in september 2012, it was announced by bravo that williams and kenya moore were cast for the fifth season of the reality television series "the real housewives of atlanta", alongside returning cast members cynthia bailey, kandi burruss, nene leakes, phaedra parks and kim zolciak. williams made her first appearance of the season during the third episode on november 18, 2012, where she was shown to clash with moore during a charity event for feed the homeless. the remainder of the season documented their ensuing feud, and a later conflict with bailey after she felt that williams lacked dedication to a pageant bailey coordinated for her modeling agency.