![PHOTO & VIDEO: Porsha Williams' Rumored Girlfriend is Patrice 'Sway' McKinney, See What the RHOA Star Said About "[Getting] With a Woman" Months Ago](https://realityblurb.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Porsha-Williams-and-Patrice-Sway-Mckinney.jpg "Porsha Williams and Patrice Sway Mckinney")
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Days after the 44-year-old Real Housewives of Atlanta star confirmed she was dating both a male and a female, fans believe her mystery woman is Sway, a licensed master barber who describes herself on Instagram as an “entrepreneur” who helps people “open a profitable salon suite business.”
On October 6, Mr Housewives shared a slideshow in which Porsha was seen seemingly introducing Sway to her co-stars, Phaedra Parks, 51, and Angela Oakley, 44, while filming scenes for season 17.
“That woman was Patrice ‘Sway’ McKinney — the founder of Encore Salon Suites, the first Black-owned salon suite brand to become a franchise,” the outlet shared, revealing that Sway “turned down both a professional basketball career and a corporate job to launch her business, which now has four locations (with more on the way).”
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While also confirming, via screenshots, that Porsha and Sway were following each other on Instagram, Mr Housewives went on to share a clip of Porsha, appearing to be with Sway, from TikTok.
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News of Porsha’s potential romance with Sway comes just months after she predicted she would date a woman while chatting with PEOPLE about her divorce from Simon Guobadia, 61.
“I was sitting here [asking], ‘Do I like women enough? Can I get with a woman? Who can come and fill this void? Like, somebody?’ I have got to be able to sit with someone and feel a part of what I felt with him. But I don’t yet,” Porsha explained in June.
As RHOA fans may have seen, Porsha offered her latest dating update while appearing at CultureCon over the weekend, revealing that she was dating two “nice” and “normal” people who “challenge” her.
“I’m having a hard time opening up because they’re not narcissists. I have to soften up a bit. I have to not expect a whole lot of elaborate things … I have to expect someone to call me out from time to time,” she reasoned.
In addition to her own comments about her interest in other women, Porsha has also been accused of “[hooking] up with girls from time to time” by castmate Kandi Burruss, 49, who alleged that she was once propositioned by Porsha.
“I know it, she knows it,” Kandi claimed in 2017. “Baby girl — we in the same boat together. It’s like she and I have shared a secret that nobody else knew.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 17 is expected to premiere on Bravo sometime in early 2026.