{"id":2116614,"date":"2025-10-26T15:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T15:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2116614"},"modified":"2025-10-26T15:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T15:14:19","slug":"why-dakota-fanning-is-super-happy-to-wait-for-her-perfect-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-dakota-fanning-is-super-happy-to-wait-for-her-perfect-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Dakota Fanning Is &#8216;Super Happy to Wait&#8217; for Her Perfect Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/dakota-fanning\/\"><strong>Dakota Fanning<\/strong><\/a> is content being single, especially after navigating the trenches of modern dating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI know what I have to give and I know what I deserve in return,\u201d Fanning, 31, told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/life-style\/celebrity\/article\/dakota-fanning-all-her-fault-interview-5n0p89h6v\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The Times of London <\/i><\/a>in a Saturday, October 25, profile. \u201cI\u2019m super happy to wait for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After entering her 30s last year, Fanning told the outlet that several friends have attempted to set her up on dates with potential matches \u2014 to no avail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYou\u2019re like, \u2018Is this what you think of me?\u2019\u201d she said of the questionable companions. \u201cThen, you question the friendship with that person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Fanning, like most of Us singletons, has also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/stars-whove-tried-online-dating-2014214\/\">dabbled in online dating apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cOh my God, ask your single girlfriends! Every man is like, \u2018Must love mountain biking, and want to go on a hike, and want to be really adventurous and outdoorsy, must love dogs and want to go to the summit of Everest,\u2019\u201d Fanning lamented about joining celebrity-favorite app Raya. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018No, I don\u2019t want to do any of that and if I do I\u2019ll do it when I want to.\u2019 It\u2019s every guy \u2014 then it\u2019s a shirtless picture of them on a mountain. You\u2019re like, \u2018Dude, save it please.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <i>All Her Fault<\/i> star does hope to eventually find her perfect match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere\u2019s still so much to be done [in my career] but I also would love to live on a farm and have three kids,\u201d Fanning mused. \u201cBeing a mother is the pinnacle to me. It\u2019s the thing I can\u2019t wait for most in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She added, \u201cI can\u2019t remember <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/40-plus-and-pregnant-201086\/\">a time when I didn\u2019t want<\/a> kids. For whatever reason it is something in me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/stars-whove-used-the-raya-dating-app-channing-tatum-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/stars-whove-used-the-raya-dating-app-channing-tatum-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Celebrities Who Have Used the Dating App Raya to Try and Find Love<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tLove for the modern age. Celebrities are just like\u00a0Us, they turn to dating apps to find romance and start relationships. Stars including\u00a0Eric Stonestreet\u00a0and\u00a0Chelsea Handler\u00a0have been open about their use of dating apps, such as Tinder and Bumble, but even more famous folks have opted to use Raya. Raya launched in 2015 and prides itself on [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">As Dakota navigates the highs and lows of dating in Los Angeles \u2014 but mostly lows if we know anything about that life ourselves \u2014 she can <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/elle-fanning-on-her-supportive-bond-with-sister-dakota-fanning\/\">entrust her sister, <strong>Elle Fanning<\/strong>, for advice<\/a> and support. (Elle, 27, is currently dating magazine executive <strong>Gus Wenner<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMy sister spoke to a psychic who said, \u2018Your sister is not going to meet the person she is going to marry until she\u2019s 32,\u2019\u201d Dakota recalled to the British newspaper. \u201cShe told me that a few years ago and I was, like, \u201932? I don\u2019t have time for that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dakota has previously been candid about her admittedly disastrous experience on Raya.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI did it for fun. My girlfriend made it for me,\u201d she recalled <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/dakota-fanning-reveals-experience-on-raya-dating-app\/\">during a <i>Vanity Fair <\/i><\/a>interview last month of making a profile on the dating site. \u201cI can confirm that [my husband] is not [on this app]. I\u2019m canceling this thing!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/dakota-fanning-pays-tribute-to-her-younger-self-with-sweet-photo\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dakota-Fanning-Pays-Tribute-to-Her-Younger-Self-with-Sweet-Photo-01-2024.jpg?crop=0px%2C18px%2C1333px%2C752px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Dakota Fanning Pays Tribute to Her Younger Self with Sweet Photo\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dakota-Fanning-Pays-Tribute-to-Her-Younger-Self-with-Sweet-Photo-01-2024.jpg?quality=55&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/dakota-fanning-pays-tribute-to-her-younger-self-with-sweet-photo\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Dakota Fanning Is \u2018Always Thinking\u2019 of Her Younger Self<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tDakota Fanning is throwing it back to her younger years. \u201cI Am Sam premiere 2001,\u201d Fanning, 30, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, September 21. In the sweet snap, a then 7-year-old Fanning was all smiles as she rocked a yellow dress while walking the red carpet. \u201cAlways thinking of this tiny girl, and keeping her [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Throughout Dakota\u2019s many years in the spotlight, she\u2019s only had a handful of public relationships. She dated model<strong> Jamie Strachan<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/dakota-fanning-splits-from-model-boyfriend-jamie-strachan-w443070\/\"> from 2013 to 2016<\/a> before brief connections with <strong>Logan Markley<\/strong> and <strong>Henry Frye<\/strong> in the following years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right out of college,\u201d Dakota previously told <i>Glamour <\/i>in 2013 of her now-divorced parents. \u201cI\u2019ve always thought that\u2019s what it\u2019s supposed to be like, and if it\u2019s not, then I don\u2019t want to waste my time on it. Even when I was 14, I was like, \u2018I\u2019m not gonna marry this person. What\u2019s the point of doing it?\u2019 It\u2019s not me being naive. I just know what it\u2019s supposed to be like. And I think until I feel that, I cannot be bothered.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dakota Fanning is content being single, especially after navigating the trenches of modern dating. \u201cI know what I have to give and I know what I deserve in return,\u201d Fanning, 31, told The Times of London in a Saturday, October 25, profile. \u201cI\u2019m super happy to wait for that.\u201d After entering her 30s last year, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2116615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,164683],"class_list":["post-2116614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-love-lives"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Why-Dakota-Fanning-Is-Super-Happy-to-Wait-for-Her.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2116616,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116614\/revisions\/2116616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2116615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}