Porsha Williams On Why It Was The Right Time To Return To ‘RHOA’; Teases ‘Single Black Female 3’ Role That’s Far From Her Bubbly Personality

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Porsha Williams is making her triumphant return to The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 and it feels like the Bravo franchise is whole again.

Williams originally joined the show in Season 5 and held a peach nine seasons before stepping back. With the new season premiering on Sunday, March 6, Williams told Deadline why it was the right time to return to RHOA. “I had taken a three-year break from Housewives, and during that time, I really got a chance to just enjoy my baby and just kind of get back to [myself] outside of TV and outside of [being on] a reality show,” Williams said. “But when I did the Ultimate Girls Trip, I have to say, I got the bug back.

And [after that], conversations started to be had, and it just ended up working out. It was just the perfect timing!” Williams explained that what she missed the most about doing The Real Housewives was “the energy of it all,” adding, “A lot of times, it’s not a lot of people who can really understand going through things in the public eye and the way that you’re kind of living out loud, but those girls on the show, there’s a camaraderie there.

There’s a sisterhood there. It’s just a great place to be able to relate to other women who are going through the same things at the same time, and they understand.” Upon returning to RHOA, Williams was greeted with familiar faces like Cynthia Bailey, Kenya Moore, and Drew Sidora. “I was excited to have Cynthia back on the show, excited for Kenya to be on the show and we really, really, really started off with a bang with Kenya,” she said. “I don’t [think the audience had] seen us together in a while and I think the dynamic that she and I had in the beginning of the season, it was just magical.