Lupita has touched upon her previous award season experiences, especially the one in 2014 when she was heavily rumoured to be dating actor Jared Leto. During an interview, the Oscar winner, 36, admitted that she 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.”
Lupita’s initial fearlessness in the industry stemmed from her upbringing in Kenya, as she recalled; “I come from a very sexist society. I did need to be conditioned for that kind of world, but it was always a step removed from my home life.”