Lupita Nyong’o is now in a relationship with Selema Masekela, an American TV broadcaster and sports expert. The Oscar winner, then 39 years old, announced her romance with Masekela, then 51 years old, by posting a video of them participating in a viral internet craze together. The video showed the two standing next to each other and changing to the tune of Iniko and Reuel Williams’ “The Confirmation of the King,” and snap their fingers in time.
“It just clicks!” In the post’s description, Nyong’o included an emoji of a pink heart with an arrow through it. She captioned it with “#thisismylove #nuffsaid” and tagged the LA-based producer. Masekela also posted the same video on Instagram where he publicly acknowledged his relationship with the Black Panther actor. “Hearts are synchronized. My whole and true love,” he captioned the photo.
Hugh Masekela, a legend in South African jazz, is the father of old athlete Selema Masekela. Masekela’s career as a reporter has taken him off the sidelines of NBA games ESPN to the Olympics for NBC and the Winter X Games for ESPN. Masekela was an ESPN journalist for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. In 2016, he hosted and produced the VICE World of Sports docuseries on VICELAND.
The actress’s relationship news received a lot of support from her fans and friends. Musician and actor Janelle Monae wrote “obsessed” in response to Nyong’o’s tweet, while filmmaker and producer Ava Duverney just added a single black love emoji. “Is this a hard launch???” one fan asked, while another commented: “Okay now, he better take good care of our queen is all I’m saying.”
However, many fans were devastated when they learned that Nyong’o is no longer single. One fan even joked: “How do I find out you’re cheating on me?” The kids miss you at home”. Nyong’o has been open about her desire to keep her personal life out of the spotlight throughout her career. The sentence “Privacy is a hard-to-get commodity” was a quote from an interview she gave in 2019 with British Vogue.
“Filming takes so much time. And intense. With Black Panther, many of us were single. No one was single on Little Monsters.” “Everyone, when they’re done with their day’s work, wants to go home to their families, which makes a lot of sense,” she said. “If you don’t have that, it’s very isolating.”
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Together, Lupita Nyong’o and Selema Masekela, an American sports commentator and TV host, have become public celebrities. The Oscar winner, then 39 years old, made the announcement of her relationship with Masekela, then 51 years old, known by sharing a video of the two participating in a popular online trend.
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