Tamera Mowry-Housley Opens Up About Niece Who Died In Thousand Oaks Shooting: 'I Learned That Day How Much Love Can Hurt'
05.10.2022 - 00:11
/ perezhilton.com
Tamera Mowry-Housley is opening up about the loss of her late niece Alaina Housley.
In November 2018, the 18-year-old was killed in a shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California. You may remember news of the horrific incident when a gunman wearing all black sprayed bullets into a crowd of hundreds of people, most of whom were students attending the bar’s college night. The shooting took the lives of 13 people, including Tamera’s niece.
In her memoir You Should Sit Down For This, which comes out on Tuesday, the Sister, Sister actress talks about the day she lost the girl whom she often referred to as her “favorite Housley”. In an excerpt from the book via People on Monday, she details the moments leading up to the tragic incident, recalling painfully:
Heartbreaking. The anxiety the family must’ve felt in the moment is unimaginable…
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The 44-year-old continued and spoke about how her niece “captured” her heart before she even met now-hubby Adam Housley in person:
Aww. So, so sweet…
The Real star went on, once again saying Alaina was her “favorite Housley” — even over her husband:
The Twitches alum writes about how the then-18-year-old had a passion for acting and how she “stepped into the family tradition” by studying at Pepperdine University. The actress details how Alaina wanted her to come see her performances in stage plays, but she had missed them all due to being out of town. Sadly, she writes, she never knew she wouldn’t ever get another chance to see her niece perform onstage:
Tamera was going to see Alaina the very next week. Just heartbreaking…
The TV personality expressed her feelings on the situation to readers, speaking about