Tia Shares Why She & Cory Divorced

Tia and Cory wed in 2008 and welcomed two children together: son Cree in 2011 and daughter Cairo in 2018.

But in 2022, the couple split. While Tia cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their breakup in her divorce filing, she later offered insight into when she knew her marriage to Cory was over.

“I knew when I really started to focus on my happiness,” the Sister, Sister alum said on a November 2022 episode of Today. “I feel like women, we tend to focus on everybody else’s happiness, making sure that everybody else is OK—meaning our children, our friends, our family. But at the end of the day, it’s about self-love. And when you start to really work on yourself, love yourself, know your value, know your worth, then all of a sudden there’s this awakening. And it’s not easy. It’s a hard journey. But at the end of the day, I feel like it is so, so worth it.”

After being honest with herself about the dissolution of her marriage, Tia wanted to be upfront with the public, too.

“I got tired of not being authentic and living in my truth,” she added in Tia Mowry: My Next Act. “I got tired of showing up at events and people thinking everything was perfect when it wasn’t.”