Shamea Morton has responded to some viewers’ concerns that she may be the victim of colorism on The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
“I’ve been taking it on the chin from fans since I joined the cast,” Shamea told The Neighborhood Talk. “So it’s just nice to finally see that people are seeing things from my POV.”
Some viewers have accused Shamea ’s castmates of judging her more harshly than others, particularly when she reacts to rumors or defends herself during confrontations.
Shamea said the treatment has left her asking difficult questions.
“I was like, ‘What is happening? Why is it happening?’” she recalled. “Why me?”
The discussion gained steam after Angela Oakley suggested that Ashley Byrom, a neighbor, had implicated Shamea in an affair with Ashley’s husband. Shamea denied cheating, while several women criticized her reaction.
Ashley later said Angela had twisted a neutral conversation into a “made-up narrative.”
“Out of everything in this world, why would I ever give someone permission to put my husband in the middle of an allegation like that?” Ashley wrote. “That doesn’t even make sense.”
Despite the mounting disputes, Shamea said she does not see herself as powerless.
“I’m not a victim, but it’s like, ‘Well, okay. Why not me?’” she said. “I just hope at some point we can get to a space where we’re all one cohesive group,” Shamea added. “That’s my goal.”
On social media, many viewers pushed back against Shamea’s latest claims, accusing her of starting drama and then playing the victim.
Shamea can’t even stand up for her cast of mainly brown skinned women and outright say my co workers and cast mates are not colorist, what the fans may be exhibiting may have remnants of that, but not my cast – she’s gonna have a bigger issue w labeling the cast as such tbh. The… https://t.co/Z5CNOqavu6
— bunny sanders (@whatbunnysaid) July 5, 2026
Any time there’s a little space for Shamela to play victim she takes it and now yall fueling her head with the “it’s colorism” as a defense. And from last episode it’s clear as day that we the fans call out every weird behavior cause Angela has been dragged for her weirdness. https://t.co/5JaXDEYPvW
— Ren (@Rhorennn_) July 5, 2026
Colorism is crazy! I never once thought of that… the entire cast is full of black women. I’ll say it again black women. I don’t think colorism has anything to do with it. Shamea found her self in a tuff spot to get out of by being the lap dog of the crew. That’s it that’s all https://t.co/24vhkIr9FN
— (@DAFAIRYGODMA) July 6, 2026
One thing for sure is we have ALWAYS loved our Chocolate Girlies at the end of the day. Shamea is full of shit with this colorism act. We ain’t never had issue with colorism on #rhoa ! We’ve had to check Kim a few times when she visited Kandi house & how she talked to Sweetie.BYE pic.twitter.com/s6SLD9C0ZE
— Rhoareceipts (@RHOAreceipts) July 5, 2026
Not getting first chair at the reunion, bringing colorism up instead just taking accountability, altercation with Porsha in Scotland & sending cease & desists to cast members? Oh Shamea about to get fired #rhoa https://t.co/SqYQlq9oag
— Jawsh (iblogggg) (@iblogggg) July 5, 2026
