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Porsha Williams Is 'Talking to' 2 People, a Man and a Woman, 4 Months After Finalizing Divorce from Simon Guobadia


Porsha Williams Is 'Talking to' 2 People, a Man and a Woman, 4 Months After Finalizing Divorce from Simon Guobadia

She also opened up about how she's struggling to let go of past dating behaviors she's learned from being with "narcissists"

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star opened up about her romantic life during an appearance at Culture Con in Brooklyn on Sunday, Oct. 5, four months after she finalized her divorce from Simon Guobadia. During the panel, Williams, 44, revealed she's "talking to" two different people right now and she's "narrowed it down" to them both.

"And he is nice and she is nice," Williams said of her new love interests, according to a fan-captured video from the event.

The brief comment confirmed that the Bravo star is currently dating a man and a woman, and marks the first time Williams has ever spoken about a romantic relationship with a woman.

Williams said she "really just wanted to make sure that these were normal people" as she entered the dating world for the first time since her divorce.

"What I talked about with my therapist the other day was -- I'm having a hard time opening up because they're not narcissists," she said. "And guess what narcissists do? They love bomb you, they do everything, they look perfect, they mirror you. And these people are not."

Instead, she said that the man and the woman she's dating are "challenging" her.

"They're asking me questions, they're not letting me walk over them, they aren't just doing whatever they need to do to get into the relationship, and so I'm not feeling safe enough to open up yet," she explained. "And so what I have to do is realize, if you want something different, you have to also be different. I have to soften up a bit."

Williams told PEOPLE in June that she wasn't planning to start dating again until she felt ready for it.

"I'm going to do it different this time. I'm going to be alone until I'm whole. And then when I'm whole, then I will open myself back up so I don't make the same mistake again," she said, calling her life "lonely."

"I can't connect with other men," she continued. "You would think I'm dating already and stuff, right? People try to introduce me. But it's just... when it's not the same, it's not the same."

She also mentioned the possibility of being involved with a woman romantically in the interview. "When you go through a bad enough breakup, you're like, 'I don't like nobody,'" she said. "I was sitting there, I was like, 'Do I like women enough? Can I get with a woman? Who can come in and fill this void?' But I don't [have that] yet. It'll come."

Williams filed for divorce in February 2024, 15 months after she wed the 61-year-old Nigerian entrepreneur.

"I did love him. But he only gave me part of him to love. There was another part of him that he didn't let me in on. So I don't know that person. And that person took over in the end," she said of her decision to divorce Guobadia.

Once she realized he wasn't being honest with her about the "complex" issues with his legal status, she said, "That's when I knew, 'This is probably headed down a dark road.'"

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Amidst their divorce hearings, Guobadia was detained by ICE and deported back to Nigeria, a result of a history of immigration violations, including bank and credit card fraud.

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