This Sitcom Star Was Introduced to This Man by a Professor - She Was Virgin until 29 & Kept Celibate before Wedding

This sitcom star had an unusual courtship with her husband, and even though they looked like the perfect couple, there were challenges. They broke apart once before they gave their relationship another chance. Years later, the couple opened up about their issues.

This sitcom star started her career as a child star, along with her twin sister. After growing up in the entertainment industry, she grew up to be a woman set in her values. So the way she navigated her relationship was very much based on staying true to her beliefs.

The actress met her husband while they were both students. They were brought together by one of her professors, but was already not interested in pursuing a relationship. But for the sake of not being rude, she gave her professor her email address while she was already prepared to let the guy down easily.

However, the situation did not pan out the way she had anticipated. It became evident that the two of them had a strong connection and wanted to be together. The upward trajectory of their relationship was surprising because the actress had decided to stay celibate until marriage.

However, the connection between her and the man only got stronger and ended with them walking down the aisle. Despite this, they faced a few challenges in their relationship, and at some point, they were separated for some time. The couple weathered the storms and were finally able to share more private details during this turbulent time in their union. Here's a look into their love story.

For a more detailed look into their love story, the actress was a student at Pepperdine University, the same one her husband graduated from a couple of years before. He had a good relationship with his Economics professor, Dr. Robert Sexton and while he visited him one day, the professor teased him about who he was seeing. But the man revealed that he was single so Sexton decided to play matchmaker.

The match-making happened after the husband noticed the actress' photo on the wall, along with her twin sister. Fortunately for him, the twin he was interested in was the single one. Later on, Sexton reached out to the twin, telling her a guy was interested in her but a relationship was the last thing on her mind. Instead, she was focused on her career but settled on giving the professor her email.

That way, she could let him down easily. She met the message with her defenses up, but when the email came in with the opening line, "I don't usually do this," she found herself replying. Years later, while they spoke about it in an interview, she called it a "smart move" because she had not been expecting something so genuine.

The husband also admitted during the discussion that it had been his first time emailing a woman to get her attention for romantic purposes. He had no idea she was a famous figure when he met her until he looked her up.

When the two finally met, he was so nervous he spilled water. But the mishap did not change anything, as she already felt like they knew each other from the many emails they had been exchanging. Their romance blossomed despite the actress' choice to stay celibate until marriage. She had her first physical intimate moment at 29 but reportedly felt too much guilt and decided to wait till marriage.

An Interlude

The couple in question is Tamera Mowry and her husband Adam Housley. As things got more serious between the former "The Real" host and her husband, they decided to stop dating for a bout year, because they wanted to know if their relationship was part of God's plan. "if we are meant to be together, we said, ‘it’s got to be God’s way and not our way.’ We didn’t want to half-step anything [or have clouded judgment]" Tamera explained.

Something beyond them kept pulling them back together, but they agreed the right thing to do by God was to remain celibate until they were wedded. To keep that up, they both had to live in different houses, and Tamera thinks surrounding herself with like-minded women and friends is of great help in maintaining her celibacy.

Her twin sister Tia was one of those women. Some years ago, when Larry King asked her about what she thought about her sister's decision to be celibate, Tia revealed that she had lost hers earlier at 25.

Of course, this was because she had found her soulmate in Cory Hardrict. Like Tamera, she had also decided to abstain from sex, but her decision had less to do with her religious faith and more to do with her need to know if her husband really cared about her.

She knew Cory was the one for her when he asked permission to even kiss her; his honorable personality and faithfulness to God were two other things that convinced her.

Meanwhile, Tamera praised her husband for understanding her need to stay faithful to the covenant she made with her God, and it reassured her that he was really the one. Eventually, after six years of dating, Adam decided he was ready to make Tamera his wife. He popped the question while they were out for dinner in Venice, Italy.

She would later admit that she knew that something had been up because on the day before he proposed, Tamera says he was quieter, as opposed to his usual chatty self. Of course, she said yes, and the two went on to plan a three-day-long marriage ceremony that saw about 360 guests in attendance, all of whom were handpicked by the couple.

Regardless of their, lack of physical intimacy in her younger years, the actress was not completely clueless about that aspect. She did the homework of learning and experimenting on her own which helped her build enough knowledge to skip the awkward learning curve associated with virgins. When she spoke about it, she said, "So as you know, I've waited a really long time to have sex. But the thing is, I knew what I liked and what I wanted..."

The talk show host also admitted in a past interview that her husband loved that about her and that it gave their sex life a major boost — all she had to do was ask.

They wanted the marriage to be a smooth blend of love, happiness, and general good vibes, and they were able to pull it off. There were a lot of pictures, many wardrobe changes, and enough drinking to make some people retch but all in all, it was a dreamy occasion.

Left to their machinations, Tamera and Adam could have remained happy, untouched in their romantic bubble. That was too much to ask for because soon after their marriage, they started receiving backlash from netizens who denounced their interracial marriage.

It was a painful period for Tamera, who struggled to understand why people chose to look beyond the love they had for each other just to spew hatred and toxicity. She once tearfully admitted, "I've never experienced so much hate ever in my life"

She was called many names that broke her heart, and it did get to her for a while. However, she recovered after some time because she had a good support system, and her mother had already warned her about it happening.

Tamera had countered her back when they spoke about it, saying nobody would care, but she later realized just how entrenched racism still is in society. As far as the interracial dynamic between herself and Adam is concerned, Tamera really struck gold with him. His openness to unlearning toxic habits was refreshing for her, and even her family sang his praises after they met him.

Tamera and Adam have been married for more than a decade now, and their love has not waned. Indeed, it only seems to be waxing stronger, and Tamera has even admitted in the past that she loves him now more than ever.

The pair have two kids. The first was a boy born in November 2012 and named Aden John Tanner, while the second was female, and they called her Ariah Talea. She was born in July 2015.

Towards the end of 2020, Tamera left her role as one of the co-hosts on "The Real" and has since distanced herself — not by a lot, of course — from Hollywood and its drama.

She now enjoys life with her husband in their home in Napa while she pursues her passion for casting and producing. It's not bustling city life, and their distance from the chaos of their famous lives has helped their kids have a sense of normalcy.

She hopes to have made more headway in her career as a producer and mother in the future. No doubt she'll have her way — the Mowrys always do.