{"id":410491,"date":"2026-01-16T08:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/410491\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:13:07","slug":"hollywood-circling-ashley-tisdales-toxic-mom-group-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/410491\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood circling Ashley Tisdale&#8217;s &#8216;toxic mom group&#8217; essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Film execs are eyeing a big-screen version of Ashley Tisdale\u2019s \u2018toxic\u2019 mom essay, we hear. Ashley Tisdale\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToxic Mom Group: The Movie\u201d?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After former Disney star <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/05\/parents\/ashley-tisdale-exposes-toxic-celeb-mom-group-filled-with-mean-girl-behavior-isolation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Tisdale\u2019s piece for the Cut, \u201cBreaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group,\u201d <\/a>went viral, Hollywood studios are circling the project to turn into a film, Page Six has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A source tells us, \u201cThere\u2019s a s\u200a-\u200a-\u200atload of interest\u201d in a film version, and studios as well as \u201cbig stars with production companies\u201d have been approaching Tisdale\u2019s camp about bringing the viral essay to the screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Said one insider, \u201cIt\u2019s relatable to everyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tisdale penned the \u2018toxic\u2019 mom piece for The Cut. Ashley Tisdale\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The mom says she was unfairly excluded from the group. Ashley Tisdale\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The onetime \u201cHigh School Musical\u201d star \u2014 who\u2019s now a 40-year-old married mother of two \u2014 caused a sensation when she <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/14\/celebrity-news\/mandy-moore-makes-cryptic-comment-about-friendships-taking-a-different-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">penned the \u201cToxic\u201d piece<\/a> for New York magazine\u2019s fashion outlet early this month, revealing she\u2019d fled a mom group that left her feeling \u201cnot cool enough.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She described \u201csitting alone one night after getting my daughter to bed .\u2009.\u2009. feeling totally lost as to what I was doing \u2018wrong\u2019 to be left out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The piece has become the talk of Hollywood, as fans \u2014 as well as LA insiders \u2014 haven\u2019t been able to get enough. Hollywood watchers connected the dots and believe that the group in question includes famous members like Hilary Duff, Meghan Trainor and Mandy Moore.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tisdale\u2019s essay about the alleged mom group has gone viral.  Janice Gott\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Reports have said the group included a slew of stars, including Hilary Duff, which sources denied to TMZ.  Hilary Duff\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Duff\u2019s husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/06\/celebrity-news\/hilary-duffs-husband-seemingly-slams-ashley-tisdale-over-mom-group-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">musician Matthew Koma<\/a>, even got in on the act to defend his wife \u2014 and diss Tisdale, surreptitiously calling her \u201cthe most self-obsessed tone-deaf person on Earth.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Duff\u2019s own famous, and estranged, sister, Haylie, seemed to back Tisdale, amid theories both women are MAGA supporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, sources close to Tisdale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/05\/ashley-tisdale-responds-mom-article-drama-republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">insisted that the social media mavens have got it all wrong <\/a>\u2014 and that the celebs were not part of the group she wrote about.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We hear that there\u2019s a \u201cs\u2013tload\u2019 of interest in the project.  ashleytisdalefrench\/instagram<\/p>\n<p>As far as the film, it\u2019s now just an issue of timing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Tisdale did not comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Film execs are eyeing a big-screen version of Ashley Tisdale\u2019s \u2018toxic\u2019 mom essay, we hear. 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