We normally don't report this kind of thing, and we have no reason to believe it's at all true, but because we like to pass along all the latest Grey's Anatomy gossip (such as the Eric Dane nude tape), gossip being the operative word, here goes nothing:

Ellen Pompeo's husband of two years, Chris Ivery, is allegedly having a steamy affair with a restaurant hostess named Rachel Artz, in his native city of Boston.

"I had sexual relations with Chris Ivery," Rachel Artz herself supposedly told Star Magazine, far from a reliable news source. "We were intimate several times."

Is Ellen Pompeo's husband, Chris Ivery, having an affair?

A rep for the Grey's Anatomy star denied the affair, even as additional sources say that over the course of three months, Chris Ivery rendezvoused with her several times at hotels in Boston and Miami, and a private residence in Martha's Vineyard.

All while Ellen Pompeo as filming Grey's Anatomy in Los Angeles.

"Chris promised Rachel he'd make her a star," a source said. "Chris often took calls from Ellen in front of Rachel and talked about their baby-to-be. He didn't seem to like Ellen much when he talked about her. He made her seem like a diva."

Yeah ... we don't believe it either.

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