“RHOA”'s Cynthia Bailey Is ‘Proud’ of the ‘Young Lady’ Daughter Noelle Is Becoming: ‘Super Emotional for Me’ (Exclusive)

Bailey shares daughter Noelle, 25, with ex Leon Robinson

Cynthia Bailey couldn't be more proud of her daughter.

While recently chatting with PEOPLE at the 1st Annual Gurus Awards, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star, 57, opened up about the "super emotional" day her daughter Noelle, whom she shares with ex Leon Robinson, turned 25 in early November.

"For some reason, it was super emotional for me," the reality star tells PEOPLE. "I was like, if I post one more picture of Noelle, they're gonna start unfollowing me," she jokes.

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The proud mom continues, "It's like Noelle's my one and only — she's always going to be my baby. But something about 25 was like, okay, here we go. Now the adult journey really, really, truly, truly begins."

Bailey also shares with PEOPLE that she's extra proud of Noelle for the way she's created her own identity for herself despite both of her parents being on television.

"I'm so proud of the young lady that she is becoming," she begins. "I think when you're the child of two people that are on TV, like myself and her dad, Leon, who's an actor, I think Noelle really wanted to find her own identity and not be Leon's daughter or Cynthia Bailey's daughter."

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"And I'm just so proud that she's kind of just going her own way, kind of separately from us," she says. "I mean, I think that's important that she realizes who she is outside of her parents."

At 20 years old, Noelle came out as sexually fluid on an episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta in an emotional conversation with her mother.

“People try to box everyone in and put labels on everything, but I don’t really do that,” Noelle told Bailey. “I just like who I like, and that’s just what it is. There’s a lot of attractive guys, and there’s a lot of attractive girls.”

According to Noelle, she began exploring her sexuality during her freshman year at Howard University. “It really just came out of nowhere,” she said. “I wasn’t really expecting that to happen.”