Black Panther actress, Lupita Nyong’o has confirmed that her relationship with her partner, Selema Masekela has ended.

The Kenyan actress made the revelation via her Instagram platform on Thursday night, October 19.

The 40-year-old thespian cited “deception” as the reason for their breakup.

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Her lengthy Instagram post read, inter alia: “It is necessary for me to share a personal truth and publicly dissociate myself from someone I can no longer trust.

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

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Equally Lupita Nyong’o and Selema were in a relationship for one year.