Porsha Williams has really been through it over the last year or so. The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star is relieved that her divorce from Simon Guobadia has been finalized, and she is ready to discuss the fallout.
In a new exclusive interview with PEOPLE, she explained how her husband quickly changed. “You’re not looking at the same person who loved you before. I’ll never forget. I looked at him, and it wasn’t really what he said, it was how I felt because I really operate off of energy,” explains Porsha.
It Took Porsha Awhile to Realize Her Marriage Wouldn’t Last
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Even though Porsha felt like Simon had changed, she still held onto hope for her marriage. “I still thought I was grasping and still with the person that I knew and loved, my person. At the end of the day, I felt like, and some of me still feels like, Simon was my person.”
“I came to the realization when we were having pretty much our first really drag-out argument. There was some paperwork that needed to be handled, and I wanted to bring in some attorneys to represent me, and that was frowned upon, and he, I don’t know, it was a look. I didn’t know I was going to divorce him in that moment, but I knew we had probably reached a point of no return,” Porsha added. She then called the end of their relationship “prettying up the ugly.”
Porsha Williams Wasn’t Prepared for the Emotional Impact of Divorce
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Porsha filed for divorce from Simon in February 2024. According to Porsha, “I would think that he would feel like it was a blindside for him. He was out of the country, and I had begged him not to go out of the country. I felt it wasn’t safe for him to be traveling anymore when I got some information.”
The two had a prenup, and in the end, money wasn’t the hardest part for Porsha. “I was very responsible. He was very responsible. Both of us were, and we were proud of our prenup. We felt like, ‘Okay, this is comfortable for us at our age, bringing together two big worlds.’” She knew that she would be fine financially after their divorce.
It was the depth of the heartbreak that crushed the reality star. “On the side of emotions, I was not prepared for going through this divorce. I really think I miscalculated how much I cared for my husband. It was a tough decision. I just loved him and I trusted him. Those two things are big factors that really hurt in the divorce. The fact that I loved him so much, I trusted him so much, and I felt safe with him.”
“I do believe there were some old habits. Some desires that he had, and there were some things he wanted to accomplish outside of family. I possibly think he chose those things over me, over us. What this healing process has been like, I swear, it’s been like super highs and super lows. In the beginning, I was just really in a whirlwind of wondering, ‘Did I do the right thing? What has happened? Who is he really? Who am I really? Is it my fault?”
She continued, “I don’t break up with someone and 100% blame them. I looked for where I can be accountable to soothe myself and have some truth.” Porsha credits her mom and her sister for helping her get through things, and she is finally on the other side of her healing journey.
