His Face Is Giving ‘I’m Doing This for My Wife’: Tia Mowry and Cory Hardrict’s Video Derails When Fans Zoom In on Hardrict’s Face 

Married actors Tia Mowry and Cory Hardrict appeared in a video shared on Mowry’s Instagram page on April 26, and fans had jokes after zooming in on Hardrict’s face in the video.  

Mowry captioned the post, “Mr. Hardrict isn’t always on the gram, but when he shows up, he KILLS IT,” she wrote. “What do you guys think? Want to see more of @coryhardrict?” 

April 26, 2022 — Tia Mowry and Cory Hardrict in a screenshot from a video shared on Instagram (Photo: @tiamowry / Instagram)

Hardrict’s facial expression in the video had fans on Instagram joking that the actor must have been trying to please his wife of 14 years by appearing in the video. The 42-year-old “All American: Homecoming” actor smiled at the beginning of the transform video set to “Mercy” by Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz. Hardrict also shared a kiss with Mowry, but his expression during the remainder of the video had fans rolling.

“His face is giving ‘I’m doing this for my wife’ love it,” said one fan. “He probably said ‘alright are we done?’ Lol.” Another fan joked about husbands being “sick of” wives. “HUBBIES BE SICK OF US [laughing crying emojis].”

“Cory just be there,” agreed another fan. “He’s like my wife made me do it lmao,” joked another. “Love how he doesn’t wanna participate but does it anyways.”  

“He cracks me up,” replied another fan. “You guys are too cute [heart emojis] inspiring couple.”

Mowry and Hardrict recently celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary and 22 years together. The 43-year-old actress shared the couple’s date night pictures on Instagram and praised her husband for still being able to surprise her.

“22 years and it still feels like day one,” she wrote. “@coryhardrict still finds ways to surprise me – like our beautiful dinner last night!”

Hardrict and Mowry have two children: 10-year-old Cree and 3-year-old Cairo.

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