{"id":243340,"date":"2026-01-20T23:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/243340\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T23:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:17:09","slug":"mandy-moore-dishes-on-friendships-following-ashley-tisdales-toxic-mom-group-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/243340\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandy Moore Dishes on Friendships Following Ashley Tisdale\u2019s \u2018Toxic Mom Group\u2019 Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ashley Tisdale set off a firestorm when she penned an essay about quitting a \u201ctoxic\u201d mom group that left the 40-year-old feeling like she was back in high school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As internet sleuths quickly unearthed pics of the former Disney star with fellow moms including Hilary Duff, Meghan Trainor and Mandy Moore, Hilary\u2019s husband clapped back with a snarky post and Meghan, 32, posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@meghantrainor\/video\/7594585130128215326?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TikTok;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TikTok<\/a>, \u201cI swear I\u2019m innocent.\u201d (Ashley\u2019s rep called speculation about the members of the group \u201cfalse.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Getty Images&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1441\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8f8b4323a04ef133c510cf169452d8e6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now Mandy seems to have entered the chat. On the Jan. 14 episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KPWZVtAUXd4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Conversations With Cam;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Conversations With Cam<\/a> podcast, the 41-year-old opened up about her relationships with fellow moms. \u201cI have found that the people I\u2019m closest with in my life\u2026 have kids the same age,\u201d she offered, saying that those with older or younger kids \u201cwouldn\u2019t be the first people I would reach out to right now.\u201d Though Ashley\u2019s kids are roughly the same age as both Mandy\u2019s and Hilary\u2019s, the This Is Us alum and the Lizzie McGuire vet surely have a deeper bond: Hilary, 38, opened her house to Mandy and her family when their house was destroyed during the devastating Palisades fire last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/mandy-moore-dishes-on-friendships-following-ashley-tisdales-toxic-mom-group-essay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mandy Moore Dishes on Friendships Following Ashley Tisdale\u2019s \u2018Toxic Mom Group\u2019 Essay;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mandy Moore Dishes on Friendships Following Ashley Tisdale\u2019s \u2018Toxic Mom Group\u2019 Essay<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-loved-173318040.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Star;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Star<\/a>. 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