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Porsha Williams Talks Memoir, Wedding Plans & Nene Leakes
Porsha Williams got her blessed ending.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum, 41, joined entrepreneur Simon Guobadia, 57, in a Nigerian autochthonal instrumentality and customized ceremonial astatine the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta connected Nov. 25, according to People. The outlet reported that Simon, who is from Benin City successful the Edo State of Nigeria, and Porsha had traditional Benin singers and dancers execute astatine the ceremony.
For the reception, Porsha told the work she wanted guests to "feel similar they person taken a formation and landed successful Benin."
"The full country should beryllium transformed with beauteous colors of browns and roseate golds and tans and creams. It should beryllium really, truly beauteous and springiness you that authentic African feel," she shared, aboriginal adding, "The other happening I wanted was trees successful the room. I privation it to consciousness similar an inside/outside space, but luxurious."
People noted the Bravolebrity wore 3 outfits connected her large day—first donning a red gown by Lakimmy on with a headpiece featuring Benin coral beads and past switching into a bluish gown and a gold dress, some by Tabik.
The wedding is the archetypal of three ceremonies the mates has planned to observe their love, and Porsha told the work she plans to make their wedding play a "true manner extravaganza" with 7 outfit changes.
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Porsha had antecedently hinted that she wanted to person a large wedding. "I americium marrying an astonishing Nigerian man, honey. It is not going to beryllium intimate," she told Bravo in April. "It is going to beryllium immense probably. It's gonna beryllium big, but I privation it to person an intimate feel."
Simon was previously married to Porsha's erstwhile co-star Falynn Guobadia. The former couple wed successful June 2019 and divided successful April 2021—the aforesaid period Porsha and Simon started dating.
Soon after, the Porsha's Family Matters star set the grounds consecutive connected the timing of her relationship.
"For each of you that request facts," she said in a statement in May 2021. "I get the optics but Simon filed for divorcement from a erstwhile matrimony successful January. I had thing to bash with their divorcement filing. That's betwixt the 2 of them"
Porsha continued, "Falynn and I are not friends, and Simon's divorcement has been settled. Our narration is simply a positive, loving measurement guardant successful everybody's lives."
And Falynn had thing to accidental astir her ex-husband's caller relationship. "At this time, I americium focusing connected finalizing my divorcement and healing," Falynn said successful an exclusive connection to E! News. "Sending positivity to each of you."
Simon projected to Porsha a period aboriginal with a massive emerald-cut ring—and helium has the support of her ex-fiancé Dennis McKinley and begetter of her daughter Pilar, 2.
In fact, Porsha spent Mother's Day 2021 with her ex and her now-husband.
"Simon and Dennis are committed to being respectful and supportive of my happiness successful this situation, arsenic good arsenic being the champion co-parents they tin beryllium to babe PJ," she wrote connected Instagram at the time. "Two Black men stepping up and being astonishing people-let's praise them!!!! It's genuinely a beauteous infinitesimal successful my beingness & we cannot hold to walk the remainder of our lives together."
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