Grey's Anatomy star Jesse Williams and Aryn Drake-Lee were in a relationship for over 13 years before they split in 2017.
And amid their ongoing bitter divorce and custody battle, Aryn has spoken out about their very public split to People: 'I resisted it for the last 10 years, having a public profile, and then I got dragged into it against my will. It was possibly my worst nightmare. And then it played out, and now I'm better off for it.'
The 37-year-old said to the magazine about any speculation surrounding the reason for the demise of their marriage: 'Much of what they say is wrong. But I'm not interested in a tit-for-tat, because that's just never ending.'
Happier times: Grey's Anatomy star Jesse Williams and Aryn Drake-Lee were in a relationship for over 13 years before they split in September 2017. And amid their ongoing bitter divorce and custody battle, Aryn has spoken out about their very public split to People magazine: 'It was possibly my worst nightmare. And then it played out, and now I'm better off for it;' pictured on October 13, 2013 in Los Angeles
Adding: 'People believe what they want to believe because it's easy.'
Aryn and Jesse, who were together for over a decade, have two children together: Sadie, five, and Maceo, three.
Since both filing for divorce in April of 2017, they have been in a bitter custody battle.
Aryn told the magazine: 'When the divorce process started I had two nursing babies, and I am the one that ran our household for the 14 and a half years that he and I were together in the same house.'
Throwback: The 37-year-old said about any speculation surrounding the reason for the demise of their marriage: 'Much of what they say is wrong. But I'm not interested in a tit-for-tat, because that's just never ending;' pictured on January 18, 2012 in Los Angeles
She continued: 'And for our children, and for the creation of the businesses that we built together when I left my career in New York for us to move to California to pursue his, and then as a result built it... I knew, as the one that was really holding it all together, that I didn't have a lot of room to fall, even though I was falling.'
After their split, Aryn told People that individuals who she thought were her friends disappeared - seemingly choosing him.
Although it was 'a real slap in the face to see who was around us and why,' Aryn called it a 'blessing in disguise.'
Explaining that it 'cleared a pathway' and made her realized how she wanted to live her life.
Speaking on Hollywood, Aryn said she never strived to be part of that or have it as part of her value system: 'I never felt comfortable for me because of how superficial it was.'
The way they were: She continued: 'And for our children, and for the creation of the businesses that we built together
