The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams revealed she’s dating a woman after finalizing her divorce from Simon Guobadia.
Discussing her dating life during an appearance at New York City’s CultureCon, staged from Saturday, October 4 to Sunday, October 5, Williams, 44, spoke about two new connections.
Fan footage of her appearance was shared via Instagram on Sunday, capturing Williams, who filed to divorce Guobadia in February after 15 months of marriage, telling the audience, “The people who I’m talking to now … it’s just two, I narrowed it down to two, and he is nice and she is nice.”
The candid commentary drew gasps from the crowd, which Williams laughed off before continuing. “I really just wanted to make sure that these were normal people,” she said. “And what I talked to my therapist the other day was, I’m having a hard time opening up because they’re not narcissists and guess what narcissists do? They … mirror you, and these people are not, they’re challenging you, they’re asking me questions, they’re not letting me walk over them.”
Williams’ split from Guobadia, 61, was reported on February 23, with an insider telling People at the time that the breakup was unrelated to troubles experienced by the couple due to Guobadia’s citizenship status. (Guobadia was detained by ICE, as confirmed by Us Weekly on February 21.)
Us confirmed that the Nigerian-born native was deported back to his home country in June after spending several months in detainment.
During a March confessional that featured on RHOA, Williams opened up about how quickly her relationship with Guobadia changed over their brief marriage. “One of my joys was getting up in the morning and just thinking about what I could do to make [Simon] happy, and I genuinely felt he was the same way about me,” Porsha told the camera during her confessional at the time. “I would have rode to the end of the world with this man, but the person I’m now mourning, he was not real.”
The former couple’s relations grew more complicated in the months that followed their separation, with Us exclusively reporting in July that Guobadia filed a federal lawsuit against Williams which included a request for alleged “reputation, emotional distress and humiliation” damages of $500,000. Williams denied these allegations. This legal battle has not yet been resolved.
Guobadia also formally appealed the pair’s initial divorce judgement, which saw Williams awarded spousal support and various assets.
Last month, Williams celebrated her ex-husband losing the divorce judgement appeal, as confirmed by Us on September 9. She also took to Instagram that day to share the words, “It’s over,” without any further details, however, a video of her boarding a private jet was captioned with, “Free.”
At CultureCon, Williams reflected on her own previous relationship behavior, noting that she’s ready to make changes to help her find happiness moving forward. “What I have to do is realize if you want something different, you have to also be different,” she told the crowd. “I have to soften up a bit.”
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