Lupita Nyong’o Opens Up About What’s Helping Her Through ‘Heartbreak’

Lupita Nyong’o is popping to pal Palmer Hefferan for help within the wake of her cut up from Selema Masekela.

“Recently, when my life was turned upside-down from heartbreak, Palmer flew in swiftly to be by my side and help me through the hardest days as I adjusted to my new reality,” Nyong’o, 40, wrote through Instagram on Thursday, November 2. “She made me delicious meals, she found me therapeutic activities to get my mind off things, she cried with me and made me laugh until I cried a more joyful kind of tear.”

Nyong’o famous that her longtime pal “did not tire of being of service to me” and even helped her get her first pet, a cat named Yoyo. “Now every time I look at him and cuddle with him, I am reminded of the selfless love my sister from another mister showed me,” she added.

The pair met at drama faculty and located “kindred spirits” in each other after connecting over their love for being within the kitchen, Nyong’o continued, sharing that whereas “the beauty of the friendship is that it is never about evening the score” she has “every intention to try.”

Nyong’o introduced final month that she and Masekela, 52, had known as it quits after lower than one yr of courting. “At this moment, it is necessary for me to share a personal truth and publicly dissociate myself from someone I can no longer trust,” the actress wrote through Instagram on the time. “I find myself in a season of heartbreak because of a love suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception.”

Nyong’o shared that she was “tempted to run into the shadows and hide” and return as soon as she “regained” her power however in the end determined to be trustworthy about her emotions.

“I am choosing to face the pain, cultivating the courage to meet my life exactly as it is, and trusting that this too shall pass,” she continued. “The promise, they say, is that a tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness. I hope it’s true … I share this to keep it 💯, and hoping that the knowledge of my experience might be useful to someone else out there experiencing the grip of heartbreak who is poised to try and escape from the pain and miss out on the wisdom that comes from it. #Breakup.”

She later thanked followers for exhibiting her help as she heads into the following chapter. “Thank you for all the kindness I have received from sharing my heartbreak news,” she gushed in a since-expired Instagram Story. “The words of encouragement mean more to me than I anticipated. They are a balm. … And it feels comforting to have a little corner online for the romantically heartbroken to gather.”

In the final month, Nyong’o has been noticed out and about a number of instances as she recovers from the emotional turmoil. One day earlier than saying her breakup, she was noticed spending time at a Janelle Monáe live performance with Joshua Jackson. The Dawson’s Creek alum, 45, lately known as it quits with estranged spouse Jodie Turner-Smith, whom he wed in 2019.

Turner-Smith, 37, filed for divorce in October, citing “irreconcilable differences” as the explanation for the cut up. She can be looking for joint custody of their 3-year-old daughter.

While the pair have but to publicly deal with their breakup, a supply completely advised Us Weekly final month that Jackson was “caught off guard” when the Queen & Slim star filed the divorce paperwork.

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“They had their issues, as many couples do — especially two busy actors who are also juggling a child. Joshua obviously didn’t realize it was this bad, that Jodie was this unhappy,” the insider defined. “Their friends are baffled and trying to understand how this came about.”

Meanwhile, one other supply advised Us that Turner-Smith determined to finish the connection as a result of “she refused to settle for something that didn’t feel right.”