<p id=”par-1_80″>Shamea Morton delivers on the first few episodes of <em><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta/?swcfpc=1″>The Real Housewives of Atlanta</a></em> season 16. The former “guest” and “friend” on the show finally has her peach, and fans are loving it. So far, Morton has her bestie’s back as <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/porsha-williams-dishes-dennis-mckinley-kielbasa-whether-get-back-together.html/”>Porsha Williams faces a long season</a> with her ex-fiancé Dennis McKinley. Morton even commented on the controversy when she visited <em>Watch What Happens Live</em>. Viewers loved her take on Drew Sidora, saying Morton handled it with humor and grace.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dennis-mckinley-is-back-on-the-real-housewives-of-atlanta-thanks-to-drew-sidora”>Dennis McKinley is back on ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ thanks to Drew Sidora</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Real-Housewives-of-Atanta-Porsha-Williams-Shamea-Morton-Drew-Sidora.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Porsha Williams smiles with Shamea Morton, Drew Sidora, and friends at her birthday party in 2021″ class=”wp-image-3789800″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Shamea Morton, Karlie Redd, Jennifer Williams, Yandy Smith, Simon Guobadia, Porsha Williams, Drew Sidora, and Queen Yonasda at Williams’ birthday celebration in 2021 | Prince Williams/Wireimage</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-2_77″>The beginning of season 16 saw cast member Sidora working with McKinley as her “music partner” during the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/rhoa-kandi-burruss-reacts-to-drew-sidora-and-ralph-pittmans-divorce.html/”>singer’s divorce from Ralph</a>, the father of her three kids. As Sidora <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/rhoa-look-back-drew-sidoras-singing-acting-career-before-the-reality-show.html/”>poured her energy into studio sessions</a> with the businessman, Williams’ ex-fiancé weaseled his way back onto the show. During episode 2 of <em>RHOA</em> season 16, Porsha broke the fourth wall and confronted McKinley in a hot mic moment, asking for an explanation from the hot dog entrepreneur.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Watch-What-Happens-Live-Shamea-Morton-Andy-Cohen.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Wearing a pink gown, Shamea Morton chats with Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen and Bravo star Toya Bush-Harris” class=”wp-image-3789796″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Andy Cohen, Shamea Morton, and Toya Bush-Harris on ‘Watch What Happens Live’ | Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-porsha-williams-hot-mic-moment-broke-shamea-morton-s-heart”>Porsha Williams’ hot mic moment broke Shamea Morton’s heart</h2>
<p id=”par-3_77″>Williams’ best friend and castmate, Morton, appeared on <em><a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DHSTnfDOFJw/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Watch What Happens Live</a></em> last night, giving her take on episode 2. <em>WWHL</em> host Andy Cohen asked for her reaction to Williams’ hot mic convo with McKinley. Morton quickly answered, “It broke my heart. I don’t like to see Porsha sad. And Dennis is her family now. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/rhoa-porsha-williams-dennis-mckinley-planning-children-split.html/”>They share a child together</a>. And it is messy of him to ‘muddy the waters’ and work with one of her castmates.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-3″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Real-Housewives-of-Atanta-Shamea-Morton.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Wearing a pink gown, Shamea Morton appears on Watch What Happens Live” class=”wp-image-3789798″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Shamea Morton on ‘Watch What Happens Live’ on March 17, 2025 | Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_42″>Cohen pushed further, asking about <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/after-declaring-herself-single-porsha-williams-latest-instagram-post-has-fans-speculating-shes-reconciled-with-dennis-mckinley.html/”>McKinley’s rationale</a> for filming with Drew. “Did Dennis decide to go into business with Drew as a means of getting back on camera?” he asked. “Or to get back at Porsha for her marriage to Simon?” </p>
<p id=”par-5_51″>“I don’t know what the motive is, but it’s nasty work,” Morton explained. “Like, stop. There are so many people that Drew can work with, so it’s nasty on both sides. Drew should’ve reached out to the many other producers in Atlanta — Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox — I mean, c’mon.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-4″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Watch-What-Happens-Live-Shamea-Morton.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Wearing a pink gown, Shamea Morton chats with Bravo star Toya Bush-Harris on Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen” class=”wp-image-3789797″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Shamea Morton and Toya Bush-Harris on ‘Watch What Happens Live’ | Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-6_70″>Morton pulled back the curtain on how Williams felt entering season 16, saying that Porsha “empathized with Drew a lot” at first. Williams wasn’t “really mad” <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/why-drew-sidora-turned-down-rhoa-peach-joined-season-13-cast.html/”>at Sidora</a> for producing music with McKinley, she asserted. “It wasn’t until later where [Porsha] felt like, ‘Okay, Drew is doing the most with the whole Go Naked hair … Like, that’s off limits because now you’re trying to mess up where I eat.’”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-shamea-morton-claps-back-at-lapdog-comment”>Shamea Morton claps back at ‘lapdog’ comment</h2>
<p id=”par-7_49″>Cohen had one more question for Morton on <em>Watch What Happens Live</em>. He asked for her reaction to seeing Drew’s confessional in episode 2 when Drew said that if you look up the definition of a lapdog, you’ll see a photo of Morton, implying that Morton is Williams’ lapdog.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-5″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Porsha-Williams-Shamea-Morton.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Best friends Porsha Williams and Shamea Morton perform onstage during a 2022 R&B event” class=”wp-image-3789795″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Porsha Williams and Shamea Morton during the 2022 R&B Music Experience in Atlanta | Paras Griffin/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-8_67″>Shamea paused before giving a hilarious response. “Well, I mean, I saw [<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/rhoa-ranking-all-the-real-housewives-of-atlanta-stars-based-on-instagram-followers.html/”><em>RHOA</em> castmate</a> Kelli Ferrell]’s lapdog, and I was like, ‘Cha Cha is living the good life,’” she laughed. “So, if I could be that kind of lapdog…” Morton put her hands together like paws and made high-pitched barking noises, causing Cohen and the other <em>WWHL</em> guest, <em>Married to Medicine</em>‘s Toya Bush-Harris, to burst out laughing.</p>