Porsha Williams Decided On 'RHOA' Exit Before Meeting Simon

As viewers from all throughout the globe are watching Porsha Williams make her premiere on The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, she’s taking a second to talk on some previous issues pertaining to The Real Housewives of Atlanta!

Porsha Williams Declares She Didn’t Leave To Avoid Backlash

During a sit-down with PEOPLE, Porsha acknowledged how—whereas she’s ecstatic to be again on tv—there are undoubtedly some components that’ll “sting you a little bit!”

One such instance is the hypothesis that surrounded Porsha after she entered a relationship with Simon Guobadia, who was launched on the present whereas being married to Falynn Pina throughout Season 13.

Notably, Falynn was introduced onto RHOA as “Porsha’s friend,” and there have been initially rumors about Porsha snatching her now-husband from her. While Simon and Falynn have been separated by the point he received along with Porsha, the matter nonetheless led to hypothesis that Williams left the present to keep away from going through backlash over her relationship.

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However, Porsha says that this isn’t the case in any respect.

“I wasn’t running away. And I don’t think any of my followers who truly knew me would believe that I would run away from the show for that.”

Porsha Reveals She Left To ‘Reassess’ How She Was Moving

After clarifying that she “wasn’t running away” from nay-sayers, she doubled down by proclaiming that she’s “dealt with a lot of harsh things on the show” and at all times proven as much as face the music.

“I’ve dealt with a lot of harsh things on the show,” Williams remembers to PEOPLE. “And I’ve been there at the beginning of every season to film, with the camera on. So no, this had nothing to do with that.”

Additionally, Porsha identified that she was decided to go away the present “long before” she and Simon grew to become acquainted.

“I had already decided that it was time for me to step away at least six months before I told any of the executives what I was going to do—and long before I even met my now-husband.”

As for the reasoning behind her departure, Porsha defined that—as she was nearing her 10-year mark on the hit Bravo collection—she “just had to reassess” what she wished.

“I was turning 40, I was hitting my 10-year mark on the show, and I really just had to reassess where I was and what I wanted totally out of my life. So that’s where that decision came from.”

She then wrapped up by noting that being on RHUGT “was like a fresh start.”