Tia & Tamera REVEAL Why They Quit Reality TV + Tika Sumpter On Dating Multiple Men…And Black Women Playing Mistresses On TV

Tia and Tamera Mowry discussed why they won’t be returning to reality tv and their sibling rivalry in a new interview.  Also, Tika Sumpter dished on her relationship with Oprah during her interview with Wendy Williams.  More inside….

During an interview with ESSENCE, Tia and Tamera Mowry revealed why fans won’t ever see them on reality tv again and how the pressures from the outside have often pitted them against one another.   Here are the highlights:

ESSENCE.com: A couple weeks ago, you announced plans to quit your reality show. What led you to that decision?

TIA MOWRY: What a lot of people don’t know is that it was almost 50/50. The Style Network turned into Esquire. That left my sister and I with the question, should we continue the show? 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!’ 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 MOWRY: 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. 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. I think that you should have balance in your life. That was something that I particularly needed. I wanted to protect that side of my life. I didn’t want [my son] on camera all the time.

ESSENCE.com: The media likes to put you in competition with each other? Is any of that true in real life?

TIA: What’s unfortunate is the people outside of us put more competition on us than we do ourselves. You’ll see it in tweets, which I think is ridiculous. I’m also a realist. I think ever since we were little there’s been this healthy competition. If I see my sister doing something or vice versa it’s like ‘Oh ok, I can do that too.’ If I see her succeeding at it, it’s encouraging. One thing that I love about my mom is that she set up a really good foundation. When we would go out for the same parts, she would always say at least one of the Mowrys got it. If one of the Mowrys got it then we’re still winning.

TAMERA: I truly believe that. In Hollywood we actually help each other. When one of us is working, we keep the other one relevant because we look alike. If anything, I look at it from the mindset that we’re only helping each other. It was always people outside our family that compared and speculated jealousy or competition.

Read the full interview here.

Meanwhile:

Ride Along star Tika Sumpter appeared on today’s episode of WENDY where she dished on playing the bad girl of "The Haves And Haves Not" and owned up to dating multiple guys (until she meets Mr. Right).  She responded to critics who say too many black women on tv are playing mistresses.    And she told Wendy that "Godmommy" Oprah called her and talked her into accepting the role on Tyler Perry’s hit-scripted series.

Enjoy.  She’s one of our fave fab chicks for a reason… 

Photos via Brandon Hickman/The Style Network

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