Shamea Morton has opened up about the rift between her and her former best friend, Porsha Williams, after joining the cast of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
When the current season premiered, fans noticed that Porsha seemed not to be as loyal to Shamea as Shamea was to her, showing up majorly later for Shamea’s birthday celebration.
Speaking to Andy Cohen, Shamea, who has constantly been referred to as “Porsha’s lapdog,” says she’s not embarrassed by the label because she considers herself to be an extremely loyal friend and wants Porsha to reciprocate.
When Cohen asked her whether she was going to continue to move forward with Porsha or whether she’s completely stopping, Shamea says she’s “stopping” with Porsha and that it is now on her former bestie to try to resolve things between them.
“At this point, it’s mercy,” she added.
No Porsha, you said you could not go to Shamea’s wedding in Kenya because “you couldn’t fly coach.” Remember now please. #RHOA pic.twitter.com/GytkqrQ0y7
— (@_romeko) May 12, 2025
Speaking to Decider last week, Shamea also addressed her friendship with Porsha.
“I would rather be accused of being a puppet, a lap dog, too loyal, than to be accused of being a bad friend. I can only worry about me and I’ve always been taught to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. In order to get love, you gotta give love. And I operate in love and from a good space. And so in any friendship that I have, I’m gonna try to be the friend that I want you to be to me. And if it’s reciprocated, I’m happy, but if it’s not, that’s not my fight,” she shared. “That’s not my battle and I can’t worry about that. And yeah, I am sometimes loyal to a fault. But you know what? That’s just how I am. I can’t change it.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta airs Sundays at 8/7c and streams the following day on Peacock.