Lil Rel Howery speaks on a moment he shared with fellow actor, Cory Hardrict amid his divorce with Tia Mowry.
While speaking on the Black Love Summit panel with Hardrict, the comedian said that the of them became close and talked about the emotional conversation that they about fatherhood and life while at a sports bar.
“I knew you were going through some things. I just wanted to reach out to another dad, another brother, and we just talked,” he said of the conversation with Hardrict. “We met at one of the little sports bars I like to go to. We just sat there, and we just talked.”
Lil Rel continued as he explained how he admires the way Hardrict loves his children. “No matter what us adults are going through, we’ve got to consider how they’re seeing it. I just thought it was beautiful, just with Black men [talking about their children]. We’re in a sports bar having an emotional conversation. Trying to watch the Lakers, tears coming out of [our eyes]. We are dads.”
The “Divorce in the Black” actor added, “It was just me and you. If somebody walked by that window, they’d [be like], ‘What’s going on in here?’ [But it was] just us.” Tia Mowry filed for divorce from Cory Hardrict in October 2022. Their divorce would be finalized in April 2023.