Oscar-Winner Lupita Nyong'o Adopts Shelter Cat After Break-Up: "Yoyo is saving me"

I have historically been afraid of cats, but when my life was altered instantly recently, a little voice whispered to me that it was time to embrace change and new possibilities, Nyong'o, an Oscar-winner for 12 Years a Slave, wrote in her post. The announcement comes after Nyong'o, who won an Oscar for her breakout role in 2013's 12 Years a Slave, wrote that she was experiencing a season of heartbreak because of a love suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception, reportedly related to a breakup with TV host and journalist Selema Masekela.