Lena Waithe (2020-Present)
Erivo is reportedly dating actress, producer, and screenwriter who is better known for creating the Showtime drama series The Chi. Waithe has also appeared in shows like Master of None, This Is Us, and Westworld. Waithe has even won a big award herself, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, which she won in 2017 for writing an episode of Master of None.
In 2022 Waithe told Variety that she and Erivo met in May 2018 at the Met Gala. At the time, Erivo shared an Instagram photo of the two with the caption, “I finally found my sis. Lena you are absolutely everything. You are perfection. What a meeting of minds, glad to have you in my life! Stuck like glue!!! SHINE QUEEN SHINE!!”
The relationship reportedly turned romantic around the time Waithe divorced Alana Mayo. In May 2022, Erivo once again posted a picture of Waithe on Instagram, with a caption that read “Today is when we celebrate a woman whose heart is bigger than the body that houses it. Happy birthday @lenawaithe I ……. You know the rest!”
In June of 2022, the two made an appearance at Alvin Ailey Spirit Gala, and according to Page Six, they entered holding hands. Erivo and Waithe have yet to officially confirm their relationship, but Waithe has been Erivo’s date at multiple Wicked press events, including the premiere.
“I’m very tight-lipped with my relationships, ’cause I don’t think that my relationship is for anyone else but for me,” Erivo told Vanity Fair this year about why she doesn’t speak about her romantic life. “I spend so much of my life sharing everything — whether it’s my work or my soul or my life in speeches. I think I give enough of myself that I’m allowed to keep something for me.”
“It’s enough for people to know that I’m a queer person who could have relationships with men or women or neither,” Erivo said.
