Tia Mowry still seems blissfully in love with her younger boyfriend Javoné Williams.
The “Family Reunion” actress and educator have been dating for months. Mowry, 48, has already introduced Williams, 35, to her family, though it’s unclear whether her children have met him.
The couple often shares their feelings through Instagram photos of their adventures and special moments.
However, Mowry’s recent tribute post to Williams has fans comparing her new relationship with her 14-year marriage to Cory Hardrict..
A close friend of Mowry’s dropped a hint in the comments of the Sept. 26 post.
The social media post featured 17 slides with photos of the couple. Mowry also added eight words and definitions to describe her partner.
She used the words lovable, kind, thoughtful, steady, safe, devoted, partner, and honorable, placing one word on each slide. She alternated text slides with photos of the couple.
“Happy birthday, my love,” she wrote in the caption.
“It’s the little things for me. The way you show up, make me laugh, and make it so easy to be myself around you,” she wrote in her post.
“I could have made a whole dictionary of things I love about you, but I’ll start here. I’m so grateful I get to do life with you,” she said, concluding the caption.
“Happy birthday to the incredible man who showed my sis that it’s safe to be loved exactly as she is. So happy for you both. You deserve this so much.”
Fans rejoiced with her in the comments. One fan celebrating the couple wrote, “Happy birthday to the man that is making you happy and glow.”
But Mowry’s friend Vex King offered another glimpse into what she may have missed in her past.
King wrote, “Happy birthday to the incredible man who showed my sis that it’s safe to be loved exactly as she is So happy for you both. You deserve this so much.”
Mowry also emphasized feeling safe being herself in her caption. She also briefly discussed it in a confessional for her reality series, “Tia Mowry: My Next Act” following her divorce.
“I feel that right now, yes, I’m vulnerable in my life,” she told friend Natasha Marc. “But it’s the first time where I am actually realizing that I have a choice.”
“I have a choice to speak my mind. I have a choice to be me. I have a choice to be happy,” she continued.
When Mowry filed for divorce in 2022, she told “Hoda & Jenna” that she wanted to focus on finding her happiness. She said women tend to make sure everybody else is good first.
“But at the end of the day, it’s about self-love. When you start to really work on yourself, love yourself, know your value and know your worth, then all of a sudden, there’s this awakening.”
Hollywood Unlocked reposted Mowry’s birthday post to her boyfriend and one person commented, “Wait until Corey shows his new life.”
Unlike his ex-wife, Hardrict doesn’t seem ready to date again.
Though he told Touré in an interview last year that he occasionally mingles, he made dating a low priority.
He said, “I believe dating is something that I would be open for. It just got to feel like I’m not chasing it, it’s kind of coming to me. And right now, it’s like I’m still trying to figure out who I am right now.”
Mowry and Hardrict share two children, Cree Hardrict, 15, and Cairo Hardrict, 8.
Less than two months after Mowry revealed that she was dating Williams. People reported that the “Twitches” star and her ex-husband reached a new custody agreement.
They agreed to only go to each other’s house when invited by the other parent. Mowry also agreed to let Hardrict visit the children during her parenting time. The exception is that time is spent “with both children.” Their divorce was finalized in April 2023.
