Off the Market: Janelle Monáe & Lupita Nyong’o

Actresses Lupita Nyong’o, left, and Janelle Monáe took their relationship public this week. The couple’s touchy feely display of affection raised eyebrows at a Met Gala after party on Monday.

According to Rhymeswithsnitch.com, “In a video posted [on] Instagram Live Janelle can be seen in the background standing close to Lupita gently caressing her face while Danai Gurira stands next to them oblivious.”

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We’ve known for years that Janelle prefers her back rubs with soft hands. In fact, your auntie told you way back in the day that the pop singer-turned-actress was a card carrying member of the LGBT tribe.

But the reports were dismissed as speculation – until Janelle, 33, confirmed the rumors by coming out as “queer” and “Pansexual” last year.

“Being a queer black woman in America, someone who has been in relationships with both men and women – I consider myself to be a free-(love proponent)” she said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “But then later I read about pansexuality and was like, ‘Oh, these are things that I identify with too.’ I’m open to learning more about who I am.”

Lupita, 36, has long been rumored to go both ways. She reportedly dated 41-year-old Black Panther co-star Danai Gurira off and on. The two actresses were inseparable until Janelle stepped into the picture.