Lupita Nyong’o Breaks Silence On Janelle Monae Romance Rumors: ‘She Has Magnetism’

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Lupita Nyong’o revealed that she didn’t caput erstwhile fans speculated that she and singer Janelle Monae were dating successful the aboriginal years of their relationship successful a caller illustration astir Janelle, 37, successful Rolling Stone. Lupita, 40, admitted that she wasn’t bothered by the rumors, and that she wasn’t amazed that radical thought determination whitethorn person been a romance betwixt her and The Age of Pleasure singer.

Lupita revealed however she and Janelle archetypal met astatine the Met Gala successful 2014. The histrion was a rising prima aft winning an Academy Award for 12 Years A Slave, and she said that the satellite of personage was inactive “extremely new” and “unbelievable” erstwhile Janelle greeted her. “[Janelle ]came up to maine and conscionable gave maine the realest hug. I deliberation we whitethorn person swayed to the music. She was conscionable like, ‘I’m truthful arrogant of you, and conscionable convey you for being you,” she told Rolling Stone.

Janelle and Lupita’s relationship began erstwhile they met astatine the 2014 Met Gala. (Mediapunch/Shutterstock)

When reflecting connected the play of clip that rumors astir Janelle and Lupita circulated, the Oscar-winner explained what she thought radical were picking up on. “She has magnetism that they were evidently picking up on. She is that enigmatic,” she explained. “People are funny astir enigmatic people. I was not surprised. And I don’t caput being associated with her successful immoderate capacity.”

Even though Lupita spoke astir her relationship with Janelle, she said that there’s decidedly parts of the vocalist that she hasn’t seen, adjacent if they person a batch of spot for 1 another. “Just due to the fact that you’re a adjacent person of hers doesn’t mean you get to cognize everything astir her,” she said.

Lupita and Janelle grin for a photograph astatine the 2016 VMAs. (Mediapunch/Shutterstock)

While she and Janelle weren’t an item, Lupita has been dating musician Selema Masekela since December 2022. Janelle was astir precocious tied to Tessa Thompson, but they divided up successful 2018. The Dirty Computer singer has publically identified arsenic pansexual and she came retired arsenic non-binary during an quality connected Red Table Talk in April 2022. She’s said that her pronouns are some she/her and they/them.

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