Ukusukela ngo-2014 ukuya ku-2016, iMenissa Benoist yayitshatile ne-Actor Blake Jenner. NgoNovemba kunyaka ophelileyo, umongo wathi wayeyixhoba lobundlobongela basekhaya, kwaye waqaphela ukuba iqabane lakhe linokuba "ngumtsalane kwaye lihlekisa, kodwa kwangaxeshanye." UMelissa akazange akhankanye igama leBlake, kodwa kwakucacile ukuba yayim.
Kutsha nje uBlaw ugqibe kwelokuba athethe malunga neengxaki kubudlelwane neMelissa. Washiya umyalezo omkhulu kwiphepha lakhe:
Kwiinyanga ezili-11 ezidlulileyo, bendicinga ukuba ndisabela njani kule meko yonke into eyaziwa ngayo ekupheleni kuka-2019. Ndacinga ngeli xesha lokuphila kwam, endandineentloni kwaye ndonga ukucinga. Ndiyazi ukuba kubalulekile ukusombulula nje esidlangalaleni, kodwa kunye nomntu othathe inxaxheba kuwo, kwaye naye,
-Uqale uJenner.
Kwiminyaka engama-20 ndadibana nomfazi, ndathandana naye. Khange ndiqonde ke ukuba, okungenani phakathi kwethu kukho uthando olukhulu, unqulo lwethu, oluvela kubuntwana bethu lwalungaphezulu nangakumbi. Ndicinga ukuba sobabini umtshato wethu siluhlobo lwentlawulelo. Yayilulwalamano nesiseko esixhonywe kunamathelwano, kwaye oku kukhokelele kwimiphumo emibi,
-Umdlali weqonga.
U-Benoist wathi ngenye imini iqabane lakhe laphosa phantsi ebusweni be-iPhone, ngenxa yoko wawenzakaliswa ngamehlo kunye nokuqhekeka kwempumlo. Kwingxelo yakhe, uJenner wathi "uthatha uxanduva olupheleleyo lwentlungu," owabulala wangaphambili, "ngokwengqondo, ewe."