Porsha Williams was “about to” finalize her divorce from Simon Goubadia — but then he got detained by ICE.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star appeared on Sunday night’s (March 9) episode of Watch What Happens Live to celebrate her triumphant return to the reality series. Williams announced in February 2024 that she would be coming back to RHOA after a two-season hiatus — and one week later, she filed for divorce from her husband of 15 months.
“I am still married,” Williams told host Andy Cohen on Sunday night. “It was about to be over and then unfortunately he had been detained.”
Goubadia, who came to the United States from Nigeria in the early 1980s, was taken into custody by ICE amid President Donald Trump‘s mass deportation orders. He is currently being held at a “facility” in Georgia, according to Williams.
“Our last court date, he requested for it to be in person. I didn’t want it to be in person because I kind of knew the climate,” Williams explained. “And unfortunately, he walked into it. But I think he’ll figure it out. I wish him well. I pray for him and his family and maybe they can figure it out.”
According to court documents obtained by Atlanta’s WSB-TV 2, Goubadia came to the United States in 1982 but was declared deportable in 1985 when he overstayed his visa. When he returned to the country the following year, he overstayed his work visa for the second time.
Goubadia was arrested multiple times over the years. In 1987, he pleaded guilty to bank and credit card fraud. While he was physically deported in 1992, he was quickly granted a permanent residency under an undisclosed identity, per the outlet. His several attempts to become a naturalized citizen since then have been denied.
When Cohen pointed out that Goubadia had somewhat of a “background” from the 1980s, Williams quipped, “Before I was born, yeah.” The reality star also admitted that she did not Google her estranged husband before deciding to marry him.
Watch What Happens Live airs Sunday through Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock.
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