Kenya Moore is weighing in on the drama between Shamea Morton and her best friend, Porsha Williams, and says she’s always known that Porsha did not want Shamea on The Real Housewives of Atlanta as a full-time Housewife.
“A lot of you guys may not know, I’ve actually had a conversation with Shamea a long time ago when Porsha and I were not cool. Everything that I know about their friendship, I’ll just tell you, I never felt that Porsha was supportive of her being on Housewives,” Kenya said on her YouTube channel.
“They had asked Shamea to be on Housewives as a housewife years ago. And Shamea refused to do it or could not do it. I’m not really clear about the details. I remember a specific conversation being filmed where Shamea brought up something. Maybe it was her wedding. Maybe it was Porsha not being supportive of her. But I remember Porsha saying something to the effect of, ‘Why are you doing this? Why are you over here? Do you need the money that bad?””
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Shamea and Porsha went back and forth this season after the former shared that she urged Porsha to treat her the way she does when they’re off camera. Porsha allegedly told her that she would only do that if Bravo paid her more money, which hurt Shamea’s feelings.
“The gist of the conversation was… ‘Can’t you just let me have this and you go over and do what you need to do? But this is my platform. You need to go and either be my support system or go away,’” Kenya continued.
“I just remember thinking, is that a friendship or a relationship of convenience? What I see is jealousy. What I see is somebody putting their foot on somebody’s neck and saying, ‘You stay down there. I want to be the queen of this.’”
Watch Kenya speak on the drama in the video above.
