Lupita Nyong'o Splits From Selema Masekela: 'Extinguished by Deception’
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images; Stefanie Keenan/Getty ImagesLupita Nyong’o announced that she and boyfriend Selema Masekela have called it quits —and alluded that the split may not be amicable. “At this moment, it is necessary for me to share a personal truth and publicly dissociate myself from someone I can no longer trust …” Nyong’o, 40, wrote via a lengthy Instagram statement on Thursday, October 19. “I find myself in a season of heartbreak because of a love suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception.” Nyong’o shared that she was “tempted to run into the shadows and hide” and return once she “regained” her strength. However, the actress ultimately decided to be honest about her emotions. “I am choosing to face the pain, cultivating the courage to meet my life exactly as it is, and trusting that this too shall pass,” she continued. “The promise, they say, is that a tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness. I hope it’s true … I share this to keep it , and hoping that the
Lupita Nyong’o announced that she and boyfriend Selema Masekela have called it quits —and alluded that the split may not be amicable.
“At this moment, it is necessary for me to share a personal truth and publicly dissociate myself from someone I can no longer trust …” Nyong’o, 40, wrote via a lengthy Instagram statement on Thursday, October 19. “I find myself in a season of heartbreak because of a love suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception.”
Nyong’o shared that she was “tempted to run into the shadows and hide” and return once she “regained” her strength. However, the actress ultimately decided to be honest about her emotions.
“I am choosing to face the pain, cultivating the courage to meet my life exactly as it is, and trusting that this too shall pass,” she continued. “The promise, they say, is that a tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness. I hope it’s true … I share this to keep it 
What's Your Reaction?
