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She’s back! Porsha Williams is returning to the Real Housewives of Atlanta as producers retool the franchise for season 16!
On Tuesday, Porsha Williams announced her return to The Real Housewives of Atlanta for season 16.
“Who said that Porsha Williams [is] coming back to ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’? That’s false,” the Bravoleb said in a cheeky social media video.
“But Porsha Guobadia?” she continued, referencing her new married name,“is in the building! See ya!”
Porsha married her husband Simon Guobadia in 2022.
The fan favorite starred on RHOA for nine seasons before announcing her exit from the franchise in September 2021. She joined the RHOA cast during season 6 in 2013.
After taking a break from reality TV, the Georgia beauty is ready to reclaim her peach.
“I’m incredibly thankful for the vision and faith NBCUniversal has put in me to be a larger part of their family,” Porsha said in a statement.
“I’m looking forward to being back on ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ and showing the world my new world!”
Bravo took to their social media accounts to celebrate the news of Porsha’s return to RHOA.
“She’s too blessed to be stressed… and she’s BACK! Porsha will be returning for the next season of #RHOA,” Bravo shared alongside a montage of Porsha’s best moments on the Atlanta Housewives franchise.
Andy Cohen also celebrated Porsha’s return to RHOA by giving her the Mazel of the Day on Tuesday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live.
The Atlanta Housewives franchise has been on hiatus since concluding its 15th season in September 2023.
For months rumors have been swirling about Bravo’s plans to reboot the franchise à la the Real Housewives of New York. But it seems instead of giving RHOA a complete overhaul, Bravo is simply revamping the series.
Part of that revamp includes the exit of Kandi Burruss, who has starred on RHOA for 14 consecutive seasons. Kandi announced her exit on February 4 at the 2024 Grammys.
“I decided I’m not coming back this year,” she told Variety. “It’s been 14 seasons, and they allowed us to sit around for a little too long, but during that time I had started working on a lot of other things, and I got some nice big projects coming soon, so I’m super excited about those things.”
Season 15 of RHOA starred Kandi Burruss, Kenya Moore, Shereé Whitfield, Drew Sidora, Sanya Richards-Ross and Marlo Hampton.
Bravo honcho Andy Cohen recently teased Bravo’s plans for the Atlanta Housewives franchise amid their “pause.”
“I’m not announcing anything, but we are on it and the casting is superb and it’s funny because I saw casting last week and last week I was thinking, ‘Okay, this is gonna be great. We have a sense,’” Andy explained on the February 6 episode of SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live
He continued, “And by the way, now that we know Kandi is leaving, that also allows us to put other puzzle pieces together and figure out, ‘Okay, well, you know, where do we go here?’ and she’s a big loss, but I think, you know, it allows us to figure out the future and I guess this is me just saying I’m very excited about the casting that we have. Very.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta is expected to return for season 16 in 2024.
