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Moving On Fast: Sources Say Lena Waithe Is Now With Cynthia Erivo, Allegedly

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Lena Waithe has been steeping in a hearty stew of controversy after the news went out that she and her wife, Alana Mayo, have ended their union. Now, rumors are surfacing that Waithe is romantically involved with Harriet actress Cynthia Erivo.

According to the good homies over at BOSSIP, sources tell the outlet that Waithe, 35 and Erivo, 33, have been living together after being spotted in a number of photos. While Erivo stated in the past that her relationship with Waithe was rooted strictly in sisterhood, Twitter account @okweseeyou has been documenting from their vantage point their observations of Erivo and Waithe.

“Is everyone aware that Cynthia Erivo and Lena Waithe are having a secret love affair?!? Isn’t Lena Married and since when was Cynthia a Lesbian??? I hear they were both spotted holding hands and kissing at the Golden Globes.. #2020 is looking good so far,” the account wrote in a retweet caption that also highlighted a news tweet that Erivo has been tapped to play the late Aretha Franklin.

This action and the accompanying words dominate the account’s timeline, using other news sites’ tweets related to Erivo and the entertainment industry to hammer home their message.

Waithe has yet to publicly speak to all the rumors swirling about, and Erivo has been mum as well. A quick scan of Alana Mayo’s Twitter timeline doesn’t reveal much as she hasn’t posted since late last year. Scanning Waithe’s Twitter account has not yielded much in the way regarding a response to the online chatter surrounding the end of her marriage.

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Cynthia Erivo To Play Aretha Franklin in New Series Entitled ‘Genius’

Cynthia Erivo is having the time of her life! With her new movie Harriet just around the corner, and the the promise of an Oscar nod in tow, she is poised to be the next big thing in Hollywood. Compact and powerful, many are asking the question, “How can she top being picked to play Harriet Tubman?” Well, it seems that she has an answer for you.

The Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-Winning Erivo will portray Grammy Award winner and musical icon Aretha Franklin in the next installment of the Emmy-Winning anthology series GENIUS: ARETHA.  The upcoming coming season of GENIUS will actually be the first-ever to be authorized depiction of Ms. Franklin’s life.

Erivo will start filming in November for a spring 2020 premiere on the National Geographic cable network. National Geographic has channels in 172 countries and 43 languages.

As impressive as the lead is on this project, the folk behind the show is top notched.

Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (“Topdog/Underdog”) will be the executive producer and showrunner. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will also serve as executive producers along with music mogul Clive Davis, Atlantic Records chairman and CEO Craig Kallman, Ken Biller from the Fox 21 Television Studios and Imagine Television Studios.

It is also good to know that The Aretha Franklin Estate is 100% behind this.

Aretha Franklin was known as the Queen of Soul, civil rights leader and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

 

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