Porsha Williams and Simon Guobadia’s marriage ceremony became so tremendous, they needed to enact it twice, this time with a non-public 2d ceremony on Saturday.
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An interview with PEOPLE is giving us an outlandish be conscious at Simon and Porsha’s 2d marriage ceremony day.
The couple’s fable marriage ceremony weekend became all about blending households and cultures. On Friday, the couple transformed the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta into Simon’s fatherland of Benin Metropolis for a venerable Nigerian marriage ceremony. They honored Porsha’s Gloomy American background with an extravagant American gain together the next day.
“I positively need the Lord to be within the place of residing,” Porsha acknowledged about her white marriage ceremony. “I would just like the Holy Spirit to usher us into being a husband and wife. I’m from the south, so I love being in church. I’ve never been married in a church, and Simon’s never been married in a church, so it’s going to be a original ride for each of us.”
At the 2d ceremony, Porsha appeared admire she stepped out of a fairytale in a lavish white lace ballgown by Frida. Accompanied by a 40-fraction orchestra, Tasha Cobbs Leonard led a gospel choir singing “For Every Mountain” as Porsha walked down the aisle.
The guest listing of 350 integrated Rickey Smiley, Quad Webb, T.I. and Exiguous Harris, and fellow Housewives stars Kandi Burruss, Cynthia Bailey, Monyetta Shaw, Kim Zolciak-Biermann, and Drew Sidora.
A blended family affair
Porsha’s brother, Hosea Williams III, gave her away. Her sister Lauren served as maid of honor. Porsha and Simon featured their four teenagers within the ceremony as Porsha had her 3-300 and sixty five days-former daughter Pilar Jhena whom she shares with Dennis McKinley as her flower lady. Quentin, Nicole, Christian, Benjamin, and Ximena are Simon’s teenagers from outdated marriages and to boot they participated within the nuptials.
“Pilar goes to be a flower lady, and her costume is so lovable, I might also’ve copied it for a wedding costume. Then my niece, Baleigh, my sister’s daughter, goes to be one more flower lady,” Porsha acknowledged.
“Our daughter, Ximena, goes be a junior bridesmaid. Our sons, Christian and Benjamin, are going to maneuver my grandmother down the aisle. Simon’s oldest son, Quentin, goes to maneuver him down the aisle,” she continued.
Within the over-the-top reception ball
PEOPLE reports that the gain together continued at the reception ball at St. Regis Atlanta. Porsha had her fifth dresser trade of the weekend into an Albina Dyla costume. Porsha rocked a original wig from her Dash Naked hairline for every original outfit and se also acknowledged her marriage ceremony cake became so massive she would desire a “sword” to lower it.
“If extra became a bride, it’d be me. I promise you I did now not know that I became this extra,” she laughed.
Porsha also bought the wedding ceremony singers of her desires for the event as Dru Hill reunited for a shock performance to serenade the couple.
“I essentially wished to hear the song ‘Class Is Her Title.’I absorb repeatedly belief about having on a wedding costume and dancing to it. After which my husband would divulge, ‘Class Is Her Title.’ I love Dru Hill and am so happy the whole crew is encourage together,” Porsha acknowledged.
If that wasn’t extra sufficient, Porsha modified outfits for the bouquet toss and but again for the after-birthday party.
“I presumed, ‘Why now not? It’s my closing marriage ceremony forever,” acknowledged the RHOA alum to PEOPLE.
“Thanks to my HUSBAND @iamsimonguobadia for our magical Fairytale Wedding!” Porsha wrote on Instagram. I will admire you now and forverrrrrrr! Till loss of life and even then we would also now not ever phase lol.”
Newlywed Porsha joked that she plans to wear out the observe, “husband.”
“It’s appropriate going to be admire, ‘My husband, my husband, my husband!’ I’m going to irritate all people! It’s our closing marriage, k? We belong together. That is it. It’s a blessing with the diagram to search out your particular person. It doesn’t happen normally,” she acknowledged.
Congratulations (but again) to Mr. and Mrs. Simon Guobadia.