Tia and Tamera Mowry Detail Reasons for Ending Reality Show
Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Tamera Mowry-Housley are detailing their reasoning for no longer participating in the reality television show business.
The 35-year-old twin actresses starred in the Style Network television series for before the network was dismantled last year. While some of the network's shows were moved to other channels, the Mowry twins recently revealed that the series about their sisterhood, families and careers would not return for a fourth season.
While their initial decision came in the form of a tweet, the twins detailed why they decided to walk away from their popular show in a recent Essence magazine report.
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"It was talked about for a while. Could we pitch the show to other networks? That was when my sister and I decided to draw the line and say 'We're done,'" Tia explained. "We did three amazing years. Having a camera in your home 12 months out of the year for eight hours or 12 hours a day is a lot of work. But we're moving on to other things."
Tamera followed her sister's sentiments.
"I came to a point where I thought the universe was giving my sister and I the chance to say if we wanted to move on or not. I had time to really reflect," Tamera told Essence. "I thought; I had cameras when I was engaged, I had cameras when I was pregnant and then I had cameras around when I had my son. I just wanted personal private time with my family."
Tamera spoke about the importance of balancing things in her life.
"I think that you should have balance in your life. That was something that I particularly needed," she revealed. "I wanted to protect that side of my life. I didn't want [my son] on camera all the time."
While Mowry-Housely will return to "The Real" talk show as a co-host on the panel of five women, Mowry-Hardrict is producing and acting in the Nickelodeon show, "Instant Mom." The latter previously spoke about overcoming scrutiny she may receive from their reality television series.
Although Mowry-Hardrict has allowed fans to view her life, she insists every aspect of it is not showcased in an hour long reality television show.
"But when you do a reality show, such as 'Tia & Tamera,' I think though it is a reality show, it's still television. It's still a show," she told Rolling Out. "I am allowing cameras to come in and see my life, but it's just a window of my life. It's not my life."
