EXCLUSIVE: 'She isn't keeping it REAL!' Adrienne Bailon and Jeannie Mai are at war with Tamera Mowry-Housley after she 'refused to help The Real co-hosts get raises and fess up to her conservative views on air'
The onscreen friendship among the hosts of Warner Bros' The Real may not be as 'real' as it seems, DailyMail.com has learned.
An insider at the daytime talk show has revealed tensions have flared among Tamera Mowry-Housley, Adrienne Bailon, Jeannie Mai, and Loni Love over the Sister, Sister star's high-paying salary.
Mowry-Housley, 40, is reported to be raking in the most cash on the show with Loni being the second-best paid, while Adrienne and Jeannie are only being paid a third of the other women's salaries.
But Battle lines were drawn earlier this year when Mowry-Housley and Loni refused to help Adrienne and Jeannie get a raise, leading to threats of a staged walkout, a source close to the show told DailyMail.com.
Further heightening tensions is the belief that Mowry-Housley 'isn't keeping it real' with viewers because she refuses to acknowledge her Republican views and skirts around her support Donald Trump in the 2016 election on air.
Life on set had been going smoothly after producers gave controversial host Tamar Braxton the boot in 2016, but working relationships started to deteriorate in April following the show's Emmy win.
An insider told DailyMail.com: 'Once they won the Emmy, Jeannie and Adrienne started complaining about how they knew they weren't being compensated the same as their fellow co-hosts Loni and Tamera. They were even talking about staging a walk out.
'Initially, they wanted both Tamera and Loni to support them in their quest to get better deals on the show, but when both ladies declined that definitely meant that lines were drawn.'
Jeannie and Adrienne have even started referring to their co-hosts as 'The Have and The Have Nots' - a play off the name of the Tyler Perry TV drama on the OWN Network, the source claims.
'That's the term they'd use to address the pay discrepancy between them.'
A spokesperson for The Real declined to comment.
The backstage tension over salaries is reportedly why Tamera and Jeannie had an uncharacteristically heated blow-up on camera in September during a discussion over the sexuality of Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie.
'That argument had nothing to do with whether two puppets were in a same sex relationship and had everything to do with the drama going on behind the scenes,' the source explained.
Tamera suffered a personal loss when her 18-year-old niece by marriage Alaina Housley was gunned down in the Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, in November. She took two weeks off for bereavement leave.
Real drama: The Real's Tamera Mowry-Housley, 40, is the highest paid of the show's four co-hosts, a source tells DailyMail.com. Loni Love (second from right) has the second highest salary, while Adrienne (far left) and Jeannie Mai (far right) are making significantly less
Further heightening tensions is the feeling Mowry-Housley 'isn't keeping it real' with viewers because she refuses to acknowledge her Republican beliefs and that she and her husband supported Donald Trump in the 2016 election
An insider told DailyMail.com: 'Once they won the Emmy, Jeannie and Adrienne started complaining about how they knew they weren't being compensated the same as their fellow co-hosts Loni and Tamera. They were even talking about staging a walk out'
Jeannie and Adrienne were quick to notice that ratings for the show improved by 13 per cent the week the Sister, Sister star was gone and the show saw its highest growth in more than a year.
The source said: 'Of the four hosts, Tamera has the highest salary. And while she was gone from the show, the ratings jumped.
'Both girls kept saying, "How's she making the most money and the show is doing better without her being here?" That gave them the leverage they needed to justify their ask for more money.'
The three co-hosts were also upset that during Tamera's absence, her husband Adam Housley gave an exclusive interview to CBS News about his niece's death, instead of appearing on his wife's show.
'So while they had to read a text message that Tamera sent them on air, her husband is off talking to news cameras about what went down. He couldn't find the time to come talk to the show that employs his wife?
'Especially since he's out of work and she's the only one working these days. It was a smack in the face of The Real and just added to the tension among the ladies,' the source disclosed.
It doesn't help that Tamera's husband has previously been accused of being racist, forcing Tamera to use her show earlier this season to shoot down the claims.
Blogs had uncovered past controversial social media posts made by Housley, a former Fox News reporter, in which he denied race was the reason George Zimmerman murdered the African-American teenager Trayvon Martin; as well as him condemning protesters in the cities where Mike Brown and Freddie Gray were killed.
Tamera said on The Real: 'There are some people who think that my husband is racist because he worked for a certain channel, I'm gonna look in that camera right there and let everybody know my husband is not a racist.'
Her co-hosts have not commented on the speculation on Housley, however, they apparently do feel she 'isn't keeping it real' with the viewers because she doesn't want to acknowledge her Republican beliefs.
During The Real's 2016 special evening election show, Loni, Adrienne and Jeannie were in utter shock about Trump being elected while Tamera was in the corner cheering off camera.
'There's a reason when the show does do the rare political topic or something regarding the POTUS, she sits in her seat with her lips zipped hoping nobody asks her to chime in,' offered the source.
Tamera's adamant resistance to share her politics is even a topic of contention for Loni, whom she's the closest with.
Loni is regularly complaining to producers that she hates the show topics and feels the conversation is too immature and she is always begging to do more politics and social issues, according to the insider.
'While Loni wants to do more serious topics like The View, the other three co-hosts make snide remarks about her wanting to turn the show into Meet The Press and how they don't want this to be AARP TV,' shared the source.
'Overall, the ladies of The Real don't speak behind the scenes until they hit the stage door to come out. They play girlfriends on TV, but in real life, their relationship is strained to say the least.
'Regardless, it's clear that Jeannie and Adrienne are lobbying for bigger paydays and their co-hosts aren't interested in helping them achieve that.'
The Real has been renewed through 2020 and only time will tell if the current hosts are there for the next year and a half.
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- The Real's Adrienne Bailon and Jeannie Mai are reportedly feuding with Tamera Mowry-Housley - the highest-paid host on the show - over their salaries
- An insider tells DailyMail.com that tensions have flared on set after Tamera and Loni Love refused to support Adrienne and Jeannie's request for a higher salary
- Adrienne and Jeannie allegedly pointed out that ratings for the show improved by 13 per cent while Tamera was on bereavement leave last month
- 'Both girls kept saying, "How's she making the most money and the show is doing better without her being here?"' the source added
- The two lesser-paid women even threatened a walkout in protest of the wage gap and started referring to their co-hosts as 'The Have and The Have Nots'
- Further heightening tension on the talk show is Tamera's refusal to acknowledge her Republican beliefs, clamping up when politics are discussed on the show
- Tamera's co-hosts were also upset her husband talked to CBS News about his niece's death who died in the Borderline shooting, instead of going on their show
- The source said: 'The ladies don't speak behind the scenes. They play girlfriends on TV, but their relationship is strained to say the least'
The onscreen friendship among the hosts of Warner Bros' The Real may not be as 'real' as it seems, DailyMail.com has learned.
An insider at the daytime talk show has revealed tensions have flared among Tamera Mowry-Housley, Adrienne Bailon, Jeannie Mai, and Loni Love over the Sister, Sister star's high-paying salary.
Mowry-Housley, 40, is reported to be raking in the most cash on the show with Loni being the second-best paid, while Adrienne and Jeannie are only being paid a third of the other women's salaries.
But Battle lines were drawn earlier this year when Mowry-Housley and Loni refused to help Adrienne and Jeannie get a raise, leading to threats of a staged walkout, a source close to the show told DailyMail.com.
Further heightening tensions is the belief that Mowry-Housley 'isn't keeping it real' with viewers because she refuses to acknowledge her Republican views and skirts around her support Donald Trump in the 2016 election on air.
Life on set had been going smoothly after producers gave controversial host Tamar Braxton the boot in 2016, but working relationships started to deteriorate in April following the show's Emmy win.
An insider told DailyMail.com: 'Once they won the Emmy, Jeannie and Adrienne started complaining about how they knew they weren't being compensated the same as their fellow co-hosts Loni and Tamera. They were even talking about staging a walk out.
'Initially, they wanted both Tamera and Loni to support them in their quest to get better deals on the show, but when both ladies declined that definitely meant that lines were drawn.'
Jeannie and Adrienne have even started referring to their co-hosts as 'The Have and The Have Nots' - a play off the name of the Tyler Perry TV drama on the OWN Network, the source claims.
'That's the term they'd use to address the pay discrepancy between them.'
A spokesperson for The Real declined to comment.
The backstage tension over salaries is reportedly why Tamera and Jeannie had an uncharacteristically heated blow-up on camera in September during a discussion over the sexuality of Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie.
'That argument had nothing to do with whether two puppets were in a same sex relationship and had everything to do with the drama going on behind the scenes,' the source explained.
Tamera suffered a personal loss when her 18-year-old niece by marriage Alaina Housley was gunned down in the Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, in November. She took two weeks off for bereavement leave.
Real drama: The Real's Tamera Mowry-Housley, 40, is the highest paid of the show's four co-hosts, a source tells DailyMail.com. Loni Love (second from right) has the second highest salary, while Adrienne (far left) and Jeannie Mai (far right) are making significantly less
Further heightening tensions is the feeling Mowry-Housley 'isn't keeping it real' with viewers because she refuses to acknowledge her Republican beliefs and that she and her husband supported Donald Trump in the 2016 election
An insider told DailyMail.com: 'Once they won the Emmy, Jeannie and Adrienne started complaining about how they knew they weren't being compensated the same as their fellow co-hosts Loni and Tamera. They were even talking about staging a walk out'
Jeannie and Adrienne were quick to notice that ratings for the show improved by 13 per cent the week the Sister, Sister star was gone and the show saw its highest growth in more than a year.
The source said: 'Of the four hosts, Tamera has the highest salary. And while she was gone from the show, the ratings jumped.
'Both girls kept saying, "How's she making the most money and the show is doing better without her being here?" That gave them the leverage they needed to justify their ask for more money.'
The three co-hosts were also upset that during Tamera's absence, her husband Adam Housley gave an exclusive interview to CBS News about his niece's death, instead of appearing on his wife's show.
'So while they had to read a text message that Tamera sent them on air, her husband is off talking to news cameras about what went down. He couldn't find the time to come talk to the show that employs his wife?
'Especially since he's out of work and she's the only one working these days. It was a smack in the face of The Real and just added to the tension among the ladies,' the source disclosed.
It doesn't help that Tamera's husband has previously been accused of being racist, forcing Tamera to use her show earlier this season to shoot down the claims.
Blogs had uncovered past controversial social media posts made by Housley, a former Fox News reporter, in which he denied race was the reason George Zimmerman murdered the African-American teenager Trayvon Martin; as well as him condemning protesters in the cities where Mike Brown and Freddie Gray were killed.
Tamera said on The Real: 'There are some people who think that my husband is racist because he worked for a certain channel, I'm gonna look in that camera right there and let everybody know my husband is not a racist.'
Her co-hosts have not commented on the speculation on Housley, however, they apparently do feel she 'isn't keeping it real' with the viewers because she doesn't want to acknowledge her Republican beliefs.
During The Real's 2016 special evening election show, Loni, Adrienne and Jeannie were in utter shock about Trump being elected while Tamera was in the corner cheering off camera.
'There's a reason when the show does do the rare political topic or something regarding the POTUS, she sits in her seat with her lips zipped hoping nobody asks her to chime in,' offered the source.
Tamera's adamant resistance to share her politics is even a topic of contention for Loni, whom she's the closest with.
Loni is regularly complaining to producers that she hates the show topics and feels the conversation is too immature and she is always begging to do more politics and social issues, according to the insider.
'While Loni wants to do more serious topics like The View, the other three co-hosts make snide remarks about her wanting to turn the show into Meet The Press and how they don't want this to be AARP TV,' shared the source.
'Overall, the ladies of The Real don't speak behind the scenes until they hit the stage door to come out. They play girlfriends on TV, but in real life, their relationship is strained to say the least.
'Regardless, it's clear that Jeannie and Adrienne are lobbying for bigger paydays and their co-hosts aren't interested in helping them achieve that.'
The Real has been renewed through 2020 and only time will tell if the current hosts are there for the next year and a half.
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