Andy Cohen was ‘taken aback’ by Porsha Williams’ divorce: ‘I was so surprised’

Andy Cohen was “taken aback” by news of Porsha Williams’ divorce.

Speaking on the latest episode of SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live,” the Bravo honcho revealed that he and the other “Real Housewives of Atlanta” producers were not kept in the loop about the reality star’s marital woes before she pulled the plug on her marriage.

“Wanted to talk a little Housewives news,” the “Watch What Happens Live” host, 55, said Monday.

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“First of all, Porsha announced last week that she is leaving Simon and I gotta tell you something, I was saying to the other producers of ‘Atlanta,’ when the news started breaking about Simon and some of his immigration issues, I was like, ‘This is not…’ I was so surprised.” 

Cohen also denied that the Bravolebrity’s relationship was a factor in her upcoming return to “RHOA.”

“None of us knew any of this was on the horizon and this was really meant to be Porsha’s happily ever after kind of victory lap season,” he said. “So it’s just, I was so surprised and taken aback and listen, we wanted Porsha on the show for Porsha.” 

“We would take Porsha married, single, picking up the pieces of her life, on high, on low, however, she wants, you know, however she’s gonna be, but we didn’t know, and this is really a big right turn from the story that I think all of us thought we would be telling, so sending love to Porsha,” he added.

Williams filed for divorce from Simon Guobadia after just one year of marriage on Thursday.

Williams, 42, submitted her court documents in Georgia last week; however, the filing is private, so the official cause of the split isn’t known.

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She has since spoken out about the split on social media.

“Thank you for your prayers & support [broken-heart emoji and prayer emoji] – PW,” she posted on Instagram Sunday, notably using her maiden name initial.

Guobadia, meanwhile, posted a series of photos of himself seemingly unfazed while hanging by his pool and wrote, “Enthusiastically welcoming Spring. Happy Saturday🙏🏾.”

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The “Pursuit of Porsha” author and the entrepreneur, 59, married twice in November 2022.

They tied the knot for the first time in an extravagant Nigerian traditional ceremony in Atlanta and followed up the next day with a conventional American wedding.

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Guobadia proposed to Williams in May 2021 after publicly dating for just one month.

Their ill-fated union raised some eyebrows as Guobadia had been previously married to Williams’ friend and co-star Falynn Pina.