Jodie Turner-Smith Reacts to Joshua Jackson and Lupita Nyong’o Romance

Jodie Turner-Smith shared her level-headed response to ex-husband Joshua Jackson’s romance with Lupita Nyong’o.

“Good for them,” Turner-Smith, 37, stated in an interview with The Cut, revealed on Friday, June 14. “We’d like happiness so as to peacefully coparent. I’m making an attempt to get us to the Gwyneth [Paltrow] and Chris Martin degree. I actually hope they’re completely satisfied and that it advantages us as a household.”

Turner-Smith filed for divorce from Jackson, 46, in October 2023 after 4 years of marriage. (The couple share a daughter who was born in April 2020.) Nyong’o revealed that very same month that she had cut up from ex-boyfriend Selema Masekela, whom she went public with in December 2022.

Us Weekly confirmed Jackson and Nyong’o had been an merchandise two months later. In February 2024, Nyong’o spoke briefly about her choice to maintain her romantic relationship non-public.

“That was very, very sage of me. I’m going again to these days, by the best way,” she stated to Net-a-Porter on the time. “Our objective in life is to like. And so you need to get again in it.”

Turner-Smith, for her half, shared an identical sentiment about placing her relationships within the public eye, together with her relationship along with her ex-husband.

“While you’re within the public eye, part of you belongs to the general public. It stops being yours and turns into theirs too,” Turner-Smith informed The Lower. “I didn’t have an correct scope of understanding what it might imply to share my relationship with the general public. It’s one thing I’ll by no means do once more. Ever. That’s one main lesson that I took away from this, which is simply that individuals don’t must know all the things.”

On the time of their cut up, a supply completely informed Us that Jackson had been “caught off guard” when Turner-Smith filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable variations. “That they had their points, as many {couples} do — particularly two busy actors who’re additionally juggling a baby,” the supply shared.

“Joshua clearly didn’t understand it was this unhealthy, that Jodie was this sad. Their buddies are baffled and making an attempt to know how this took place.” In the meantime, a second supply informed Us that the actress selected to dissolve her marriage as a result of she “refused to accept one thing that didn’t really feel proper.”

Tuner-Smith, for her half, nonetheless doesn’t think about her marriage to Jackson a “failure” regardless of submitting for divorce.

“Generally issues we actually need to work simply don’t find yourself working,” Turner-Smith informed the U.Ok.’s The Occasions in February. “And that’s OK. Crucial factor is that you simply select what’s healthiest for you and your loved ones and undoubtedly your kids.”