
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – OCTOBER 20: Actress Tamera Mowry-Housley (R) and Adam Housley at the Los Angeles Premiere of Focus Features’ LOVING at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on October 20, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
Tamera Mowry-Housley very passionately (and with an interesting accent) defended her husband Adam Housley against claims of racism recently on “The Real.” Now, in an attempt to clear his own name, Adam Housley has come forward to defend himself. In a series of tweets, Housley explained his voting record and even shamed a few of his accusers.
When we wrote about Tamera defending Housley, we shared some of the reasons why people might have perceived him as racist. There was the association with Fox News, the fact that he referenced “both sides,” in a Thanksgiving Instagram post, which reminded some of Trump’s words, and the defensive posture he takes with his critics.
Then, there are also the unproven theories that Housley voted for President Trump in the last election.
But perhaps it would be best for Housley to ignore the critics because every time he defends himself or responds to someone who is convinced that he’s a racist, people become incensed and obsessed with proving their point. One way to do that is digging through old tweets. And that’s exactly what they did with Housley. And of course, they found some things that left folks at least questioning his ideology.
Personally, I don’t know if they point to concrete racism, it just speaks to the type of ignorance and disconnection most White men exhibit throughout their lives, not ever having to deal with the real life consequences and trauma of racism.
But you can judge for yourself. See what he had to say for himself, the tweets people have problems with and the people who’ve questioned him on the following pages.
This is just for clarification so if you see any stupid people spewing lies…per usual…have them refer to this tweet. @TameraMowryTwo and I did not support Trump or Hillary and nowhere has there ever been anything said to prove such.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) September 18, 2018
In California it didn't matter, so no need to choose. Also…at Fox I worked in something called THE NEWS DIVISION. I covered fires…about 50…hurricanes..11…tsunamis 2…War Zones 3…Earthquakes 5….terror attacks& shootings..1 is too many
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) September 18, 2018
No I am not racist, or insensitive, or any other crap you spew. Yes I love people from all walks of life. I love to cook, be with my kids, coach soccer, tell stories, music of all types, people of all types.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) September 18, 2018
By the way…responding to all the crap…just to get it over with and on record.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) September 18, 2018
so now…move on.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) September 18, 2018
Again…feel free to refer to me previous tweets to answer any questions…also feel free to post when any troll or anyone who has never been in the same state as me or my wife decides to spew rumors and crap disguised as fact. geeze
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) September 18, 2018
My daughter is being taught to be a strong woman. One who comes from amazing families with diverse backgrounds. My son is being taught to be a strong man. One who comes from diverse backgrounds and amazing families.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) September 18, 2018
Whats wrong right now in this country is we focus on the image and not the substance. We focus on the fake and not the real. Nobody seems to care about fact and rumors abound. We have become too comfortable.
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) September 18, 2018
Aaaaand my final tweet of the night cause I gotta get the kids up in a bit….watch the ladies on @TheRealDaytime They get up at 4am and bust their butts at work every day. These are 4 strong women who come from all walks of life and are amazing people
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) September 18, 2018
But y’all know how the internet works. It’s essentially an archive for the thoughts and opinions you’ve held over the years. And after this multi-tweet defense, folks were quick to point to several tweets that illustrate a conservative, problematic and ignorant point of view concerning the riots in Ferguson, the death of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman.
3. Remember during the Mike Brown & Freddie Gray protests, all the white supremacists were giving a pass to the state sanctioned unconstitutional racial murders of Black ppl, but had everything to say about the “rioters and looters”? Adam Housley was one of those kind of people pic.twitter.com/KQvppqGXmO
— Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) September 19, 2018
4. Not only did Adam Housley deny that George Zimmerman’s attack on Trayvon Martin was racial (which we now know Zimmerman is a blatant anti Black racist), Housley implied that the REAL racist were the Black ppl who opposed Zimmerman in the aftermath, for “personal gain” pic.twitter.com/ep6CMzpE1E
— Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) September 19, 2018