The Real World Cast Relived Tami's Life-Changing Decision To Terminate Her Pregnancy

In 1993, Tami instructed her Real World: Los Angeles roommates that she was pregnant and she admitted she was not willing to be a mother. The then-22-year-old determined to terminate the pregnancy because it was the perfect decision at this point in time," and she had the whole support of her mother Nadine. Tami bravely chronicled the procedure as she walked into the appointment with Nadine along with right after as she endured "excruciating pain." Right now, while in this week's Homecoming episode, the cast relived Tami's experience as she reflected on this life-changing choice she shared with millions of viewers.


"For me, as a African American woman who was really attempting to find myself, I just felt like it wasn't the correct time for me to bring children into the world," Tami calmly stated, while adding she still stands by her choice to this day.


Beth S. Praised Tami for her strength and admitted that she would not have been able to speak to her mother the same way Tami did. Tami then admitted that the hardest piece of reliving this experience was seeing Nadine, who sadly passed away. Then Tami disclosed something for the initial time: She endured complications from the procedure because she was expecting twins.


But this was only the starting of the confessions: Irene and Beth A felt compelled to share that they also had terminated pregnancies in their early 20s. Three young females living with each other had all made the same decision, and only one chose to reveal it on camera.


First, Irene admitted she was 23 at the time and intended to "keep pregnancy." Nevertheless and then the former policeman had a change of heart.


"I kept on playing this scenario over in my head with this person who I was going to have this baby with, and I thought


'No, this isn't the man that I'd like to be the father of my children,'" Irene explained.


Beth A's story: She was dating a well-known actor and immediately after realized she was pregnant.


"I knew I did the correct thing because I still could be entangled with him, also it may not have been healthy," she said.


Tami intently listened to the girls, nevertheless she admitted she felt alone at the time plus it would have been nice" to know that others under the same roof could relate to her circumstances. Irene and Beth A felt a similar emotion -- shame -- and that was what prevented them from speaking up. Jon, who opposed Tami's decision in the 90s, reiterated that he remains "adamantly pro-life" and his views have not changed. Yet, his approach to expressing his beliefs has.


"This time, what I don't desire to express to them is judgment and hatefulness coming from someone who has a different advice he shared in a confessional.


Tami appreciated Jon's sentiment that it was up people to prepare their own choices and loving them while in the process "in spite of what @they could feel about something." Nevertheless, she might not help nevertheless address the timeliness of this topic, the future of the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, and gentlemen attempting to define what a woman can do with her body once this was already settled." Right now, Tami is a mother to "two pretty daughters" -- and she had them at the correct time.


Meanwhile, the other female roommate, Beth S, sat silently because the other ladies talked. Right following the order chat, she approached Tami to speak outdoors and admitted she preferred to speak to her one-on-one.


"When I was 19, I fell in love and I waited for the opening time to have sex, and the initial time I had sex, I got pregnant," Beth S stated, to which Tami responded, "And you had an abortion." Beth S started to tear up, and she shook her head yes.


Beth S, who was 22 while she entered the Real World, revealed it was a mutual decision and she had an accommodating partner at the time. Yet Beth S did not divulge this segment of her life to her mother at the time and reiterated how Tami was fortunate to have her parent by her side.


"In some abnormal way, we've all lived the same moment," Tami concluded. "It's just weird I'm finding it out 27 years later."


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