03/09/2026
🐾 Celebrity Pet Spotlight: Lupita Nyong’o & Yayo 🍊
From conquering a lifelong fear on a movie set to finding her absolute best friend, Lupita Nyong’o and her orange rescue cat, Yayo, are the ultimate duo. 🐾🧡
When Lupita signed on to star in A Quiet Place: Day One, her character had a very important co-star — a cat.
The only problem? Lupita was absolutely terrified of cats in real life.
Determined to face her phobia, she went through cat therapy before filming and, somewhere along the way, completely fell in love with them.
That leap of faith eventually led her to Yayo, a gorgeous orange rescue who stole her heart and officially made her a very proud cat mum. 😻
Today, he’s her constant companion and a regular star on her social media — proving that sometimes our biggest fears can lead us to something pretty special.
Have you ever gone from being nervous around an animal to completely falling in love with them? 🐾