Originally posted Monday, November 19, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog
There is a general belief with no certifiable proof that reality shows hurt marriages. At best, it’s reasonable to assume that any problems in a marriage could potentially be magnified by the spotlight.
In the case of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” it’s clearly a mixed bag that signified nothing concrete.
Four of the women have gone through divorces while shooting the show: Porsha Williams, NeNe Leakes (who remarried the same man), Phaedra Parks and Cynthia Bailey. At the same time, five of them have gotten married while on the show: Eva Marcille, NeNe, Kandi Burruss (who met her man thanks to the show), Kenya Moore and Kim Zolciak.
There have been a total of 14 “Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast members to date. Of those, nine have been divorced at least once. Here’s the status of each one right now:
Credit: Paras Griffin
Credit: Paras Griffin
MARRIED, NEVER DIVORCED
Shamari DeVoe (season 11), married Ronnie Devoe in 2006
Kandi Burruss (season 2 to present), married Todd Tucker in April, 2014
Kenya Moore (seasons 5 to 10), married Marc Daly in June, 2017
Eva Marcille (seasons 10 and 11), married Michael Sterling in October, 2018
Credit: Dave Kotinsky
Credit: Dave Kotinsky
MARRIED, DIVORCED, REMARRIED
NeNe Leakes (season 1 to 8, 10 and 11), married Gregg Leakes in 1997, divorced in 2011, remarried in 2013
Kim Zolciak (seasons 1 to 5, 9 and 10), married Daniel Toce in 2001, divorced in 2003, has been married to Kroy Biermann since 2011
Kim Fields (season 8), married Johnathan Freeman from 1995 to 2001, currently married to Christopher Morgan since 2007
DIVORCED, NOT REMARRIED
DeShawn Snow (season 1): married Eric Snow in 1998, divorced in 2010
Cynthia Bailey (season 3 to present), married Peter Thomas in 2010, divorced in 2017
Porsha Williams (season 5 to present), married Kordell Stewart in 2011, divorced in 2013. She's now engaged to Dennis McKinley
Sheree Whitfield (seasons 1 to 4, 8 to 10), married Bob Whitfield from 2000 to 2007
Phaedra Parks (seasons 3 to 9), married Apollo Nida from 2009 to 2017
Lisa Wu (seasons 1 and 2), twice divorced (Keith Sweat, 1992-2002, Ed Hartwell, 2006-2011)
SINGLE, ONLY MARRIAGE ANNULLED
Claudia Jordan (seasons 7 and 8), who married Datari Turner for three months in 2010 but had it annulled
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