Tia Mowry is learning to love her new normal since her split from ex-husband Cory Hardrict after nearly 20 years together. The actress chatted with ET's Deidre Behar at Sunday's 2024 BET Awards, where she gushed over life at home with her two children, 13-year-old son Cree and 6-year-old daughter Cairo, whom she shares with her ex. While the 45-year-old walked the red carpet solo, Hardrict walked with their teen son , which Mowry revealed was the latter's birthday request.
"His birthday was June 28th and the one thing that he wanted for his birthday was to come to the BET Awards," the mom of two explained. "At first, he wasn't allowed to, but we were able to pull some strings. Anything to make my son happy! I feel like it's not new to him anymore, being on the red carpet, he's like used to it, you know?" Mowry has made a name for herself on social media by sharing regular bits in which she enlists her children to participate -- usually to their onscreen reluctance.
"Whatever you see on camera is real, like my son actually thinks that he's my father," Mowry quipped about Cree's frequent appearances in her videos. "But I see it as like he's my protector, you know? And he just has, even though sometimes he doesn't want to do it, he has a lot of fun doing it." Video For Cree, his dreams have taken a pivot.
Though he's a fixture in his mom's TikTok videos -- he's not thinking of following in his parents' footsteps. "I want to be a professional basketball player when I grow up," he.
