‘Is That a Wedding Dress?’: Fans Mistake Tanya Sam’s Reunion Dress for a Bridal Look

While most couples are growing tired of their partners during their shelter-in-place lives, Tanya Sam and her fiancé Paul Judge most likely have not. From answering fan questions about their relationship on Instagram Live to posting couple photos, it’s pretty safe to say that love continues to fill the air in their household.

On Sunday, May 3, Sam posted a photo on Instagram that showed her garbed in a long white gown with puff sleeves. The reality star of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” sported a gold Chanel sash and posed in what appeared to be her living room.

Tanya Sam bedecked in a white gown. (@itstanyatime/Instagram)

Sam wore her angelic look to the virtual “RHOA” reunion, but fans mistakenly thought she was slaying her bridal dress instead.

“Please tell me this was a reunion and a wedding ceremony look.”

“Wedding bells 🔔 🤗😇.”

“Tanya!! You look angelic!!! Elegant as always hun! ❤️❤️.”

“This looks like a wedding dress. I thought you guys got married❤️.”

“Is that a wedding dress 😜😍.”

“Wooow Tanya you look absolutely Gorgeous, you are really slaying that White Gown💜💜.”

“Wedding dress??”

“Yesssss You Betta Eat this look!!!!!!!🤤😍😘.”

Tanya Sam relaxing on Paul Judge’s chest. @itstanyatime/Instagram

Sam and her sister were shopping at the Louis Vuitton store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, when Sam originally met Judge. The native of Toronto, Canada, shared in a 2019 interview with Bravo’s The Daily Dish that she knew right away that Judge was her soulmate. “I saw this guy and he was super cute, something about him, I just looked at him and I looked at my sister, and I was like, ‘I love him.’”

Sam and Judge have been engaged for quite some time now but they have not announced their wedding date. Rumors swirled on season 12 of “RHOA” that Judge was flirting with Shiana White, a bakery owner in Atlanta.

White, who is known as “The Cookie Lady,” told Sam during a group brunch that Judge had hit on her. He dismissed the allegations and insisted that White was not telling the truth. Despite the infidelity gossip, fans continue to pressure Sam and Judge to get married.

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