Lupita Nyong'o Alludes to ‘Deception’ in Dramatic 9-Slide ‘#Breakup’ Announcement

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Black Panther star wrote in the first of several slides. “I find myself in a season of heartbreak because of a love suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception.”It felt fitting to find out about Nyong'o and Masekela's sudden split in the same place the public first learned of their relationship.

The pair went public in December 2022 when Nyong'o of them doing "The King's Affirmation" challenge together.This content can also be viewed on the site it from."I am tempted to run into the shadows and hide, only to return to the light when I have regained my strength enough for me to say, ‘Whatever, my life is better this way,'" Nyong'o's note continued. “But I am reminded that the magnitude of the pain I am feeling is equal to the measure of my capacity for love.

And so, 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.”It's unusual to see a celebrity display this kind of frankness in discussing the immediate aftermath of a breakup—usually, they rely on media-trained platitudes like “irreconcilable differences” and “amicably part ways as friends.” Lupita Nyong'o, however, ended the announcement by expressing hope that her experience and her courage in sharing it so vulnerably “might be useful to someone else out there" who is “poised to try and escape from the pain and miss out on the wisdom that comes from it.”"Let’s face our pain so we don’t spread it," she concluded.By Emily TannenbaumBy Daniel RodgersBy Alex KesslerBy Kathleen WalshMore from GlamourSee More Stories© 2023 Condé Nast.