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Former Real Housewives of Atlanta peach Porsha Williams certainly faced some skepticism about her romance with Simon Guobadia. Simon was the very recent ex of Falynn Pina (previously Falynn Guobadia) when the duo started dating.
In May of 2021, Simon shared the news via Instagram that he had popped the question to Porsha after dating for one month. His divorce from Falynn wasn’t finalized at the time. Simon gave Porsha a sparkler that cost somewhere between “$500,000 to $1.25 million.” Porsha’s friend and RHOA co-star Shamea Morton brought the couple together.
On November 25, 2022, Porsha and Simon made it official and got married during a Nigerian native law and custom ceremony. There were 250 guests in attendance at the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta. Simon is from Benin City in the Edo State of Nigeria.
Porsha wore a customary gown for an Edo bride. The gorgeous red dress was designed by Lakimmy. And yes, it is the same dress that Porsha accidentally previewed to over 2,000 viewers during an Instagram Live. Oof.
According to People, Porsha and Simon tied the knot again in an American wedding on November 26, 2022. The celebration was planned by Eliana Baucicault of Elly B events.
The festivities began at a Methodist church. Porsha walked down the aisle accompanied by her brother, Hosea Williams III, in front of 350 guests. Singer Tasha Cobbs Leonard sang the song “For Every Mountain,” along with a 40-piece orchestra and gospel choir.
The bride wore a white lace ballgown by Frida. “I definitely want the Lord to be in the place. I want the Holy Spirit to usher us into being a husband and wife,” Porsha told People before the wedding.
“I’m from the south, so I love being in church. I’ve never been married in a church, and Simon’s never been married in a church, so it’s going to be a new experience for both of us,” she added.
Porsha and Simon decided to wait until the church altar to exchange their wedding rings. Porsha’s bridal party included her sister, Lauren Williams, who served as her maid of honor, and Shamea, who served as her matron of honor.
Porsha’s daughter with baby daddy Dennis McKinley, Pilar Jhena McKinley, and Simon’s children all had important roles in the ceremony. Simon has five children from previous marriages: Quentin, Christian, Benjamin, Nicole, and Ximena.
“Pilar is going to be a flower girl, and her dress is so cute, I could’ve copied it for a wedding gown. Then my niece, Baleigh, my sister’s daughter, is going to be another flower girl,” Porsha stated.
“Our daughter, Ximena, is going be a junior bridesmaid. Our sons, Christian and Benjamin, are going to walk my grandmother down the aisle.” She continued, “Simon’s oldest son, Quentin, is going to walk him down the aisle.”
The reception was held at the St. Regis Atlanta. Porsha changed into an Albina Dyla gown. A surprise performance by the R&B group Dru Hill was sentimental for the bride. “I really wanted to hear the song “Beauty Is Her Name.” I have always thought about having on a wedding dress and dancing to it,” Porsha explained. “And then my husband would say, ‘Beauty Is Her Name.'” That is so sweet.
Porsha knows that her celebration was over-the-top. “If extra was a bride, it’d be me. I promise you I did not know that I was this extra,” the RHOA alum said. Porsha commented that her wedding cake was “so tall” that she’d need a “sword” to slice it. Wow!
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Porsha had two more outfit changes in store. She changed for the bouquet toss and then for the after-party. Porsha also changed her wigs, by her brand Go Naked, to suit each new look. “I thought, ‘Why not? It’s my last wedding forever,'” she remarked.
The bride and groom asked for guests to unplug, just as they requested during the previous night’s celebration. “This guest list, everyone there was handpicked by the both of us,” Porsha explained. “These are people that we care about, these are people that we love, people who have supported us, and we really want them there to feel their energy and for us to celebrate our love together.”
RHOA stars Kandi Burruss, Drew Sidora, Cynthia Bailey, Kim Zolciak-Biermann, and Monyetta Shaw were all present. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’s star Karlie Redd, Married to Medicine’s cast member Quad Webb, Basketball Wives’ star Jennifer Williams, rapper T.I. and wife Tiny Harris, and comedian Rickey Smiley also attended the nuptials.
Congrats (again) to Porsha and Simon!
TELL US- DOES PORSHA’S WEDDING SOUND OVER-THE-TOP? WILL SIMON AND PORSHA’S LOVE LAST?
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Real Housewives of Atlanta fans were shocked when Porsha Williams announced that she was in a relationship with Simon Guobadia. First of all, Simon was the recent ex of Porsha’s RHOA co-star, and supposed friend, Falynn Pina (previously Falynn Guobadia.)
“For all of you that need facts, I get the optics, but Simon filed for divorce from a previous marriage in January,” Porsha wrote on Instagram. “I had nothing to do with their divorce filing. Falynn and I are not friends, and Simon’s divorce has been settled.”
Simon confirmed that he proposed to Porsha in an Instagram post on May 11, 2021. The duo had been dating for one month. But Falynn and Simon’s divorce wasn’t finalized yet. The timeline for this romance was sketchy at best.
Porsha’s RHOA co-stars weren’t feeling her new relationship. She called her co-stars “shady as hell.”
In September of 2021, Porsha announced that she was turning in her peach after a decade on RHOA. The uproar over Porsha’s lack of girl code with Falynn and her speedy engagement to Simon may have played a role in her decision. She also landed a spinoff, titled Porsha’s Family Matters, which followed her efforts to blend her family with Simon’s family.
After all, Porsha and Simon planned to have three weddings. “He’s African so we will have our native law and custom ceremony and a regular wedding, and then we’ll have another wedding at one of the houses that are out of the country,” Porsha stated.
She accidentally gave the internet a sneak peek of her wedding gown while on Instagram Live. Porsha was laughing with her sister, Lauren Williams, when she realized that her dress was visible in the background.
People reported that Simon and Porsha got married on November 25, 2022, during a Nigerian native law and custom ceremony. The couple tied the knot in front of 250 guests at the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta.
“I am ridiculously excited. I am just so ready,” Porsha told People before the wedding. “I mean, I know I’m marrying the love of my life, and it’s just going to solidify our relationship and our family bond. I’m calm and excited.”
The couple will wed again on November 26, 2022, in an American ceremony. Dealing with her seven outfit changes over the two days was the only reason that Porsha was “anxious.” She said, “It’s going to be a true fashion extravaganza. I just couldn’t turn any dresses down! If a wedding dress came my way, and I loved it, I got it,” the bride-to-be added.
For the Nigerian wedding ceremony, Porsha wore a red gown customary for an Edo bride designed by Lakimmy. Simon is from Benin City in the Edo State of Nigeria. Porsha wore an okuku, which is a headpiece adorned with coral beads from Benin.
Porsha changed into one gold gown and one royal blue gown designed by Tabik. Wedding guests were asked to sport formal or traditional Nigerian attire in teal and purple.
Simon and Porsha provided the cultural fabric to make the attire for their family members for the wedding. “I personally chose the fabrics that they’re going to be wearing, including their head wrap, their gele. I chose all of the colors, everything,” Porsha remarked. “I should be a stylist after this!” The RHOA alum added, “It’s going to be a beautiful expression of fashion, love, and family.”
A spokesperson from each side of the couple’s family led the ceremony, which also included traditional Benin dancers and singers.
For the reception, Porsha wanted her wedding guests to feel transported to Nigeria. “The whole room should be transformed with beautiful colors of browns and rose golds and tans and creams. It should be really, really beautiful and give you that authentic African feel,” Porsha explained. “The other thing I wanted was trees in the room.”
A local restaurant, Little Lagos, provided traditional Benin delicacies like meat pies, snails, egusi, and okra stew. Steaks, lobsters, and cornbread were also served. The wedding cake was a Benin cake.
Congratulations to Porsha and Simon!
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Bachelorette Gabby Windey raised some eyebrows among her fans recently, following a series of very flirty exchanges with her Dancing With The Stars co-star Vinny Guadagnino.
Now the former Denver Broncos cheerleader is setting the record straight, according to Page Six.
“I mean we’re friends,” she said of the Jersey Shore alum. “Apparently both of us just like to kind of stir the [pot]. Which is, like, funny. But [the buzz] did happen out of nowhere.”
Gabby’s DWTS partner Val Chmerkovskiy added to the conversation, saying, “It was an inside joke that got away.”
Fans wondered if there could be a romance brewing between the two reality stars — both of whom were cast on Season 31 of DWTS — after reading their flirtatious messages to each other on Instagram.
Last week Gabby celebrated her spot in the DWTS finale with an Instagram post, “I’m filled with so many different emotions – excitement, fear, gratitude, and mourning that this experience will soon end. Thank you to everyone who has continued to support us and I hope to make you proud next week!!”
Vinny congratulated his friend with the playful comment, “Good job baby mamma,” to which Gabby coyly responded, “My main man.”
That same day, Vinny posted an encouraging mantra to his social media, “stop looking for the one . . . be the one, and let them all come to you.”
“Omw (on my way),” Gabby flirtatiously responded.
And before that, the former MTV star had called the Bachelorette alum “as basic as a Starbucks on sunset blvd,” to which she cheekily replied, “if that’s wrong I don’t wanna be right.”
Gabby‘s coquettish exchanges with Vinny seemed especially significant to fans as, she had so recently split from fiancé Erich Schwer. A little post breakup fling, perhaps?
Gabby and Erich got engaged during the Season 19 finale of The Bachelorette, which aired in September. But the couple announced a parting of their ways recently.
“The end of our relationship happened because we weren’t completely in step and in sync with each other in our common goals or just the way we approach life,” Gabby shared during the Nov. 14th episode of the ballroom dance competition.
She quickly added that she and the New Jersey native “weren’t each other’s best match” either, a sentiment he also echoed. They do seem to have a good friendship, though.
Gabby concluded her run on DWTS last night scoring two sets of perfect 10’s from all four judges. She came in second place after Tik Tok star Charli D’Amelio, who likewise received two sets of perfect scores from the judges. But Charli‘s nearly 150 million Tik Tok followers likely kept the mirror ball out of Gabby‘s hands.
Both Charli and Gabby are going on the DWTS Live Tour this spring, however. As is Vinny. I’d score the probability that the flirty friendship will continue a pretty solid 10.
TELL US – DID YOU EXPECT GABBY TO WIN DWTS? DO YOU BELIEVE GABBY AND VINNY ARE “JUST FRIENDS?” DO YOU THINK THERE’S MORE TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP THAN THAT?
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