Actress Lupita Nyong’o reacts to dating rumour

Popular Hollywood actress Lupita Nyongo has reacted to rumours which is currently mading the rounds on social media, that she is dating her ‘best friend’ Janelle Monáe.

The thespian who addressed the long-standing rumours in a recent cover story in Rolling Stone magazine said that she understands why people would think they are romantically involved.

Despite their close friendship, Nyong’o asserted that just being a friend of Monáe’s “doesn’t mean you get to know everything about her.”

“I think that’s what makes her interesting as an artist,” she added.

Nyong’o, who tends to keep information about her dating life private, took her relationship with television host TV and sports commentator Selema Masekela public when she shared a video of the two on Instagram back in December.

“We just click! 💘 @selema #thisismylove #nuffsaid,” Nyong’o wrote in a caption to the post at the time.

The Kenyan-American movie star who refused to categorically deny the rumours said that her friend is enigmatic and she doesn’t mind being associated with her in any capacity.

“She has magnetism that they were obviously picking up on,” Nyong’o began.

“She is that enigmatic. I was not surprised. And I don’t mind being associated with her in any capacity.”

Nyong’o also recalled meeting Monàe for the first time when she was still new to Hollywood.

“This world is still extremely new to me and unbelievable,” she continued. “[Janelle] came up to me and just gave me the realest hug.

“I think we may have swayed to the music. She was just like, ‘I’m so proud of you, and just thank you for being you’.

“At some point, [Janelle] asked me for my phone, put her number in, and said, ‘Let’s stay in touch’. She was like, ‘I really mean it. If you need anything, I’m here for you’.”