Lupita Nyong’o was ‘was flirting with depression’ after heartbreaking split

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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. “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.”Allison Holder reveals late Stephen Boss’ character ‘tWitch’ would ‘drain his energy’Christina Applegate opens up about scary, fatalistic depression amid battle with MSDanna 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 would mean there would be a reverb and I would have to deal with the onset of that,” she says. “There is a time to be open and there’s a time not to be, and I chose that time to be open,” she says. “I’m very happy with what I did, and I don’t want to do it anymore.

I don’t want to share that part of myself anymore.”After warning the world that she doesn’t want to talk about her ex anymore, Nyong’o revealed that she credits her cat Yoyo for pulling her out of what she describes as a “super-low”.