‘What’s Wrong with the Part?’: Tia Mowry’s New Selfie Gets Roasted for Her Terrible Wig

Tia Mowry’s usual captivating selfie to her millions of followers was hindered on Monday by what fans deemed a dreadfully parted wig.

The “Family Reunion” star, whose original motive was to encourage her fans, missed the mark on Nov. 2 after folks started zooming in and noticed the lace riding up. The 42-year-old captioned the image “Hello #monday Let’s get it! No #monday#blues here! 🙌🏽,” and it nevertheless racked up over 109,000 likes in less than 24 hours. Mowry topped it off with a gold necklace and her signature natural makeup look. Many fans couldn’t get over the horrible hairpiece, and one recommended the actress just toss it in the trash.

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“Cute face… just throw lace away it’s coming up 💯.”

“U know I love u sis but this wig is a noooo.”

“Ummm the wig is 😖😖😖.”

“What’s wrong with the part?”

“That wig is a no, I’m sorry.”

Despite the “Tia Mowry’s Quick Fix” creator’s recent wig malfunction, Mowry usually is known to slay her ever-changing looks. Just weeks ago on Oct. 22, the mother of two stunned millions of her fans after she shared a photo of herself wearing a honey-blond bob with blunt bangs. Mowry complemented the hairdo with hoop earrings, a camouflage long-sleeved shirt, and a neutral makeup look with a smoky eye. She captioned the post, “#bangs #blondehair for #fun 🎉.”

In August the former child actress sported a long, brown, wavy installation with a hot pink blazer, a white shirt, gold hoop earrings, and a gold necklace. “Who’s that girl? La la la la la la la! Had to switch it up for a minute. ❤️💕” is what the actress wrote on her Aug. 11 upload that racked up more than 179,000 likes.

Earlier this year, Mowry underwent a drastic change after she decided to chop her luminous curls into a pixie cut. She revealed to Refinery 29 during a phone interview that her cut was to combat all the tragedies that happened in 2020: “If I’m honest with you, 2020 was just starting pretty rough… Between the natural disasters to worrying about viruses, and then the sudden loss of Kobe Bryant… I just wanted to chop my hair off and start over.”

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