Daniel Kaluuya has had a meteoric rise to fame since his 2017 star-making role in Jordan Peele’s Get Out. Part of that is because of his raw talent and British charm, and part of that has been excellent choices in roles in smash films like Queen & Slim, Black Panther, and his award-sweeping performance in Judas and the Black Messiah. But being a regular old Hollywood “it” boy is boring. Why just be an Oscar winner when you could be a mysterious Oscar winner? Why just raise hairs in new age horror films when you could also raise eyebrows after following a new age guru? These are the questions it seems Kaluuya is answering with a loud “yes, and,” and we have questions.
The New York Post’s Page Six is reporting that Kaluuya has begun to cause a commotion in the rumor mill by closely following a “life strategist” named Heir Holiness, formerly called Heir Princess. He’s gone so far as to fire his agency, the famed CAA, and his PR firm and stylists. He did retain his manager. On a now-deleted LinkdIn page seen by The Post, Heir described herself as Kaluuya’s personal manager as well as “Head Mistress” for “The International Alma Mater, Blessed University.” Holiness is allegedly a 50-year-old originally from California named Vanylla Salimah Mahmoud, but she told The Post that she created the pseudonym “Heir Holiness” from a slave name. She denied working for Kaluuya, saying she’d only met him a couple of times. To the contrary, though, multiple sources fear that Heir has “taken over’ DK’s life and all decisions had to go through her.” According to Matt Belloni in his newsletter “What I’m Hearing,” Heir allegedly was by Kaluuya’s side for much of the filming of Peele’s new film Nope, and caused tension on set. The two apparently met through a makeup artist on the set of Black Panther, and have also been photographed together.
