‘Crying Real Tears’: Porsha Williams’ Heartbreak Over Dennis McKinley Leaves Fans Sobbing

The second episode of the new season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” was an emotional one for Porsha Williams as she went to therapy with her estranged fiancé and learned the truth about his rumored infidelity.

Williams spent only 35 minutes in a counseling session Dennis McKinley invited her to attend. She admitted through tears to her sister Lauren Williams that the father of her child slept with someone else while she was pregnant.

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“I can’t breathe,” Porsha began to her sister on the Nov. 10 episode. She explained that during the session McKinley had tears rolling down his face. He admitted he had sex with another woman during her pregnancy and “I mushed him in his face. And then, after I heard what I needed to hear, I just got up and stormed out. … To be disrespected at the most sacred time in your life, it’s like, I just can’t forgive that.”

“I’m looking at my daughter and I’m like, ‘Ima work it out, Ima work it out,'” Porsha says crying. “But some stuff is not forgivable. … It’s really hurtful.”

Porsha Williams listens from the stage during the A3C Festival & Conference at AmericasMart on October 10, 2019, in Atlanta. (Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

The emotional moment also stirred up emotions in fans who openly shared they, too, began shedding tears as they watched the episode Sunday night.

“Porsha got me over here crying real tears #RHOA”

“Whew, Chile, I’m over here crying with Porsha. Dennis is the devil. IDC, IDC, IDC,,,👿 #RHOA”

“I wanna kick Dennis ass for what he did to Porsha 😑 thats my sis I started crying with her 😭 #RHOA”

“@Porsha4real made me cry when she was crying about wanting to make it work for PJ you can tell she loves her baby above all else and her pain isn’t just for her but also the family she thought she built for her baby, stay strong Porsha ❤️❤️ #RHOA”

Williams noted in her confessional scene that she was “done” adding that “this isn’t anything that I think even I’m capable of forgiving.”

But while fans previously noticed the pair broke up over the summer following rumors McKinley had been unfaithful to Williams, the two have since reconciled. McKinley reportedly popped the question again during a cast trip to Toronto for Caribana in August. Since then, Williams has resumed wearing her 13-carat engagement ring, and she disclosed on “Dish Nation” that she and her fiancé are “taking it one day at a time.”

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