TIA Mowry has bagged herself a talented new boyfriend more than ten years her junior – after finalizing her divorce from Cory Hardrict, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal.
Tia, 47, is dating artist and teacher Javon’e Armada, 35, who was seen kissing the actress during an outing in Los Angeles this month.
Fans flooded social media with praise for the star after she stepped out with her mystery man, with many also marveling that she seems to be “aging backwards.”
Tia’s new love is originally from East Cleveland, Ohio but now lives in the NoHo Arts District in Los Angeles where he works as a teacher and runs Daliboy Creative Studios.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Toledo, Ohio, and a Master’s in Fashion, Design, and Luxury Management from Grenoble, France.
Facebook posts show he was a young father and has two children, a son and a daughter, as he appears to be a doting single dad.
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Alongside cute pics, he shared, “They say a man’s life changes when he has a daughter.
“My motivation has increased and my ambition to create has pushed me above and beyond.
“I love you baby I want to keep that smile as big as possible.”
In a post from 2015, he also wrote, “I used to question why I was given a son at 19… It all makes sense now.. I needed this kid today, I needed to share my life and expand my world with someone, someone who loves me in my purest form naturally.
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“Until I had a kid I haven’t experienced that type of love, I needed that at 19, I need it now at 24, & I got it forever and ever. #ProudFather #ThankYouSon.”
His ex is also from East Cleveland but now lives in Los Angeles with their children and they appear to co-parent well.
Javon’e’s LinkedIn says he also works as a Science Lab Co-Teacher at Campbell Hall in Studio City, Los Angeles, and has also held roles in marketing in the past.
He is also the founder of the Campbell Hall Youth Visual Arts Residency, and explained in an online bio that he aims to bridge art and science through illustration and design.
Javon’e is “continuing his mission to make art a sport for students who aspire to create but lack access, proving that creativity is both practiced and lived,” the bio adds.
He also had his artwork featured in The Collective Memory Installation, a digital exhibition presented by the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture.
Tia has plenty in common with her new love with the U.S. Sun spotting her at the annual Frieze Los Angeles Art Fair in Santa Monica, California, in recent years.
The actress and her ex Cory, a Hollywood actor, have two children together: son Cree, 14, and daughter Cairo, seven.
She filed for divorce in 2022 citing “irreconcilable differences” and fans followed her journey on her reality TV show, Tia Mowry: My Next Act.
Cory appeared in Never Been Kissed with Drew Barrymore in 1999 and has had a number of other film and TV roles, starring in everything from ER to Gran Torino.
Although she didn’t reveal details of her relationship status, she told PEOPLE this month that she manifested her new man.
“I will say that I’ve been in a place of solitude for a very long time,” she said at an event in Beverly Hills. “And there, I was really able to learn who I am, what it was that I wanted, and what it was that I needed. And I manifested this. I really did.”
She explained she stopped talking poorly about dating and began to visualize herself in a relationship again.
Tia gushed that she is “very happy” but declined to reveal who she was dating.
“I’m a mom,” she added. “Not that going out and dating and not being intentional is the wrong thing, but I have a lot of responsibilities and taking care of my children, being the best mom and parent to them is my priority. So if this happens to happen, then it happens. But yeah, I’m very much at peace.”
Tia found fame in the 1990s sitcom Sister Sister alongside her twin, Tamera.
Their relationship has had its ups and downs and they have addressed rumors of a feud.
On her reality series, Tia admitted she wished she and Tamera “were still close” and that she “could pick up the phone and call her.”
In December, she then shut down rumors they no longer talk, telling PEOPLE, “My sister and I, we’ve made a pact with each other that we’ll reach out once per week, and that’s on Sundays.”