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Twin sisters Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry-Housley became one of pop culture’s most beloved duos after starring in the sitcom “Sister, Sister” in the mid-1990s, but Mowry says their relationship has changed over the years.
In a clip from her upcoming WEtv show “My Next Act,” which follows Mowry as a newly single mother following her divorce from Corey Hardikt, she reflected on the current state of her relationship with her sister.
“At times like these, I wish that me and my sister were still close and I could pick up the phone and reach out to her,” she said in the video, “but right now, that’s not the case.”
They’re not the only sisters who’ve made the transition from dynamic duo to dynamic one-man act, but here are some of the most notable.
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele starred in the Comedy Central sketch comedy show Key & Peele from 2012 to 2015 and are widely known as one of TV’s funniest duos.
While the pair remained on good terms, going their separate ways — Key primarily in front of the camera and Peele as an acclaimed director — they’ve since built successful careers, but these days they “don’t see each other much anymore,” Key told People magazine. Interview “It’s a tragedy for me,” he added.
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie became tabloid targets in the early 2000s due to their hit reality TV show, The Simple Life. The famous best friends had a well-publicized feud over the show’s four season run, and ultimately built a friendship that, on the surface, seemed to go through many stages.
Though Richie told Watch What Happens Live in 2018 that she hadn’t spoken to Hilton “in a while,” the pair have remained supportive as mothers and entrepreneurs, and it was recently announced that the pair will be teaming up again for an upcoming Peacock show.
Liam and Noel Gallagher
Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, from ’90s Britpop band Oasis, have famously traded public abuse since the band’s split in 2009, with Noel issuing a statement at the time saying he “cannot continue working with Liam a day again”.
But things – and people – change. The Gallaghers announced last month they would reunite for next year’s Oasis tour. They appear to have put their differences behind them and are no longer looking back with anger.
Jack and Meg White, former members of rock duo The White Stripes, rose to fame as a rock band in the late 1990s and got married at the height of their success.
The two were married from 1996 to 2000 but never spoke publicly about it. After their divorce, they continued to work together as a band until they broke up in 2011.
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from “MythBusters”
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman co-hosted the Discovery Channel original show Mythbusters when it debuted in 2003, garnering a cult following among the show’s devoted viewers. In a 2014 interview, after much discussion about their rumored volatile relationship off-screen, Savage clarified that the two were “not friends” but shared a “deep respect” for one another.
After 14 years, the show came to an end in 2016. A year later, Jon Lang and Brian Louden were named hosts of the new series, MythBusters: The Search. Savage returned to the series in 2019 as host of a solo season of MythBusters Jr.
Hall & Oates
Famed pop-rock duo Daryl Hall and John Oates once sang about making their dreams come true. Now the former band members are in the middle of a legal battle over ownership of the music portfolio they built after decades as the rock duo of the same name. Hall, who was filing a lawsuit against Oates in 2023, said in a May interview with Variety that Hall & Oates were officially broken up.
Desus & Mello
Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, the creative duo behind Showtime’s late-night series “Desus & Mero,” announced on X in 2022 that the show will end as the duo plans to pursue “separate creative endeavors going forward.” The show premiered in 2019 and marked Nice and Mero’s third collaboration together, following previous stints on shows for Complex TV and Viceland.
Melo said in February on the podcast “7PM in Brooklyn,” which he co-hosts with former NBA star Carmelo Anthony, that he and Nice had clashed over creative opportunities, which ultimately led to their breakup, adding that the two hadn’t spoken at the time.
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were members of the 1970s British rock band Led Zeppelin, two of the most influential musicians of their time. Zeppelin originally consisted of Page, Plant, drummer John Bonham, and bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones. After Bonham’s death, the band broke up in 1980, and Page and Plant each went on to have successful solo careers.
A Led Zeppelin reunion has been rumored for decades, but Page told The New York Times in 2014 that while the other surviving members were open to a reunion, Plant was not. “He’s just playing games, and I’m sick of it,” Page said.
Simon & Garfunkel
There’s no real Bridge Over Troubled Water difference between Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel of the 1960s musical group Simon & Garfunkel.
The musical duo met in Queens in the 1950s and grew up together, releasing several best-selling albums and winning nine Grammy Awards. They broke up in 1970 after experiencing artistic differences and have not made any new music since, but have reunited onstage a number of times, including for various stage performances in 2010.