Tamera Mowry Opened Up About What It's Really Like In An Interracial Relationship

From Oprah Magazine

• On a recent episode of The Real, Tamera Mowry-Housley opened up to her fellow co-hosts about how she and her husband Adam Housley make their interracial relationship work.

• The Housleys, who will be celebrating their nine-year wedding anniversary in May, have two children, Aden John, 7, and Ariah Talea, 4.

What does it take to make an interracial relationship work? According to The Real's Tamera Mowry-Housley, being "open to learning" is key.

While much of the world works from home, including the crew from The Real, the show has been airing pre-recorded episodes. One topic this week included being in a relationship with someone who isn't "woke." One of the co-hosts, Adrienne Houghton posed the question: "Now what if the person wants to learn? How do you teach them?"

From her perspective of being in an interracial relationship with husband Adam Housley, who is white, Mowry-Housley replied: "I'm okay with that, I'm ok, as long as they're open." She went on to describe how she first learned her partner Housley was open-minded.

"I remember my sister's wedding," the 41-year-old co-host recalled about her twin sister, Tia. "And I remember just watching Adam to make sure...that he could feel comfortable. And man, when I say my family after they met him, they came over to me and they were like, 'Yes, we love Adam! He feels comfortable with us.' It feels really, really good."

But it hasn't always been the smoothest of rides, as Mowry-Housley recounted a hilarious story of an incident from back when the couple was just getting to know each other.

"There was the time I remember when we started dating. I had a weft in my hair," the daytime talk show co-host explained. "If you don't know what that means, that is like tracks [for a weave]."

Mowry-Housley continued: "And you know, when you’re like making out, and you’re really, really into it. I remember at one point, he was so sweet, he just stopped. He didn’t say anything because I don’t think he wanted to hurt my feelings. He just didn’t understand. I said, ‘Oh baby, that’s okay. That’s a weft, that's a weft. Just keep on going.'"

May of 2020 will mark the couple's nine-year wedding anniversary, and through their journey together Mowry-Housley, appreciates that her husband is "always open to learning"—and that she is as well.

"On his side, I learned about wine…you know, the wine culture," Mowry-Housley said, laughing alongside the audience and her fellow co-hosts. Given where Adam Housley, a former pro baseball player turned news correspondent, was actually born—Napa, California—we can imagine how wine is a topic he and his family take seriously. The Housley couple even owns their own winery and a family business that makes a range of cooking products.

Watch the full video of the sweet story below:

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