Entertainment TV Aisha Tyler Opens Up About Parents' Divorce: They Told Us on Christmas Eve The Talk co-host says she and her sister were split up and only rekindled their relationship as adults By People Staff Published on September 16, 2015 07:20PM EDT Photo: Bonnie Osborne/CBS Aisha Tyler did not have a merry Christmas one holiday season as a child. The Talk co-host opened up about her parents’ divorce during Wednesday’s episode, where she welcomed her sister Feri Tyler to talk about the relationship they rekindled as adults. “Our parents actually told us they were getting divorced on Christmas Eve, which sound painful now, but I think they felt like, ‘Well, if we tell them before they get the presents, then the presents will obliterate this terrible experience,’ ” she said. Feri and Aisha were split up between their parents, with Aisha living in San Francisco and Feri living in Oakland. They weren’t close as kids, and reconnected as adults in Los Angeles. Aisha, 44, got emotional, recounting how her sister has been there for her during tough times. “If you are going through a divorce, there is a way to do it, where you protect your kids. Staying in a bad marriage is not protecting your kids,” Aisha said. “What our parents did was, they divorced kindly, and we always felt loved. I never heard my mother or my father say one bad word about each other. Not one, no matter how angry they were. No matter how furious.” Feri, who has an ex-husband with whom she shares children, came out as a lesbian after being married, and said her sister supported who through it. RELATED VIDEO: A Day in the Life of Sharon Osbourne “It’s never too late to change your life if there is something you are unhappy about, if you are keeping a secret,” Aisha said of her sister’s coming out later in life. The Talk airs weekdays at 2 p.m. ET on CBS.