A week ago, TMZ reported that Jesse Williams’ divorce was not some mature conscious uncoupling for two people who had spent a dozen years together. Allegedly, Jesse had started fooling around with Minka Kelly and no one was exactly positive when it started. Page Six has been digging around on this story too, and they had some sources – likely associated with Jesse’s now-estranged wife Aryn Drake-Lee – that Jesse is nothing more than a performative “woke” poseur who dumped his intelligent, educated (African-American) wife for a white woman. Well, Page Six has another story and now their sources are saying Jesse’s thing with Minka started last year.

Married “Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams and Derek Jeter’s ex Minka Kelly are “definitely seeing each other,” according to a source close to the actor.

“They started seeing each other last year. He ended things with his wife this year. He’ll be in Paris with Minka later this week. People know [about the relationship], but weren’t saying anything because he was still married,” the source said.

Kelly posted a photo of herself with Williams in France in January, but they have not publicly addressed claims that they’re seeing each other. Friends have accused Williams of trading his family for Hollywood fame since news broke that he is leaving his wife, Aryn Drake-Lee.

“He’s going to wake up and be like, ‘What did I do?’ He has two children. This isn’t Hollywood, where you can say ‘cut.’ [He and Minka] are in lust,” the source said. However, a source close to Williams insists that he only recently met Kelly while working on a video game in France — even though they appeared in the movie “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” together in 2013.

“They were both in the film, but never shot at the same time. They might have been at the same premiere event, but they never crossed paths. They only officially met when in France doing the video game,” the source said. “He’s been separated from Aryn since at least January. That’s when they were officially starting to deal with the process of it all.”

Williams is seeking joint custody of their children. An insider denied recent reports that he wants to withhold support.

“He doesn’t want the court to decide the alimony part of it — that doesn’t mean he’s not paying for child or spousal support. They’re working it out through mediation,” the insider said. The first source said, “Aryn is not at home crying. She’s educated and healthy. She’s continuing to spend time with her family and network of friends while building her name in the art world in LA.” Reps for Williams and Kelly would not comment. Aryn could not be reached.

[From Page Six]

My take on this is that Aryn’s friends are the ones convinced that Jesse and Minka started up last year, because Aryn has probably convinced herself of that. Personally, I have no idea and I’m not going to spend an hour going through all of the internet receipts and blind items. My gut tells me that a man doesn’t just decide one day to leave his wife and then a week later end up in a relationship with Minka Kelly. Like, of course there was some sort of affair. Maybe it wasn’t physical (eh) but… yeah. It’s like, what’s worse? The idea that Minka is a mistress or that she’s his jumpoff? She could be both.

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