Disney Channel alum Ashley Tisdale is reintroducing herself as Ashley French.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been Ashley French for so long at home, but I really never changed publicly because everybody knows me as Ashley Tisdale.\u201d the actor said in a TikTok video posted<\/a> on Nov. 17. \u201cI just felt like it was time for people to know me for me, and not a character or like a celebrity.\u201d<\/p>\n The actor, now 40, reflected on how she\u2019s shared \u201cso much of her life on social media\u201d and how she\u2019s navigating the ever-changing social media climate.<\/p>\n \u201cWe should be honest, like, at this point. You don\u2019t know what\u2019s real, what\u2019s a bot, and everyone has something to say and it might not be positive,\u201d she said. \u201cNot that I want to block out the negativity, but I feel like in order to protect my peace I didn\u2019t want to keep sharing in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n Along with this revelation, French shared an update on her beauty company, Being Frenshe, and her website By Ashley French<\/a>. She married music producer and composer Christopher French<\/a> in 2014.<\/p>\n