Tamera Mowry’s Husband Bashed For Saying People “Work The System” In Response To SNAP Reform

Tamera Mowry-Housley‘s husband Adam Housley shares his alleged experience with people who use food stamps in response to proposed changes to the SNAP program by President Donald Trump’s administration. On Tuesday (Feb. 18), Housley detailed in a post on X his time working in his family-owned shop in his youth, where people would purchase “crap food” with government assistance.

“As a kid who grew up in neighborhood grocery stores since I was 5, I can’t tell you how many times I saw people come in and buy crap food for their kids with food stamps, then open the wallet and use cash for liquor, beer, wine and cigarettes,” he reflected.

“Then there were those who would repeatedly buy a lemon or lime, get the change, walk out the door throw them away and do it again. Until they had enough change to buy cigarettes or alcohol. As a kid it pissed me off because there are some people who could really use the help and then there are these others working the system.”

Many replies questioned his desire to police the purchases of others, however, Housely defended his reaction.

After being labeled a “silver spoon leech with generational wealth handed to him, b**ching and moaning telling lies about moms on food stamps” by a social media user, Housley responded, “Yeah not talking about moms on food stamps. I clearly defended helping families in need and clearly saw those taking advantage. Funny. Those taking advantage are the ones who hurt moms in need. Plus we’ve been helping families in need since I was a kid…you?”

He asserted in another post, “It’s people like this that make me dislike social media. They jump to conclusions and judge completely missing the point. I clearly said “when I was a kid” I worked the register from age 7-on and worked every holiday and yes grew up in the backroom of a family market. My parents didn’t always have money, but they busted their asses and so did we as kids and made it into something. They’ve also given back to my community for damn near 50 years. You see sometimes stating facts isn’t judging. Get a life.”

According to the Associated Press, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly confirmed Health and Human Services secretary, and Brooke Rollins, the new Agriculture Secretary, have show support from limiting families who use SNAP benefits from purchasing certain items, including sugary snacks.

“The one place that I would say that we need to really change policy is the SNAP program and food stamps and in school lunches,” Kennedy explained on Fox News last week, per AP. “There, the federal government in many cases is paying for it. And we shouldn’t be subsidizing people to eat poison.”

“When a taxpayer is putting money into SNAP, are they OK with us using their tax dollars to feed really bad food and sugary drinks to children who perhaps need something more nutritious?” Rollins shared. “These are all massive questions we’re going to be asking and working on in the coming months and years.”

The AP reported that, for the administration to make these changes, Congress would need to change the law, as the SNAP program is run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), not HHS, and is administered through individual states.

According to the USDA in 2023, SNAP served an average of 42.1 million participants per month. Federal SNAP spending totaled $112.8 billion and benefits averaged $211.93 per participant per month.

View Adam Housley’s responses to questions about his initial statement below.