Tamera Mowry is breaking her silence about her younger brother, Tahj Mowry, who has become the internet’s latest obsession. In a new interview, the “Real” alum spoke candidly about her brother’s physique, which has gotten many folks on social media riled up, as they’ve flooded his Instagram with thirsty comments in hopes of getting his attention.
Tamera Mowry Shares Her Thoughts On Social Media Users Lusting Over Her Younger Brother
Tamera, 47, spoke with Entertainment Tonight about her younger brother, 39, and how his looks have broken the internet.
“That’s weird,” Tamera, mother of two, said, adding that it’s hard for her to digest what’s been happening because Tahj is her family. “That’s my baby brother,” she said. “I changed his diapers.”
Despite social media lusting over Tahj, who rose to fame in the Disney series “Smart Guy,” Tamera said that she wasn’t surprised by the reaction.
“I saw him when he made up his mind, and he was like, ‘You know what, I want to start working out, I want to start eating healthy,'” she said. “And it inspired me.”
Tahj Mowry Has Broken The Internet With His Thirst Trap Pictures
Clearly, Tahj has been in the gym, as he’s showcased his rock-solid body and bulging muscles on Instagram over the last five months.
Most recently, Tahj shared a few snaps of himself posing in a skin-tight compression shirt, which highlighted his chest, shoulders, and biceps.
“Water break,” he captioned the carousel of photos. The reaction to his set of pictures was so intense that Tahj turned off the comments on the post.
However, Page Six captured the reaction beforehand and reported that everybody was talking, including Keke Palmer.
“U got everybody thirsty in the comments. How does it feel,” the “True Jackson, VP” alum reportedly wrote.
Other comments included, “I now identify as water,” and another said, “Not a snack, but a whole buffet. Tahj, you are FINE.”
Tahj Opened His Comments Back Up And Gave Fans A Direct Order
After that post blew up, Tahj continued posting pictures on Instagram with his comments turned off.
A week ago, though, the actor uploaded a new series of pictures showing off his abs and muscular arms, with comments enabled.
However, Tahj told his followers with the photo’s caption to “keep it classy.”
“Y’all behave before we get in trouble again,” someone wrote.
Tahj Mowry Talks Receiving ‘Weird’ Direct Messages From His Followers On Social Media
While Tahj hasn’t spoken out about the recent attention he’s been receiving online, he did reveal in a previous interview that he’s received strange direct messages (DMs) from social media users.
“I get a lot of weird ones. Obviously, some of them I can’t repeat. I guess the weirdest ones that blow my mind…one of them is like the foot fetish, you know,” he told Glamour in 2021, explaining that a previous post opened the “floodgate of this whole new group of people.”
“You have no idea, and I’ve never even thought…. This just started happening recently. I posted, I think it was last year, a picture and my feet were barely visible,” he said.
While the attention might’ve been a bit unsettling, Tahj admitted that it “did make me feel good” in the moment.
“I’m not going to lie. I was kind of feeling myself for a little bit. Like, yeah, I do think I have nice feet. I had never experienced that level of the foot fetish community before,” he said, revealing that his post even made it to a popular celebrity foot account. “I was like, ‘Yo, I think I made it now.'”
Tahj Almost Returned To The ‘Fuller House’ Reboot, But This Stopped Him
In addition to appearing in “Smart Guy” and “Kim Possible,” Tahj also had a role in the classic “Full House.” When the show was rebooted as “Fuller House” on Netflix years later, Tahj said he almost revived his role.
However, because his character was closely tied to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s character, Michelle, producers said his appearance wouldn’t have made sense.
“I think when reboots happen, the organic-ness of it…you want to make it the most organic as possible and it wasn’t something that I wanted to force just for the sake of doing it,” Tahj told Hollywood Life. “I enjoyed watching it from afar and the fact that people were missing Teddy made me feel good as well. It wouldn’t have worked as well as it could if the twins were on the show.”