In a short film for her upcoming album, “Escape Room”, Teyana Taylor and Aaron Pierre went public with their love. Rumors started when they were photographed after the 2025 Oscars. The camera picked up on an intimacy that rang true. 

In a recent interview with Complex, Teyana shares how she should be handled delicately, and how Aaron Pierre does just that. 

She began by speaking on her process and what inspired her such as gestures of love, being a helper, and her children—her mini-mes. She went to talk about loving though pride and ultimately how that doesn’t work. 

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She soon pivoted to Aaron Pierre’s involvement in her new project, “he damned near EPed it,” she said through joyous giggles. “It felt good,” she shared “to have someone as passionate and as serious as you are.”

Teyana, who opened up about being an empath, went on to describe how Aaron handles her. 

“I feel like you gotta handle me like a cup of tea. How would you walk with a cup of tea versus how you would walk with a bottle of water?” she asked. “A cup of tea, you walk slower, you’re more calm, you’re more delicate, and even when you sip it, what happens if you sip the tea too fast? Burn your tongue.”

“I am a cup of tea, and I feel like he handles me as such. He’s very, very gentle. It allows me to feel warm and and to feel safe, and not be in survival mode.”

What the full interview below: