Simon Guobadia and Porsha Williams attend the game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena.Photo:Paras Griffin/Getty Images
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Porsha Williamsissued a formal request of her husband,Simon Guobadia, aftershe filed for divorce.
“The weddings were a dream come true,” she told PEOPLE at the time. “It was all of me and all of Simon represented that day. And all the people who love us and support us were there for us.”
In the filing, the Bravo star cited the marriage being “irretrievably broken” as her reason for the divorce, while also requesting that Guobadia be held financially responsible for her legal fees associated with the case.
Porsha Williams and Simon Guobadia.Porsha Williams/Instagram
News of the couple’s split comes asrumors swirled online about Guobadia’s citizen status. However, a source told PEOPLE the divorce is “unrelated to recent allegations involving Simon’s past,” but, rather, the cause of their split is an “ongoing matter.”
On Monday, Williams sharedher appreciation for her fans and followers amid the divorce news.
“Thank you for your prayers & support. -PW,” she wrote over a black screen in a post on her Instagram Story.
Later that same day,Andy Cohenweighed in on the split as he revealed thathe and the otherRHOAproducers were in the dark about Williams’ marital issuesprior to the filing.
“Wanted to talk a little Housewives news,” Cohen, 55, said on SiriusXM’sAndy Cohen Live. “First of all, Porsha announced last week that she is leaving Simon and I gotta tell you something, I was saying to the other producers of Atlanta, when the news started breaking about Simon and some of his immigration issues, I was like, ‘This is not…’ I was so surprised.”
Simon Guobadia and Porsha Williams attend the 2023 Pink Awards at Riverside EpiCenter on February 25, 2023 in Austell, Georgia.Derek White/Getty Images
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Cohen denied that the 42-year-old reality star’s relationship status was a factor inher upcoming return toRHOA, which was announced earlier this month.
“None of us knew any of this was on the horizon and this was really meant to be Porsha’s happily ever after kind of victory lap season,” he shared. “So it’s just, I was so surprised and taken aback and listen, we wanted Porsha on the show for Porsha.”
TheWatch What Happens Livehost continued, “We would take Porsha married, single, picking up the pieces of her life, on high, on low, however she wants, you know, however she’s gonna be, but we didn’t know, and this is really a big right turn from the story that I think all of us thought we would be telling, so sending love to Porsha.”
source: people.com
