Laverne Cox is captured at the 11 Honore front row during New York Fashion Week. (Photo: Noam Galai, Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows)
It’s splitsville for Laverne Cox and Kyle Draper.
The “Orange Is the New Black” star announced the end of her and Draper’s nearly two-year relationship on Instagram Tuesday, writing they want a respectful parting.
“After much soul searching and tears from both of us, we have decided it’s time for us to go our separate ways,” Cox wrote in a lengthy post about her breakup with the Mateo Sound CEO.
Cox, a transgender advocate, said she hopes she and Draper empowered trans people to find love, even though they did not find it with each other.
“We know our relationship meant so much to so many people, especially trans folks, giving them hope that this kind of love is possible for them as well,” Cox said. “That hope, the hope for love has not waned for me in the face of this breakup but rather is fortified.”
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@thekyledraper and I have broken up. After much soul searching and tears from both of us, we have decided it's time for us to go our separate ways. We decided we should make a public statement since our relationship was public in ways neither of us anticipated. This is that public statement. We know our relationship meant so much to so many people, especially trans folks, giving them hope that this kind of love is possible for them as well. That hope, the hope for love has not waned for me in the face of this breakup but rather is fortified. Knowing that we are both capable of giving and receiving love with this level of kindness, respect, trust, affection, depth, and intensity has been so healing and life affirming for us both. I am so grateful we were open to love and for every moment we had together. We have both grown in innumerable ways as a result. Now its just time to move on separately. We both want a breakup that honors and respects the quality of our relationship and the love we shared. Its possible.
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Draper shared his ex’s post on his Instagram as well, adding Cox “wrote the most beautiful statement that sums up our feelings perfectly.”
Despite going their separate ways, Cox said she and Draper do not consider their time together wasted. Rather, their relationship taught them more about themselves.
“Knowing that we are both capable of giving and receiving love with this level of kindness, respect, trust, affection, depth, and intensity has been so healing and life affirming for us both,” she wrote. “I am so grateful we were open to love and for every moment we had together. We have both grown in innumerable ways as a result. Now its just time to move on separately.”
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