Jesse Williams and his wife Aryn Drake Lee have decided to go their separate ways after five years of marriage, and the Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> star has asked a judge to grant him joint legal and physical custody of their two children.<\/p>\n Jesse Williams and Aryn Drake-Lee are Divorcing because of Los Angeles \u2014 Report\u2013> https:\/\/t.co\/SUEvWvRCJz<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/djDhEY4uXT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Wetpaint (@WetpaintTV) May 1, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Friends say that the 35-year-old \u201cwants to be the hot single guy in Hollywood\u201d and that Williams\u2019 rise in Hollywood is to blame for the actor\u2019s change of heart about his marriage.<\/p>\n Page Six<\/em> reported that Aryn Drake-Lee supported Jesse<\/a> for years when he was struggling to make his way in Hollywood. In fact, she was the main breadwinner until 2009, when Williams scored his big role on Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em>.<\/p>\n A source close to the couple said that Aryn poured a lot of money into the relationship and basically sacrificed her life for Williams.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd now he wants to go out and be the hot single Hollywood guy. Jesse wants to do whatever he thinks will make him a bigger star. He\u2019s drinking his own Kool-Aid and it\u2019s \u2018the Jesse show.\u2019 He\u2019s dead f***ing wrong. He did not respect those vows. He wants to be single.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Williams was recently linked to Minka Kelly, Derek Jeter\u2019s ex, and friends reportedly have confirmed that he is dating her. However, another source said that they\u2019re simply working together on a video game with a number of other people.<\/p>\n Jesse Williams and Aryn Drake-Lee Are Keeping Their Divorce Super Civil https:\/\/t.co\/GVib6YfRVz<\/a> #fashion<\/a> #style<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VSGiS6VT63<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Style Museum (@_stylemuseum) April 30, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n According to the source, when Jesse Williams and Aryn Drake-Lee moved to Los Angeles for Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em>, it all evened out \u2013 Jesse was finally taking care of Aryn. Unfortunately, Drake-Lee was often ridiculed in the media because when she was photographed with Jesse, she didn\u2019t look like the typical Hollywood starlet. The source said this must have placed a huge strain on their relationship and that Williams will now try to portray the divorce as an amicable arrangement.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you hear people saying, \u2018Why aren\u2019t you with someone hotter or with this actress?\u2019 I\u2019m sure that placed a strain on their relationship. It\u2019s bulls**t. They\u2019re going to paint a picture like he\u2019s been separated for a very long time, but the truth is that he left her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Williams was conveniently silent when asked about his relationship with Minka, instead turning his back to the cameras to reveal a jacket that read, \u201cDon\u2019t Believe the Hype.\u201d<\/p>\n Page Six<\/em> reported that the couple have a daughter<\/a>, Sadie, who was born in 2013, and a son Maceo, born in 2015.<\/p>\n The couple met in 2007 when Aryn Drake-Lee was a real estate broker and Jesse was working as a schoolteacher in New York City. The relationship quickly blossomed and they were married in Los Angeles in 2012.<\/p>\n Jesse Williams spoke to USA Today<\/em> in 2010, and at the time admitted that his wife had been there for the good times and the bad.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s been with me through all different facets of my career. She\u2019s stuck with me through thick and thin. We know each other in and out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n People<\/em> magazine reported that fans of Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em>, and indeed those who were close to the couple, were shocked to hear of Jesse Williams\u2019 split from his wife<\/a>.<\/p>\n A source close to the couple spoke to People<\/em> magazine, saying that their relocation to Los Angeles was a big contributor to tensions in the relationship, and also that when news of their divorce broke, Jesse and Aryn were in the process of adding a second wing to their home in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n \u201cNone of us saw this coming. Jesse lived for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Report: Actor Jesse Williams and Wife Aryn Drake-Lee Are Divorcing https:\/\/t.co\/3z6udwbJhS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cidH2Y2ka9<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 FYINTERTAINMENT (@FYINTERTAINMENT) April 25, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The source added that, back in Brooklyn, Jesse used to have \u201cdreads and a backpack\u201d while his wife was \u201cgrinding doing real estate.\u201d But everything changed when the couple moved.<\/p>\n \u201cAryn thought everyone was so different from their friends back in New York, and not as genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The source added that even though Jesse wasn\u2019t around because of work commitments and Aryn was always with the children, no one saw this coming.<\/p>\n The Atlanta Black Star<\/em> reported that the Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> star and political activist was the keynote speaker<\/a> at the Future of Wealth Summit: Technology, Inclusion and Social Change, which was held on Wednesday, April 26.<\/p>\n Opening Night: @ijessewilliams<\/a> @starjonesesq<\/a> @MayaRockeymoore<\/a> and I talked Tech, Social Change, @ebrojiapp<\/a> and @everest10x<\/a> for the culture pic.twitter.com\/mDBHAiwefS<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ruben Harris (@rubenharris) April 27, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n At the summit, the popular actor shared how he leveraged his love of Black culture when developing his Ebroji app. Held in Washington D.C., the event featured leaders across many industries, including government, philanthropy, and business. They all came together to discuss the fundamental hurdles to equality and opportunity in the United States, including the lack of racial diversity in technology.<\/p>\n Following his 2016 BET Awards speech, Williams explained that he was left to answer questions about how to resolve the issue of Black oppression.<\/p>\n \u201cLanguage is inherently political, language is inherently a reflection of culture or cultures intertwining and intermixing, as is dialect, slang. What is ghettoized, what is revered, what is sophisticated? What is too simple and reductive? Who owns language and whose is it? When is it okay to appropriate it?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Williams and his then-wife, Aryn, developed the Ebroji GIF keyboard app, which heavily utilizes Black pop culture and is designed to improve the way people communicate.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted to look at this new wild, wild West that is tech and this space of social media where, like everything else in America, Black culture really drives what the trending topics, conversations, phrasing, the way we speak, how we dance, different trends. It\u2019s a reflection of American culture and is very often turned into something that we should be ashamed of until it filters through white pop culture and [is] then sold back to us with some jeans that are on fleek. Folks of color, particularly Black folks in this country, are used to having to squeeze ourselves into the body of the white protagonist to relate and feel like we\u2019re included in the story because we\u2019re very rarely that protagonist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Honored to meet w\/ the @OfficialCBC<\/a> in D.C. & discuss practical steps forward! Learn more: https:\/\/t.co\/TjQaGfvpS9<\/a> #RealLife<\/a> #StayWoke<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kLIxR38zVR<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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