Lupita Nyong’o confirms she is single after divorcing Joshua Jackson, but happily in love with her cat

Lupita Nyong’o And Joshua Jackson are no longer dating, the actress has confirmed – just months after his ex-wife, Jodie Turner Smithgave their relationship her blessing.

In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar UKOscar-winning actress Nyong’o revealed that she is very single and just enjoys spending time with her rescue cat, Yoyo. “My love for my cat is unique,” ​​she said. “If I’m ever so lucky to be in a romantic relationship again, it will be thanks to him.”

She added, “I was ready to close that door, lock it, and lock it. He has kept my heart open.”

Nyong’o, 41, was first linked Dawson’s Creek star Jackson, 46, in October 2023, shortly after his divorce from Turner-Smith, with whom he was married for four years and shares a daughter.

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Nyong’o also just had a relationship with a sports commentator Selema Masekela – and that split was messy and traumatic. “It is necessary for me to share a personal truth and publicly distance myself from someone I can no longer trust,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “I am in a season of heartbreak over a love that is suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deceit. But I am reminded that the extent of the pain I feel is equal to the extent of my capacity for love. And so I choose to face the pain, cultivate the courage to see my life exactly as it is, and trust that this too shall pass.

It seemed like Jackson played a big role in helping Nyong’o through her heartbreak. They looked blissfully happy when they vacationed together in Mexico in March, and then in June, Turner-Smith said she was happy to see her ex was doing well. “Good for them,” she said The cut. “We need happiness to coparent peacefully. I’m trying to get us to the Gwyneth (Paltrow) And Chris Martin level. I really hope they are happy and that it benefits us as a family.”

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But soon, rumors of another breakup for both Nyong’o and Jackson began to surface. After her string of heartbreaks, Nyong’o is enjoying spending some quality time with Yoyo, who she adopted from the Best Friends Animal Society last year, the same month she and Jackson were first linked.

Funny enough, the Black Panther The star was terrified of cats for most of her life, and that wasn’t until she was thrown into one Johannes Krasinski‘S A quiet place: day oneplaying a character with a cat, she got over her fear. “My family can’t get over it,” she says. “My sisters are so disturbed every time I send them a photo of Yoyo. They say, ‘Oh my God, our sister was stolen.’

The actress says she wants to keep future relationships out of the spotlight. “It’s hard enough going through heartbreak alone,” she said. “If the world has an image of you in relation to someone else, it prolongs the healing process because the memory is glorified in the public domain.”

Yep, there’s only one guy on her Instagram right now, and that’s a cute red tom named Yoyo.