‘Um No’: Porsha Williams’ Fans Remain Unconvinced About Dennis McKinley’s Claims About Baby PJ’s Looks

It’s long been a consensus among fans that Porsha Williams and Dennis McKinley’s daughter resembles her father. However, McKinley recently stepped up to say that Pilar Jhena’ actually only shares two of his features.

The owner of The Original Hot Dog Factory shared a photo of the 3-month-old on his Instagram page Thursday proving that PJ actually resembles her mom more than fans think.

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Porsha Williams’ and Dennis McKinley’s daughter Pilar Jhena’. (Photo: @workwincelebrate/Instagram)

“Eyebrows, Dimples Daddy! Everything else Momma ❤️😍🥰 @pilarjhena,” McKinley wrote in the July 11 image’s caption. The pic was edited with arrows pointing to PJ’s eyebrows and dimples for emphasis.

But McKinley’s diagram didn’t do much to convince fans.

“Girlllll that baby look JUST LIKE Dennis lol.”

“Um no that’s all you! She soooo cute😝”

“You reaching wit the dimples sir, you have none lol but she’s adorable 😍😍”

“She is all daddy!!”

Still, other followers pointed out that a throwback pic Williams shared of her as a child shows that PJ actually does look more like her mom than some may believe.

“Y’all must haven’t seen Porsha’s baby picture! I use to think she looked like Dennis until I saw Porsha baby picture.”

“@harleyjaeway I thought the exact same thing! She really looks just like Porsha and her features are slowly coming in!”

“@harleyjaeway Def looks like Posha but I haven’t seen the baby pic! Where is it? Gotta see that!”

The Instagram user’s comment even got the backing of McKinley who replied, “FACTS.”

Back when Williams was weeks away from giving birth, she said on the “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” season 11 reunion that whatever name she gave her daughter would be reflective of the parent she resembled.

“I have one other name picked out,” she said. “If the baby comes out and she looks exactly like me, then I will name her Porsha Jr. But if she looks like her dad, which I think she will ’cause I saw her head, I’m gonna name her the other ‘P’ name.”

But whether or not PJ shares her mom’s face or her dad’s, it’s clear to her parents that she’s got her “Dish Nation” host mother’s personality.

“She’s a diva,” Williams told People magazine earlier this year. “Literally, on her one-month celebration is when I saw the most of her personality. When she wants her bottle, she wants it right then. And when she’s done, she’s done. She’s on her own time schedule. She runs our house, literally! We are all on PJ’s beckoning call.”

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