Also
contributing to their lack of public drama: Both sisters have remained
deeply rooted in their faith and happened to find stable relationships
at an early age, with men who shared their values.
Tia met future husband Cory Hardrict in 2001 on the set of the indie movie Hollywood Horror and they got engaged on Christmas Day in 2006. They just celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary on April 20.
"He's such man of God," Tia gushed about her husband to
Madame Noir in 2015.
He has faith beyond this world and I learned that from him. His faith
is unstoppable. He has faith in his career. He has faith in his
marriage. He has faith in his son. And it goes a long way. He's
extremely optimistic and he believes in himself. I love that about him."
Tamera, meanwhile, met Fox News correspondent Adam Housley in
2005 and, minus a break that lasted for about a year, they've been
together ever since. They married on May 15, 2011—and Tamera later
revealed that they waited until after they were married to have sex.
"But if you want to be celibate, definitely don't live together because that makes it harder for you," she told Ebony with a laugh in 2012. "Have
people around you to keep you accountable! Surround yourself with
people who support your decision, because they're only going to root you
on."
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Social
media continued to rear its ugly head, though, particularly when it came
to Tamera's husband being white. "Now I laugh at it, 'cause honestly
it's their issue, not mine," she told Larry Kingin 2014. (The Mowrys are also the daughters of a white father and African-American mother.)
Sadly enough, as Twitter has gotten nastier, so has the commentary.
"When
we first came out publicly as a couple 12 years ago, I remember a few
negative comments, such as 'never expected her to be with him!' But I
never expected it to reach this degree of criticism as I got older,"
Tamera said on The Real last May.
"I think the criticism
is even worse now, with the racial tension that we're seeing and the
political climate," she observed. "But my husband, who is so great,
said, ‘You know what, Tamera? This is just teaching you to focus on the
thousands of people that are for you, as opposed to the very few people
who are against you.' He's right.'"
And it does seem that, for the past 20 years, way more people have been for Tia and Tamera rather than against them.
The Real
A key indicator of that: Even though Sister, Sister remains their biggest claim to fame, they have worked pretty consistently ever since.
Both
girls took a break from acting to get bachelor degrees in psychology
from Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. They continued to co-star
in cable movie fare such as Twitches, Twitches Too and Seventeen Again. Tamera played a doctor on the Lifetime drama Strong Medicine. Tia starred on The Game, playing a
med student who temporarily gives up her dream to move cross-country
with her football player boyfriend, and then on her own TV Land sitcom Instant Mom. For several years they joined forces once again for the reality show Tia and Tamera. Meanwhile, Tamera's been a co-host on The Real since
2013. Both sisters are into food and lifestyle blogging, and Tia had
her own cooking show and has been sharing her parenting journey on the
podcast Mostly Mom With Tia Mowry.
But
even when they're working on separate projects, the Mowry twins remain
about as close as can be, supporting each other through career ups and
downs, health scares, weddings and childbirth. Even with their married
names the sisters still have the same initials, Tia Mowry-Hardrict. and
Tamera Mowry-Housley, and as of Saturday they're both mothers of two.
"They have a beautiful boy and now a beautiful girl, and I'm just so excited," Tamera gushed on The Real Monday about her new niece (Tia and Cory have
yet to announce their daughter's name). "I'm actually going to see her
again today because I miss her. She is precious, you guys."
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