Jesse Williams & Fans Have Strong Opinions on His Divorce & Dating Minka Kelly
It's safe to say most fans haven't actually met "Grey's Anatomy" star Jesse Williams -- or his wife Aryn Drake-Lee, or his new girlfriend Minka Kelly -- but boy do they have a lot to say about his love life. And boy does Jesse Williams have a lot to say back to those "mother f---kers."
Williams filed for divorce from Drake-Lee in April; they had dated for years before getting married in 2012 and have two young children together. Around the same time the divorce news came out, there were rumors that Williams was dating actress Minka Kelly, with whom he was working on a video game. But it's only now, in July, that "sources" are confirming to People and E! News that Williams and Kelly are dating.
'''They're having a good time together," a source told People. An insider told E!, "They really care about each other and are dating exclusively. Minka has been there for Jesse not only as a girlfriend, but also as a friend. Jesse is really private with everything especially his relationships but feels open with Minka and she has been supportive and that's what he needs now."
An insider told Us Weekly they have been dating for "a few months" and just took the relationship public by heading out to see a movie in West Hollywood on Monday, July 10.
Say it ain't so @iJesseWilliams say it ain't soooo ???? pic.twitter.com/BAkRKWyfOc
— david barnes (@Blkice1David) July 11, 2017
There had been rumors that Williams cheated on his wife with Kelly, and Williams addressed those rumors in the footnotes for Jay-Z's "4:44" (via E!):
"I was in a relationship 13 years, 13 real years, not 5 years, not 7 years, 13 years and all of a sudden mother f---kers are writing think-pieces that I somehow threw a 13-year relationship. Like the most painful experience I've had in my life, like with a person I've loved with all of my heart -- that I threw a person and my family in the trash because a girl I work with is cute."
Still, many fans are upset with Williams, whether he cheated or not.
I don't respect Jesse Williams no more for leaving his wife to date some girl named Minka Kelly????. #fakewoke
— Jah (@Jah_1_luv) July 11, 2017
Jesse Williams is a waste man. He did a whole speech on appreciating black women to then cheat on his wife & date a white women pic.twitter.com/lXzNS6tgFi
— Tamar (@cluelessjilbabi) July 5, 2017
jesse williams messed up...???? cheaters are jokers. and after all his speeches we loved him for. smh
— Akosua A-G (@thekoskronicles) July 11, 2017
I guess I'm late but Minka Kelly? Really!! @iJesseWilliams ? Please please say it ain't so... I feel let down frfr ????????
— Shàdē (@GlamyLeo) July 11, 2017
Jesse Williams dating Minka Kelly!? pic.twitter.com/A5hfVW7Jc3
— Amber. (@Alynn213) July 11, 2017
It is funny how Jesse Williams referred to Minka Kelly as a 'cute girl' but never defended his wife from people who called her ugly/average
— f. (@coachtamitaylor) July 11, 2017
Yikes. Jesse Williams isn't having it any easier on "Grey's Anatomy," with fans upset at the love triangle the show seems to be forming between Jackson, April, and Maggie. We'll have to wait for Season 14 to premiere this fall to see where that goes, but ... good luck, man.
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