- “I never understood people whose phones were full of photos and videos of their pets — now I am one of those people,” the actress joked on Instagram.
Lupita Nyong’o is finding a new way to heal after suffering a disappointing heartbreak leading to her split from boyfriend Selema Masekela.
The actress in a new post on Instagram revealed she has added a furry friend to her family, and the timing couldn’t have been better.
“Introducing my new companion, Yoyo! I have historically been afraid of cats, but when my life was altered instantly recently, a little voice whispered to me that it was time to embrace change and new possibilities,” Nyong’o wrote.
Nyong’o went on to explain that a friend guided her through the process and even accompanied her on visits to several animal shelters. She started by fostering Yoyo, but “three days into it,” Nyong’o wrote she “knew I could not give him up.”
The actress, 40, joked that she’s joined the legions of pet parents obsessed with their animals.
“I never understood people whose phones were full of photos and videos of their pets — now I am one of those people! It may look like I saved Yoyo, but really, Yoyo is saving me,” she wrote.
Nyong’o’s new addition to her home comes days after she announced her split from Masekela, 52, in a candid Instagram post on Oct. 19. The actress has since been seen out with her mom Dorothy and a friend in Santa Monica, California, and appeared at GO Campaign’s 2023 GO Gala, and even thanked her Instagram followers for their kindness.
“At this moment, it is necessary for me to share a personal truth and publicly dissociate myself from someone I can no longer trust,” she initially wrote on Instagram. “I find myself in a season of heartbreak because of a love suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception.”
