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For more than a decade, reality TV star Porsha Williams has given fans a window into her life, from fertility struggles to the aftermath of her divorce. Now, she is opening up about a health issue she has kept private.
Williams revealed to “CBS Mornings” co-anchor Gayle King that she had to undergo an emergency partial hysterectomy this year after doctors found 21 uterine fibroids – one the size of a cantaloupe.
“It happened so fast. It didn’t hit me until I woke up in the hospital bed,” said Williams, who appeared in season four of “traitors” and is currently on “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip,” he said in an exclusive “CBS Mornings” interview.
Williams has been dealing with fibroids since her late 20s. She had previously undergone a procedure called uterine fibroid embolization to shrink the fibroids without affecting the uterus and she thought they were gone.
“I had symptoms but, you know, I’m 45 years old, and I think, oh, maybe perimenopause,” Williams recalled, referring to a long menstrual cycle, migraines and fatigue.
The fibroids were first discovered when she started trying to have children and experienced some fertility issues.
“I had never heard of them or thought about them. And then I went to the doctor and I was pregnant, and that made her, again, do more tests. She said, there is a fibroid,” explained Williams.
The doctor said it was possible the fibroid would shrink during the pregnancy, but Williams said at four months the fibroid had outgrown the baby, leading to a miscarriage. She later welcomed a healthy rainbow baby, daughter Pilar, in 2019.
“I think I’m ready [with kids]. I think I’m ready. I had a divorce. I had my child and I have a great support system,” Williams said.
But one day, while accompanying a friend to a fertility appointment to learn more about freezing her eggs, Williams decided to ask the doctor for a test. She jumped on the table and underwent a quick test.
“She started looking in, you know, doing the test, and she went quiet. And I looked at the screen, and all I saw was, like, black, and then I started seeing some round lines. And I’m like, ‘Not again. Not again.’ They had come back,” Williams said.
She was referred to a fertility specialist who was “shocked” by the number of fibroids during the vaginal exam and sent her straight for an MRI. Two weeks later, in May 2026, she underwent surgery.
Today, Williams said she is sharing her story in hopes of encouraging other women to advocate for themselves.
“We have to stop judging ourselves. There are so many different things when it comes to a woman that you have to check, and we have to learn to advocate for ourselves. If I saw someone like me sitting here with you talking about fibroids, he would have clicked to ask. I had to ask my doctor to check for fibroids after something went wrong,” she said.
