On November 16, 2025, Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Porsha Williams was seen being escorted off a Delta Air Lines flight by police. She had just flown Delta first class from Las Vegas (LAS) to Atlanta (ATL) after attending BravoCon, and we didn’t actually know what happened at the time.
Police body cam footage from the incident has now been released, and tells the story of what happened. I realize (hope?) that most people don’t actually care about Real Housewives, but it’s an interesting story of an inflight incident that clearly escalated, and I’d find it equally interesting if it were just two random people.
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Police body cam footage reveals details of Delta incident
Police met a Delta flight in Atlanta, after reports that Porsha Williams had assaulted another passenger. Police body cam footage posted online gives us insights into the statements of Williams, the other passenger, as well as two eyewitnesses.
Both parties seem to agree on how this incident started. When Williams got to her seat, she started watching Instagram videos without headphones at a loud volume for an extended period of time. Eventually the woman sitting next to her asked if she was going to have to listen to that for the entire flight. Williams responded with “well, do you want to?” The woman replied that she didn’t, and Williams told her that there was a nicer way she could’ve said that.
Both parties seem to agree on the details up until that point, but then they have different versions of events. Williams claims that the woman then called her a “b*tch,” and said “who the f*ck do you think you are?” The woman then took out her phone and wanted to record Williams. Williams claims that the woman dropped her phone, but the woman accused Williams of hitting her, and said she would press charges.
Then Williams claims she said something along the lines of “get your ugly a$$ out of here,” which the flight attendant heard, and he asked her to talk like an adult and not behave like that. Williams asked why she was being chastised, while the other woman was “the one going crazy.”
The woman was then moved to another seat, but she was irate, and other passengers had to pull her to another seat, because she didn’t want to move, or something. That was basically the end of it, as far as Williams is concerned.
Note that two eyewitnesses (with no connection to her otherwise) saw her in the terminal and backed up her version of events, claiming she didn’t touch the other passenger, and that the other passenger was the one who was out of line.
The police officer then takes the version of events from the other passenger, who is really angry, and has a serious attitude with the officer. She’s also worried that her information will be given to Williams, because she’s afraid for her life, and fears that Williams is going to have her killed.
This woman claims that after the initial sequence of events, Williams but her fingernail very close to her eye, so she thought she was going to be physically attacked. She claims Williams was screaming at her, had her hands in her face, and was calling her crazy, so that’s the point at which the woman decides she wants to start recording, in order to protect herself.
She claims that as soon as she took out her phone to record, Williams hit the phone out of her hand, and it flew down to “the end of the airplane,” and she claims that the flight attendant said he saw her knock it out of her hand (to be clear, the flight attendant didn’t give a statement to police, but that’s just what the passenger claims).
You can see the police body cam footage for yourself below.
My take on the two versions of what happened
I think the statements from the two people involved, plus the two eyewitness reports, give us a good general sense of what happened.
First of all, Williams is not going to win any awards for her airplane etiquette. Watching Instagram videos on a flight on a loud volume without headphones? Ugggghhh. Of course bad etiquette is different than assault, so it’s not really core to this confrontation.
Based on listening to these statements, I’m inclined to think that Williams’ version of events is a little closer to the truth than the other woman’s version of events. That’s not to say Williams acted right… she definitely didn’t, based on how she escalated the situation, rather than deescalating the situation. That being said:
- It’s rather bizarre that the other woman had to be physically moved by other passengers… what on earth?
- Admittedly this could just be a post-confrontation fight-or-flight response, but Williams is calm, while this other woman has a massive attitude
- The two eyewitnesses who spoke to police both backed Williams’ version of events, so you have to put some weight on that
- The fact that this other woman thinks that Williams is going to have her killed is quite a wild stretch
Bottom line
Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Porsha Williams was recently removed from a Delta flight in Atlanta by police, after a passenger claimed that Williams assaulted her.
The confrontation started over Williams watching Instagram videos without headphones, which her seat mate wasn’t happy about (fair enough). The two got into a bit of a verbal argument, at which point the other woman pulled out her phone to record. The woman claims that Williams knocked the phone out of her hand, while Williams claimed that the woman dropped her phone (and that narrative is supported by two others).
What do you make of this Delta inflight incident?
I’m a FA and we do not allow pax to listen to anything without headphones even young children so this is a delta problem that should have been rectified from the very beginning and if the pax started a issue she wouldn’t be flying on our airline to her destination.
So much filler ( in the brain too perhaps) in some people one may be surprised the Hazmat squad wasn’t called out upon landing
Clearly Karen has dementia and needs a a few dollars. Big fabricator!
Williams behavior playing her phone at full blast is unacceptable! Where was the crew in all of this? If they had to physically move this passenger I'm surprised they did not divert the flight. Was this passenger observed for the remainder of the flight to ensure no more incidents? Something does not add up here.
My initial biased thought upon reading the headline was that the reality TV star was probably being entitled and rude. When you watch the police body cam it is OBVIOUS that was not the case. This "Karen" was rude and obnoxious to the police officer! How can we not believe she acted that way to Williams? The other 2 passengers who witnessed the confrontation were unsolicited and adamant that Williams was the victim. The woman...
My initial biased thought upon reading the headline was that the reality TV star was probably being entitled and rude. When you watch the police body cam it is OBVIOUS that was not the case. This "Karen" was rude and obnoxious to the police officer! How can we not believe she acted that way to Williams? The other 2 passengers who witnessed the confrontation were unsolicited and adamant that Williams was the victim. The woman presented as an entitled, arrogant, bitchy Karen. I can't be insider her head but it seemed she thought she would put the black lady and the black police officer in their place. Knowingly making false accusations to a police officer is a crime - and I hope this woman is charged. Williams was certainly showing poor etiquette with her phone and should have known better - but this stuff happens all the time and gets sorted out quickly and easily.
I agree
In defense of the site - this kind of behavior is pertinent to regular travelers. Entitlement lack of shared values from a small but bothersome portion of the traveling population have a direct impact on quality of life for people. There's a lot more 'clickbait' material that isn't covered here - videos from Spirit airline that might lead one down a path of judgmental bias towards whole communities.
No-headphone persons are disgusting trash who seek...
In defense of the site - this kind of behavior is pertinent to regular travelers. Entitlement lack of shared values from a small but bothersome portion of the traveling population have a direct impact on quality of life for people. There's a lot more 'clickbait' material that isn't covered here - videos from Spirit airline that might lead one down a path of judgmental bias towards whole communities.
No-headphone persons are disgusting trash who seek to mark their territory akin to an animal urinating - they should be confronted and cowed out of this behavior
It annoys the hell out of me that I have to endure these idiots who think that the entire world has to listen to their phone conversations or listen to their videos and music. Put on damned earphones. I sit at the gate listening to all of this crap. Once, I heard a person discussing what was sensitive information about their employer and some contract work this person was doing. Numerous times the loudmouth would...
It annoys the hell out of me that I have to endure these idiots who think that the entire world has to listen to their phone conversations or listen to their videos and music. Put on damned earphones. I sit at the gate listening to all of this crap. Once, I heard a person discussing what was sensitive information about their employer and some contract work this person was doing. Numerous times the loudmouth would say, "Well, this isn't for public knowledge but...." and then mentioned the company name! So, I stepped aside, took a photo of the woman from a distance and sent an anonymous letter (don't want retribution") to the CEO of the company along with a transcript of what I heard. Hopefully, the woman was fired!
Another click-bait article Ben?
Trash is as trash does.
Who cares.
Hi Ben.
I am one of your more vehement supporters whenever people blame you of clickbaiting, and an a firm believer in the “it’s your blog” argument.
That being said - in this story I think you may have crossed the line.
I think that with an eye to better monetise your blog, a good start would be to better understand your readership. Most people interested in this sort of articles get them elsewhere.
(very) long time reader here (from
the times of your first TV appearance. The whole site is becoming very clickbaity and I struggle to believe you genuinely do not want to and have to do it for SEO and other index reasons. Just provide a more intermittent but quality airline journalism and that's it. No credit cards on repeat, wow title intros, husband is a travel agent (sponsored) content and trashy clickbait. Just real,...
(very) long time reader here (from
the times of your first TV appearance. The whole site is becoming very clickbaity and I struggle to believe you genuinely do not want to and have to do it for SEO and other index reasons. Just provide a more intermittent but quality airline journalism and that's it. No credit cards on repeat, wow title intros, husband is a travel agent (sponsored) content and trashy clickbait. Just real, well done and genuine airline, airport and hotel content, that's it!
@ Very Long Time Reader -- Thank you very much for reading! Respectfully, you're basically telling me to write the blog, minus monetizing it in any way. That's not to say that I get everything right and always strike the right balance -- I absolutely don't -- but this is like telling Costco "hey, do exactly what you're doing, but don't have a membership fee."
Credit card referrals, travel agent referrals, etc., are what pays...
@ Very Long Time Reader -- Thank you very much for reading! Respectfully, you're basically telling me to write the blog, minus monetizing it in any way. That's not to say that I get everything right and always strike the right balance -- I absolutely don't -- but this is like telling Costco "hey, do exactly what you're doing, but don't have a membership fee."
Credit card referrals, travel agent referrals, etc., are what pays the bills. Do you have another path you'd recommend going down, because "intermittent but quality airline journalism" won't pay the bills in 2025, with how the internet works?
I would have to agree with Ben here. You are only giving critique and what you want but you’re not providing Ben with any solution on how he can make money and provide for his family. I think Ben has already struck a good balance with this blog. He is a blogger not a journalist. Unless you think it is a good idea that Ben starts charging readers a subscription fee. He can do it...
I would have to agree with Ben here. You are only giving critique and what you want but you’re not providing Ben with any solution on how he can make money and provide for his family. I think Ben has already struck a good balance with this blog. He is a blogger not a journalist. Unless you think it is a good idea that Ben starts charging readers a subscription fee. He can do it like the airlines with basic subscription fee, standard subscription fee, and premium subscription fee.
@ Mike -- I hear you, and I appreciate the feedback. To be honest, this is something I found genuinely interesting, mainly because I did used to watch RHOA back in the day. So perhaps it was more a personal interest thing than anything else.
I think what they're getting at is you have an established brand and reputation for quality that your readers expect you to uphold.
For example, would you expect the Associated Press or NYT to cover TMZ-style celebrity paparazzi content? Probably not.
The same applies here. People are asking you to not go down the same path as Gary, who has since diluted his brand and pumps out extremely low effort content aka this TMZ content...
I think what they're getting at is you have an established brand and reputation for quality that your readers expect you to uphold.
For example, would you expect the Associated Press or NYT to cover TMZ-style celebrity paparazzi content? Probably not.
The same applies here. People are asking you to not go down the same path as Gary, who has since diluted his brand and pumps out extremely low effort content aka this TMZ content coupled with farming social media content from Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, and X. Maybe that does well for SEO and ad revenue, but you're alienating your original core audience.
And that's a decision you'll have to make as a content creator. There's nothing immoral or wrong with clickbait content to farm engagement. But that will lead to attrition and invite a very different crowd.
Lol I’m so glad I don’t have to travel to the US anymore or interact with Americans. Pure trash hahah.
This is not "Americans", this is a very specific type of American.
Anyone who knew who Porsha Williams was prior to reading this article needs to seriously reconsider their life choices (as well as anyone who has ever heard of "BravoCon"). Seriously, what kind of tabloid garbage is this?
So this is the content you want folks to fund under a subscription???
This sounds more like housewives' gossip than a travel blog. Disgusting
Where's Tim Dunn to comment about howpremium the passnsgers of DL first class are and how theyre the best? LOLL
A typical proletariat response from a nobody, a nobody who has demonstrated that they do not have sufficient intelligence to think up an original login title, never mind a sensible missive. Ben must love click-bait bozos like you ‘zie, yes?
How long before cameras in the cabins? Bodycams on attendants?
You could have incident cameras that only hard save when activated (plus a period before that)
It's already happening. I flew China Southern Airlines and some of the crew had bodycams
This is the kind of content that paying subscribers want to see!
National Enquirer stuff... There must be 100 such incidents each day. Why do you write about it at all ?
Not even close. In 2024, the US averaged fewer than 6 “unruly passenger” incidents per day.
As Mariah Carey once said with a shake of the head, "I don't know her."
It’s always “them”.
You're right, entitled rich people are the worst
Them who?
The Karen right!!
Different people have different reactions to events, and this woman was clearly very traumatized and freaked out by Wlliams. Just because Williams appeared tobe calm and has managed to influence the other passengers, doesnt mean Williams is being truthful in her re-telling of what happened. Just because the other passenger is emotionally activated and over-exaggerated a couple of details, does not mean she is lying or that she is in the wrong. Once asked, regardless...
Different people have different reactions to events, and this woman was clearly very traumatized and freaked out by Wlliams. Just because Williams appeared tobe calm and has managed to influence the other passengers, doesnt mean Williams is being truthful in her re-telling of what happened. Just because the other passenger is emotionally activated and over-exaggerated a couple of details, does not mean she is lying or that she is in the wrong. Once asked, regardless of how nicely, Williams should have apologized and silenced her videos, instead of turning one irate comment into a massive to-do. And the fact that Williams was the one who got to keep her seat after bring so ugly shows that Williams already received clear bias in her favor.
@Kit Yes. Williams was wrong by watching IG on her phone without headphones but you left out that fact that two witnesses backed her claim so you have to put some weight on that. And yes, she also should have apologized at the start of the incident but then again like Ben said when the other woman had to be physically put in another seat by cabin crew decision is really something.
To recap: Williams’ version was corroborated by two unrelated witnesses, the other woman was the one who had to be physically moved to another seat, and the other woman comes across as unhinged and makes wildly implausible accusations… and you conclude we should believe the other woman and everyone was biased in Williams’ favor. Okay, then.
As someone who came into this thread completely biased against any “real housewife,” even I can’t make sense of your position.
Anybody part of the Real Housewives of .... is going to be of low class.
George there are many, many classy Housewives (I promise). What surprises me is that Porshe was flying solo, no assistant?
So premium!
Anyone watching anything in public with sound without headphones should be drawn and quartered.
Exactly. And this real housewives franchise scrapes the bottom of the barrel with groups of vacuous people who talk about absolutely nothing. I decided to try and watch an episode once. Money definitely doesn’t bring class.
Agreed. And the fact that Williams got to keep her seat while the other person was forced to move and was even manhandled by other passengers? Just adds insult to injury! :(
Next, people that bring dogs on planes. And let’s make a real no babies except on the back of the plane.