Lena Waithe and wife Alana Mayo split 2 months after marriage announcement

Screenwriter and actress, Lena Waithe is separating from wife Alana Mayo just months after announcing their marriage.

"After careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways,' a joint statement (via E!) from their reps read.

"We have nothing but support for one another and ask that you respect our privacy during this time,' the statement concluded.

The screenwriter, producer, and actress revealed that she and Mayo had tied the knot during a November appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which was guest hosted by John Legend.

"We snuck and did it, you know. We didn’t really make any announcements or a big, you know," Waithe said of their ceremony, as a photo of her and Mayo flashed on the screen. "That's my wife. She's beautiful." 

"We went to San Francisco. We went to the courthouse and got married right in front of Harvey Milk’s bust," she shared.

"It was her idea, like all good things are, and she was just driving and she saw the courthouse and she said, 'We should get married there,' and I said, 'Cool, I'm down.'"

They got engaged to be married on Thanksgiving Day 2017, but it wasn't revealed until November 2019 that Waithe and Mayo secretly tied the knot.