All About Cynthia Erivo & Associate Lena Waithe’s Relationship

Whereas Cynthia Erivo has been persevering with her world domination after the success of Depraved, her associate Lena Waithe has been supporting from the sidelines.

Waithe has been proudly reposting Depraved content material on social media and as Erivo celebrates a Golden Globe nomination (in addition to being tipped to earn an Oscar nomination) we’re anticipating to see much more of the blissful couple!

Erivo and Waithe first went public with their relationship in 2022 after their shut friendship changed into one thing extra.

The Tony winner and the Grasp of None star first met in 2018 and had been most just lately seen celebrating the discharge of Erivo’s function in Depraved on the Los Angeles premiere on Nov. 9 and the London premiere on Nov. 18.

The Depraved press tour has generated loads of scrutiny for Erivo’s co-stars Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater, who went public with their romance in July 2023 after being collectively on set. The connection led followers to take a position that Grande cheated on her ex-husband Dalton Gomez with Slater, who was additionally married to ex-wife, Lilly Jay.

However whereas Grande’s relationship has obtained its fair proportion of public consideration, Erivo’s relationship with Waithe has been underneath some scrutiny too. Check out their relationship (and the rumors surrounding it) beneath!

When Did Erivo & Waithe Meet?

Erivo and Waithe met for the very first time on the 2018 Met Gala. On the time, Waithe was engaged to movie govt Alana Mayo.

“I lastly discovered my sis,” Erivo wrote on Instagram in Could 2018 alongside a selfie of them on the Met Gala. “Lena you might be completely the whole lot. You’re perfection. What a gathering of minds, glad to have you ever in my life! Caught like glue !!! SHINE QUEEN SHINE!!”

Waithe later mirrored on their first assembly and the friendship they fashioned in a January 2020 interview with Selection on the Palm Springs Movie Competition the place she offered Erivo with an award.

“The primary time I met her was on the Met Gala, which is the place all of the cool children go to fulfill one another,” Waithe stated. “I had seen her in The Colour Purple twice, I keep in mind seeing her on TV when Oprah [Winfrey] talked about doing it and her being on the display, I keep in mind [thinking], ‘Who is that this tiny particular person with a British accent?’ We’ve simply been vibing ever since.”

Later that month, Waithe and Mayo introduced their separation simply two months after the Queen and Slim author revealed she had secretly married Mayo, after three years of relationship, in a non-public San Francisco ceremony.

“After cautious thought and consideration, now we have determined to half methods,” they stated in an announcement to Folks. “We now have nothing however assist for each other and ask that you simply respect our privateness throughout this time.”

When Did Erivo & Waithe Began Courting?

In Could 2022, Erivo seemingly made her relationship with Waithe public by posting a tribute on Instagram. “At the moment is after we have a good time a girl whose coronary heart is greater than the physique that homes it,” Erivo wrote within the caption. “Glad birthday @lenawaithe I ……. You already know the remainder! 💕💕”

A number of months later, in June, their romance was confirmed after Web page Six photographers noticed them holding arms on the Alvin Ailey Spirit Gala.

Nevertheless, the pair attended a number of occasions collectively way back to January 2020, together with Selection’s 2020 Artistic Impression Awards, the 2021 BET Awards and the 2022 Oscars.

When Did Erivo Come Out?

Whereas Waithe had already been in an open and public queer relationship prior to now, Erivo come out to followers as queer in a British Vogue interview in July 2022. “My closest associates have identified this of me for a very long time,” she instructed the outlet. “I really feel like I knew it after I was round 15 however didn’t know what to name it. I didn’t have the vocabulary for it. I knew I used to be interested in each women and men. I used to be interested in individuals. I’d have a crush on this particular person or that particular person however didn’t know tips on how to put it in phrases.”

Quickly sufficient, she discovered the appropriate phrases and located herself. “For me, it means taking a danger to say the liberty of being one’s full self,” she stated.

Waithe Was Accused of Dishonest on Her Ex-Spouse With Erivo

Whereas Erivo and Waithe solely went public with their relationship in Could 2022, some gossip websites speculated with out proof that these two had been relationship way back to January 2020 whereas Waithe was nonetheless married to Mayo.

Within the weeks main as much as Waithe and Mayo’s breakup, Waithe and Erivo had been seen collectively on the Palm Spring Movie Competition and at a Golden Globes after-party in January 2020. Later that month, after Waithe and Mayo introduced their break up, a supply accused Waithe of dishonest on the celeb tabloid website Bossip.

“Even after they married, Lena was nonetheless shopping for designer items — Chanel, Gucci — for different girls,” the supply alleged. Erivo and Waithe haven’t addressed these rumors.

Are Erivo and Waithe Nonetheless Collectively?

Regardless of all of the hypothesis surrounding their relationship, Erivo and Waithe appear to be going robust. On the Depraved premiere on Nov. 9, Waithe attended in assist. Plus, she was carrying inexperienced, a candy nod to Erivo’s character Elphaba.

On Nov. 18, they attended the after-party for the London premiere collectively, Simply Jared studies.

On Instagram, Waithe has additionally proven her assist all through the Depraved press tour, reposting evaluations praising Depraved, celeb reactions to the musical, and Erivo’s publish from Nov. 22 wherein she mirrored on the expertise.

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