Lupita Nyong’oOscar-winning actress, revealed how Yo-yohis cat two-year-old orange tabby, saved her life during one of the moments that she described as a “super low point in their breakup.”
After separating from the television presenter Selema Masekela, Nyong’o’s heart was “seriously broken”; She said that it was difficult for her to “believe in joy” and admitted that during that time “I was flirting with depression”.
It was at that moment that the artist had an idea that could help her get out of the sad chapter of her life: get a cat.
Nyong’o spoke in dialogue with the magazine Glamor who had always been afraid of cats, but was able to overcome the fear after his performance in the film A Quiet Place: Day One.
The character played by Nyong’o owns a cat, an idea that the actress did not like very much, as she said she had asked director Michael Sarnoski if there was a possibility of changing the cat. animal. “I suggested an armadillo; he wasn’t allowing it,” she recalled.
She underwent “cat therapy” to overcome her fears before filming. Nyong’o accepted that she had to learn a lot about herself and the animal before she felt comfortable.
At the end of filming the film, the celebrity had fallen in love with the cat with whom she shared the set. She told this information to one of her friends, who was in charge of making appointments at shelters and adoption centers the next day. Nyong’o said she was not very convinced with her idea, but when she arrived at the shelter she saw what was a sign for her.
“There was a sign that said something like, ‘Aren’t you over your ex? Adopt a cat’. He was spot on,” Nyong’o recalled. The employees of Best Friends Animal Societya shelter in Los Angeles, paired Yoyo with the actress and after a couple of days of hosting she ended up falling in love with him.
“This cat is not going anywhere. I guess the best anecdote for when you feel poorly cared for is to take care of something. I took care of Yoyo and he opened my heart,” Nyong’o admitted.
He admitted that Yoyo is not only his support point, but also someone who “shows” him how to relax. “He stays there all day. Every once in a while she gets up and does that cat stretch. “It is so elegant and so delicious that he reminds me to get up and stretch,” she noted.
When Nyong’o was asked by the magazine what animal she most identifies with, she answered “definitely a cat.”
“People have told me I’m too cat-like in the past. Now that I have a cat, I understand it,” said the artist.
Nyong’o feels great love for her pet, the perfect example is the photographs she constantly posts on instagram.
One of the most recent images shared by the actress, Yoyo was captured while staring at the camera. The celebrity wished him a happy “Caturday” (play on words between cat and Saturday in English) to his followers “on behalf” of his pet.
On other occasions, videos and photographs have been seen in which Nyong’o showers the orange feline with affection. In one of those posts, she declared she loved “being a feline mom.”
Her followers joked in the comments section by saying that “once you have a cat there is no turning back” or that “(being a ‘mother’ of a feline) is the best feeling in the world.”
