"A love suddenly extinguished by deception" Lupita Nyongo announces split from boyfriend, Selema Masekela, months after going public with their relationship.

  Lupita Nyongo announces split from boyfriend, Selema Masekela, months after going public with their relationship. 

Nyongo shares several messages stating that she has broken up with her boyfriend, Selema Masekela, and that she no longer trusts him. The two went public went their relationship last year. The statement comes on the heels of Lupita and soon-to-be-divorced actor #JoshuaJackson being seen together last night at the #JanelleMonae concert.  

Lupita Nyong’o and boyfriend Selema Masekela have ended their romance less than a year after going Instagram official.Lupita, 40, noted that she hopes discussing her breakup with followers might help someone else experiencing “the grip of heartbreak who is poised to try and escape from the pain and miss out on the wisdom that comes from it.”“The promise, they say, is that a tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness,” she added. “I hope it’s true.”The former couple’s connection traces back years, as Selema, a TV host and designer, confessed to having an apparent crush on the Us actress in 2016. “Hypothetically speaking of course,” he tweeted at the time, “let’s say you’re seated behind Lupita Nyong’o on an airplane, what would be your opening line?”Things had gone from hypothetical to IRL by March 2022, when she attended the store opening of his surf apparel company Mami Wata in Venice, Calif. Lupita then went Instagram official with the fashion founder in December 2022, writing at the time, “We just click!” and “#thisismylove.”Selema also gave a look inside their romance, gushing in a separate post, “Hearts are synched. My whole and actual love @lupitanyongo.”All the stars continued to align as of two months ago, when Lupita celebrated his birthday with a love note to the “Sunshine Human.”