Lupita Nyong'o Wants to See Idris Elba successful Black Panther 3

No enigma here: Lupita Nyong'o is simply a instrumentality of Janelle Monáe.

The Oscar victor and the Glass Onion star person been BFFs since archetypal gathering astatine the 2014 Met Gala, sparking romance rumors with their adjacent relationship implicit the years. Though Lupita is currently dating fellow Selema Masekela, she tin wholly spot wherefore radical shipped the 2 arsenic a couple.

"She has magnetism that they were evidently picking up on," Lupita told Rolling Stone in its caller screen communicative astir Janelle, who came retired arsenic pansexual successful 2018. "She is that enigmatic. People are funny astir enigmatic people."

Noting that she was "not surprised" by the dating speculation, Lupita continued, "I don't caput being associated with her successful immoderate capacity."

In fact, the Black Panther histrion couldn't assistance but to gush implicit the multi-hyphenate for being "extremely gifted."

"It's built into her spirit," she said. "Her openness creates intimacy onscreen. It's truly chill to spot her determination from 1 happening to different and bash it with specified mastery."

"I person a argumentation and statement with myself—that is simply a portion of my beingness that I privation to support private," the 37-year-old—who identifies arsenic nonbinary and uses some she/her and they/them pronouns—explained to Rolling Stone. "I tin speech astir my identity, I tin speech astir my sexuality. I tin speech astir each things Janelle Monáe without having to spell into detail. You cognize what I mean? It's not necessary."

Janelle added, "I'm not obligated to stock my story. Nobody's obligated."