By Shirley Gómez - New York June 13, 2024 1:13 PM EDT Heartbreak has a way of cracking you wide open, creating a chasm so deep it can swallow you whole. In 2023, Lupita Nyong’o found herself diving headfirst into the abyss when she announced her split from boyfriend Selema Masekela . In an Instagram post, she opened up about her “season of heartbreak” caused by “a love suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception.
” It was a rare display of vulnerability from Nyong’o , who is notoriously private about her personal life. During an interview for Glamour magazine, the Mexican-Kenyan actress said she took to social media to share her sad story to challenge Instagram’s “flex zone” of curated moments. ©GettyImages “I wanted to be honest,” she explains to the publication.
“Honestly, the thought of having to update people one at a time was going to be harrowing. I had made the choice to share the relationship with the world, and I wanted to make the choice to share the end of it with the world.” Mental Health Allison Holder reveals late Stephen Boss’ character ‘tWitch’ would ‘drain his energy’ Christina Applegate opens up about scary, fatalistic depression amid battle with MS Danna Paola gets emotional in her concert: ‘I’ve been very toxic with myself’ It was a challenging decision.
Nyong’o wrestled with the idea and wanted to give herself the space and time to grieve. “I knew that announcing it or sharing it with the world woul.
