Lupita Nyong’o is set to star in Jordan Peele’s eagerly anticipated horror, Us. And thanks to her work in critically acclaimed work, Lupita has touched upon her previous award season experiences, especially the one in 2014 when she was heavily rumored to be dating actor Jared Leto. In an candid interview with a weekly digital magazine Porter Edit, the Oscar winner, 36, admitted that he is still very much a part of her life as there was an ‘intimacy that grew between them’ amongst the dating hear’say.
Hollywood was awash with dating rumours involving Nyong’o and Leto a few years earlier, and the star fondly admits: ‘He’s still on speed dial, because we were on that journey together and he’s so embracing of me. ‘There was an intimacy that grew from that, that goes beyond the dating rumours, beyond all that,’ she revealed.
Lupita proudly gave details: ‘Sarah Paulson: my God, that girl, she was like everything to me. And Alfre Woodard, she was invaluable. Oprah embraced my mom and my brother and invited them to her house for lunch without me. ‘I was just like, “Wow, this is an incredibly supportive industry.” I didn’t feel isolated. Gabrielle Union: we’d gone to a fashion show in France together and she’d been so open and embracing, exchanging phone numbers with me – there was a ‘you need anything kind’ of vibe.