Jesse Williams And His Wife Are Allegedly Divorcing And People Are Heartbroken

    "How much worse can today get?"

    Michael Blackmon
    by Michael Blackmon

    BuzzFeed News Reporter

    On Monday, reports emerged that actor Jesse Williams and his wife, Aryn Drake-Lee, had filed for divorce.

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    A source told TheJasmineBrand.com, which was first to report the divorce, that Williams and Drake-Lee have "been separated for awhile now." Per TMZ's unnamed sources, the alleged split was amicable. The couple have been married for nearly five years and they have two children together.

    It didn't take long for people to share their shock and sadness on Twitter.

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    Some were just incredibly surprised.

    Cha @ChaSoHard

    STOP THE PRESSES! Jesse Williams and his wife are divorcing?!

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    Others used GIFs to express their feelings.

    Latrice @treee09

    Jesse Williams is divorcing his wife? ☹️

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    Because it just doesn't get worse than this.

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    Jesse Williams and his wife are splitting up...how much worse can today get??

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    Overall, people were not handing it well.

    Peggy Allison @Easy_Loving

    Jesse Williams and his wife are divorcing...

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    And some chose not to accept it at all.

    🕷🕸🕷 @AoMiraa

    Jesse Williams is innocent till proven guilty. No slandering on my TL please

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    Nope.

    Blanco Shabazz @WhyYouPetty

    I refuse to believe Jesse Williams is out here on some fuck boy shit

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    BuzzFeed News has reached out to Jesse Williams' publicist for confirmation about the reported divorce.

    UPDATE

    This story has been updated to note that TheJasmineBrand.com was the first to report the divorce.