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Lupita Nyong’o Thanks Supporters For Uplifting Her During Breakup From Selema Masekela

The Oscar winner said the encouragement feels like “a balm.”

Lupita Nyong’o is proud to have a supportive community around her.

With a heart full of gratitude, the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star took to social media on Saturday (Oct. 21) to thank followers who showered her with love after announcing she and boyfriend Selema Masekela have gone their separate ways, as reported by PEOPLE.

"Thank you for all the kindness I have received from sharing my heartbreak news," the Oscar winner wrote in a post on her 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.”

The actor also said that her fans "shared resources that have helped you move through the pain," including "songs, poems, books, quotes.”

Since her posts over the weekend, Nyong’o has continued to lean into the motivation from her online community by sharing words of wisdom that have been sent to her. One of the posts is of sentiments from Janet Jackson’s hair stylist, Larry Sims: “I promise you it will elevate the level in which you’re able to love yourself & other. This too shall pass,” the post read in part.

Last week, Nyong’o shared news of her breakup from Masekela in an emotional message on the same platform.

“I find myself in a season of heartbreak because of a love suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception.”

“I am tempted to run into the shadows and hide, only to return to the light when I have regained my strength enough for me to say, ‘Whatever, my life is better this way.’ But I am reminded that the magnitude of the pain I am feeling is equal to the measure of my capacity for love.”

The couple went Instagram official in Dec. 2022 and often created cute reels, highlighting their shared style. The star has since scrubbed all posts of Masekela from the platform.

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