Actress Jodie Turner-Smith breaks silence on ex Joshua Jackson’s romance with Lupita Nyong’o

Actress Jodie Turner-Smith has broken her silence on estranged husband Joshua Jackson’s new romance with a Hollywood star.

Jodie Turner-Smith broke her silence on her estranged husband Joshua Jackson’s budding romance with Lupita Nyong’o.

“Good for them,” she told The Cut in an interview published June 14. “We need happiness in order to peacefully co-parent.”

The Queen & Slim actress, who shares daughter Juno, 4, with Jackson, said she hopes she and the actor and can get along like another former A-list couple — Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith were married from 2019 to 2023. Picture: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

“I’m trying to get us to the Gwyneth and Chris Martin level,” she joked.

“I just have to do everything that I can to set Juno up to win,” Turner-Smith, 37, added, “and to peacefully co-parent with someone whom I once loved very, very much.”

When it comes to the Dawson’s Creek star and Nyong’o, the mum of one said, “I truly hope they’re happy and that it benefits us as a family.”

Turner-Smith filed for divorce from Jackson, 46, in October 2023, citing “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of the split.

Jackson has since moved on with actress Lupita Nyong'o. Picture: Aliah Anderson/Getty Images

A source told Us Weekly at the time that the dad of one did not think the pair’s marital woes were serious enough to warrant a divorce.

“Joshua was clearly caught off guard by Jodie’s decision to divorce,” the insider said.

“They had their issues, as many couples do — especially two busy actors who are also juggling a child. Joshua obviously didn’t realise it was this bad, that Jodie was this unhappy.”

Nearly three weeks later, Jackson was spotted at a concert with Nyong’o.

A source told TMZ there was nothing romantic going on with the pair and that they were there with a group of friends.

Jackson and Nyong'o looked loved up during a romantic retreat in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on March 3. Picture: HEM / BACKGRID

The pair engaged in PDA during their getaway. Picture: HEM / BACKGRID

However, last December, the Mighty Ducks actor and the Black Panther actress, 41, confirmed their romance by holding hands while taking a stroll in Joshua Tree, California.

Nyong’o and Jackson were then spotted packing on the PDA while celebrating her birthday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in March.

According to photos, the couple held hands as they frolicked on the white sand and even embraced to share a kiss as the Us star wrapped her arms around Jackson’s neck and head.

Meanwhile, Turner-Smith, who tied the knot with Jackson in 2019, has not been romantically linked to anyone.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission

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