Behind the Scenes: Tia Mowry’s Full House Babysitting Surprise
Here’s the lowdown on a ’90s sitcom secret that only an award-winning journalist could whip into focus: Tia Mowry once exchanged her Sister, Sister scripts to watch over Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen on the Full House set. In a June 23 Instagram revelation corroborated by E! Online and Tia’s own social feed, the 46-year-old actress dished that she and twin sister Tamera—tagging along with brother Tahj Mowry, who then played Teddy, Michelle Tanner’s pal—would pinch-hit as babysitters between takes. Picture two sets of twins, seven years apart, bonding over juice boxes while the crew reset cameras. “Everyone thought it was the cutest thing,” Tia wrote, capturing the unexpected crossover of Full House and the soon-to-be fashion-empire moguls.
But the babysitting gig was just the overture to Tia’s television origin story. From near-misses to network hesitation, Sister, Sister’s initial fall pilot rejection turned into a midseason grab that barely lasted one cycle—until Warner Bros. swooped in with a 100-episode promise. As the star confessed on her We TV series Tia Mowry: My Next Act and in interviews on Today, every setback in those early auditions taught her resilience, faith, and how to navigate Hollywood’s roller coaster.
Off-screen, Tia’s life unfolded with equal drama and candor. Married in 2008 to actor Cory Hardrict—“my first everything,” she revealed on air—she welcomed son Cree (13) and daughter Cairo (6). Yet by 2022, the couple cited irreconcilable differences, a split Tia attributes to a hard-won journey toward self-love. “I got tired of living a half-truth,” she shared on camera, underscoring a theme that threads from sitcom stints to personal reinvention.
What’s next for this TV veteran? As she continues to balance motherhood, memoir-style candidness, and new projects, Tia’s flashbacks to playing big sister to Hollywood’s tiniest stars remind us that sometimes the smallest roles shape the biggest careers. Now that you’ve peeked behind the curtain, keep your eyes peeled for her next move—because if babysitting Olsen twins was only the beginning, there’s plenty more episodes left in Tia Mowry’s story. And that’s the scoop. Work it into your journalistic scrapbook as you will.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! Online, Tia Mowry’s Instagram, We TV series “Tia Mowry: My Next Act”
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