Tia Mowry Shuts Down Rumors of 'Rift' with Sister Tamera: 'That Was Not the Case'

Tia Mowry is clearing the air on her relationship with sister Tamera Mowry-Housley.

The Sister, Sister star, 47, addressed rumors that she had a feud with sister Tamera, 47, in an interview with Entertainment Tonight and explained where their sisterhood stood today.

“Everybody thought that there was this huge rift or distance,” Tia told the outlet. "And that was not the case.”

“The world, they’re so used to seeing all of us together, but at the end of the day, we all grow up,” she explained. “We all have our own families. Yes, there’s distance, because we all are doing our own thing, but when something is important to you, or when it is a priority, you will make time for it.”

The Mistle-Tones star lives in Los Angeles with her son Cree, 14, whom she shares with her ex-husband Cory Hardrict, while Tamera lives with her husband Adam Housley and their kids, son Aden, 13, and daughter Ariah, 10, in Napa Valley, Calif.

Tia noted that their sisterly bond is one of the things that is important to both of them and something that they continue to work at, saying, “My sister and I, we’ve made a pact with each other that we’ll reach out once per week, and that’s on Sundays.”

“So as long as we make time for each other, that’s all that matters,” she added.

In November, the sister-duo teamed up for a partnership with HomeGoods and told PEOPLE that it was like a “puzzle” trying to lock in holiday plans with everyone, including their two younger brothers, Tahj and Tavior. However, the pair said that they always find a way to make it work. 

“It's hard with our busy schedules and our different lives to do both Thanksgiving and Christmas,” Tamera said at the time. “So, if we don't do Christmas, we'll do Thanksgiving. If we don't do Thanksgiving, we do Christmas.”

Last year, Tia gave some insight into her relationship with her sister Tamera. On her reality series, Tia Mowry: My Next Act, she shared that she wished she and Tamera "were still close" and that she "could pick up the phone and call her."

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She later clarified her comments in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, saying that her initial comments were referring to "access."

"She is a mother. Her children need her. She is also a wife. Her husband needs her," Tia said. "So she's just not as accessible as the way it used to be. So I'm comparing it to what it used to be. But I literally just talked to her yesterday."

"Everything is good," she added. "I'm gonna say what my cousin says, all is well. Period."