English musician’s kids are 18 and 16, while Beyonce’s are only 11 and 5, but they still hang out from time to time.
In March 2022, Jay-Z and 45-year-old took their kids to Disneyland in California with Martin’s girlfriend, actress Dakota Johnson.
When they were younger, Apple and Moses used to call the couple “Uncle Jay and … Auntie B,” Gwyneth told Now in 2015.
Whilst Beyonce and Chris were performing at the Super Bowl, Gwyneth looked after Blue Ivy and shared an adorable snap of her with Apple on Instagram.
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