![]() Mowry was able to offer Talia some insight: “It was the most comforting conversation I have ever had,” Talia says of her pep talk with Mowry. Thankfully, her IRL mom reached out to her TV mom, Mowry, who had similar experiences being biracial and growing up in Hollywood. It should’ve been the happiest day of my life.” “I literally sat in a chair and cried, and I deleted Instagram,” says Talia. The next morning, she posted about the premiere on her social media accounts, but her announcement was met with more negativity. The day Family Reunion debuted on Netflix, Talia stayed up until midnight to binge-watch the entire season. I felt like I was ruining this for everybody.”Īs we know from the wig debacle, the reactions weren't much better after the series aired. “I was genuinely fearful of that fact - that people thought I was white or too light would end up getting the show canceled," Talia recalls. She worried the backlash would result in the show being canceled before it even aired, and it made her feel as though she needed to prove her Blackness. “I have to get it out there that I'm mixed.” She was overcome with anxiety. ![]() “I remember looking at the comments and thinking, Oh, my God! I have to prove to them that I’m mixed. In the show, Jade’s mother, Cocoa (played by Tia Mowry), is both Black and white. In reality, the family that they were referring to is biracial, as is Talia. “‘Why would they cast a white girl as the daughter in a Black family?’ People were going on about how light I was and how I didn’t fit the family.” “I swear, about 70% of the comments were like, ‘I can’t believe they cast a white woman as the teenage daughter,’” Talia says. ![]()
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