'Miley Cyrus broke us up!' Lupita Nyong'o jokes about Jared Leto romance while on Ellen DeGeneres' show

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She's the breakout star of awards season with her impressive turn in 12 Years A Slave.

But along with all the acting praise, Lupita Nyong'o has started making headlines for her personal life, as well.

The 30-year-old Oscar nominee addressed reports that she's dating fellow nominee Jared Leto - he has gotten an Academy Award nomination for Dallas Buyers Club - in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on Friday.

Addressing the rumors: Lupita Nyong'o discussed reports that she's dating Jared Leto on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday

Wearing a sleeveless white jacket and matching shorts, the Yale University graduate didn't shy away from the topic of her love life.

The talk show host inquired about reports she has been seeing Leto by saying, 'But now, so you're actually in tabloids which means you've really made it. Because there's rumors that you and Jared Leto are together.'

The gorgeous Kenyan took answered with a lighthearted joke.

Breakout star: The 30-year-old revealed the rumors of dating Jared Leto are not true

Supporting each other: Seen here at the SAG Awards last month, Lupita and Jared are favourites to take home  Academy Awards on March 2

'Ah, but I thought Miley Cyrus broke us up,' she offered. 'That was the last thing I heard.'

In keeping with the witty repartee, a concerned Ellen returned, 'I'm sorry. I hope you're okay then.'

The dating rumors started after Page Six reported that the My So-Called Life hunk was dating the supporting actress nominee.

According to the report, an eagle-eyed source spotted the 'romance blossoming' between Leto and the actress at Manhattan's Crosby Street Hotel.

'They were huddled at a corner table together looking very close,' the insider revealed.

Rumors: Pictured here at the Critics' Choice Awards last month, the actors have been linked together but the reports are not true

'The two have stayed close together at the Golden Globes and other events leading up to the March 2 Oscars,' added the report.
'They even appear side-by-side on the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue with Julia Roberts and George Clooney.'

Soon after Lupita and Jared were linked, it was reported he was actually been seeing Miley Cyrus, and had been doing so for several weeks.

'[They] are hooking up,' a source told UsWeekly of the pair, who have 'known each other for a while.'

'She stayed over at his house in L.A. in early February.'

Who isn't he dating?: Jared has also been linked to Miley Cyrus, pictured here along with her sister and mother at a pre-Grammy event last month

Jared and the 21-year-old pop star were first photographed in Las Vegas last September and then again in January at a pre-Grammy Awards party.

'They like to have a good time, they love to talk about art and music - and they're both comfortable with nudity!' another insider told the website of the duo, who've both posed for photographer Terry Richardson.

While Lupita is getting used to being the fodder of gossip, she opened up to Ellen about how it's hard even for her to decipher what is actually true about herself.
'But you know it's crazy 'cause when I read these rumors they're so detailed that even I start to question whether they're true or not,' she joked/
'Ya and I know I've believed them in the past and now I guess I can't believe anything.'

The other woman: The 30-year-old actress joked that Miley Cyrus broke up her non-existent relationship with Jared Leto 

What to believe: The 12 Years A Slave star admitted that the tabloid rumors are so detailed that even she has trouble figuring out what is true about herself