Nyong’o ‘couldn’t sleep’ over Weinstein claims

Lupita Nyong’o has said she spoke out with an allegation of sexual harassment against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein because she “felt uncomfortable” about being silent.

The Oscar winner followed in the footsteps of several other actresses in October when she alleged that the “predator” had lured her into his room under false pretences when she was a drama student.

Nyong’o has now said that she felt she had to come forward in order to feel liberated, and that she “couldn’t sleep” as the scandal grew in pace.

She told industry magazine The Hollywood Reporter: “I felt uncomfortable in my silence, and I wanted to liberate myself from it and contribute to the discussion. That 0 Lupita Nyong’o won an Oscar for 12 Years A Slave was just what I felt I needed to do, quite viscerally. I couldn’t sleep. I needed to get it out.”

Nyong’o, 34, said that she spent several days at her computer before showing what she written to her mother.

“I had to talk to her about it because it was something that we hadn’t talked about,” the 12 Years A Slave star said.