Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid's year-long engagement is off. It is said that the actress is to blame for their separation as she's too close with her male co-stars which made McDaid insecure about their relationship.
A source told Page Six that the Snow Patrol rocker was the one who called off the engagement. Cox, 51, and McDaid, 39, got engaged in 2014 after six months of dating. Reports claim that the "Friends" star was devastated by their split as she loves him more than her other exes.
"He's actually the one who instigated the breakup," an eyewitness said. "Johnny feels she's a little too close for comfort with her male co-stars. He doesn't like the fact that she's close to them, that she stays in touch with them [because] she has this past of falling in love with people she works with. He feels very uncomfortable."
Another insider dished that McDaid's smoking habits had something to do with their faltered romance. Cox and McDaid even sought help to address the problem, but the rocker's addiction to smoking reportedly got in the way. The 51-year-old actress apparently thinks smoking makes a bad impression, and she doesn't even like the smell of it. It reportedly led to their bickering and to a bigger trouble.
"Courteney is just blown out of the water by this," an insider told Radar Online. The source went to add that their separation was so quick that it happened less than a month before a planned pre-wedding celebration. Apart from the mentioned reasons, it is said that the 39-year-old musician had a hard time dealing with the actress' celebrity lifestyle. "He had enough of the scene and just wants to focus on his music."
Cox And McDaid started dating in 2013. They had a whirlwind romance that ended up in their engagement the following year. Before meeting McDaid, Cox dated her "Cougar Town" co-star Brian Van Holt. The "Scream" star met her former husband, David Arquette, on the set of "Scream" in 1995, with whom she shares a daughter, Coco Arquette.
With Cox and McDaid's split, reports have it that she's hurt and lost as she never expected it. Friends of the actress are reportedly getting concerned as she is continually shedding off weight since she broke up with McDaid. Meanwhile, the Irish songwriter didn't even get the chance to say goodbye to Cox's daughter. He had moved on elsewhere and Cox reportedly has no idea where he is.