Joshua Jackson may be fresh out of his marriage to Jodie Turner-Smith, but the “Dr. Death” star’s love life is alive and well as he and Lupita Nyong’o confirmed their rumored romance this week.
The “Dawson’s Creek” alum, 45, and the Oscar-winning actress, 40, were photographed walking hand-in-hand Tuesday in Joshua Tree, Calif., just weeks after speculation began that something was brewing between the pair, People reports.
A day prior, they were snapped making a grocery store run in L.A., though they tried their best not to be seen together.
The supposed confirmation comes on the heels of Jackson and Turner-Smith, 37, reaching a custody agreement late last month regarding their 3-year-old daughter, Juno.
Rumors of a romance between Jackson and Nyong’o first began in mid-October after the pair were seen smiling and standing close to one another at a Janelle Monáe concert in L.A.
That same day, the “Black Panther” actress announced via Instagram that she had severed ties with boyfriend Selema Masekela, with whom she’d gone public in December 2022.
“It is necessary for me to share a personal truth and publicly dissociate myself from someone I can no longer trust,” Nyong’o wrote on Oct. 19. “I find myself in a season of heartbreak because of a love suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception.”
Just two and a half weeks earlier, news broke that Turner-Smith had filed for divorce from Jackson, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Jackson and the “Queen & Slim” star first met in 2018, before saying “I do” late the following year. They welcomed their daughter in the spring of 2020.
It remains unclear when the pair officially split. Turner-Smith listed Sept. 13 as their date of separation, while Jackson claims Sept. 30 was the fateful day they called it quits.
Either way, fans were stunned as the two had been seen putting on a good face at multiple events where they were spotted together that same month.
