Grey's Anatomy star addresses cheating rumours on Jay-Z's 4:44 footnotes

The actor split from his wife of five years in April

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Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams has addressed cheating rumours in a mini-documentary release linked to new Jay-Z record 4:44.

Titled Footnotes for 4:44, the documentary shows Williams denying the allegations that cheating was the cause of his divorce from wife of five years, Aryn Drake-Lee, in April.

“I was in a relationship 13 years - 13 real years, not five years, not seven years, 13 years - and all of a sudden mother f*ckers 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,” Williams can be seen saying in the 11 minute mini-documentary (as reported by E! News).

In addition to Williams, the video also features Chris Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Will Smith, and Aziz Ansari, among others, who open up about their experiences with women, relationships, and pressures of being in the public eye.

Williams - who plays Dr. Jackson Avery in the long-running US drama - has two children with Drake-Lee. The divorce filing was described initially as “amicable”, but cheating rumours manifested after reports of Williams getting close with co-star Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights).