{"id":2222945,"date":"2026-01-05T15:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2222945"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:42:30","slug":"ashley-tisdale-exposes-toxic-celeb-mom-group-filled-with-mean-girl-behavior-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ashley-tisdale-exposes-toxic-celeb-mom-group-filled-with-mean-girl-behavior-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Tisdale exposes &#8216;toxic&#8217; celeb mom group filled with &#8216;mean-girl behavior,&#8217; isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Her lips aren\u2019t sealed.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Tisdale took shots at her former \u201ctoxic\u201d mom group \u2014 which included Hilary Duff, Meghan Trainor and Mandy Moore \u2014 in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/ashley-tisdale-french-mom-group-mean-girls-parenting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scathing essay for The Cut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former Disney Channel star reflected on feeling \u201cnot cool enough\u201d after being excluded from hang outs in Thursday\u2019s piece.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ashley Tisdale, pictured above in July 2022, put her star-studded mom group on blast in a scathing essay. <span class=\"credit\">Hilary Duff\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress, pictured above in August 2025, accused the women of \u201cmean girl behavior\u201d and excluding her from hang outs. <span class=\"credit\">Ashley Tisdale\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She recalled \u201csitting alone one night after getting [her] daughter to bed \u2026 feeling totally lost as to what [she] was doing \u2018wrong\u2019 to be left out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress, 40, went on to text the group, \u201cThis is too high school for me and I don\u2019t want to take part in it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although she \u201cnever considered the moms to be bad people [except for] maybe one,\u201d she chose to cut ties with them after the \u201cdynamic stopped being healthy and positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tisdale, pictured above in July 2022, compared the group dynamics to \u201chigh school.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Hilary Duff\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The group, pictured above in September 2022, included Hilary Duff, Meghan Trainor, Mandy Moore and others. <span class=\"credit\">Hilary Duff\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tisdale, who shares <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/03\/24\/ashley-tisdale-gives-birth-welcomes-1st-child-with-christopher-french\/\">daughter Jupiter<\/a>, 4, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/09\/07\/parents\/ashley-tisdale-gives-birth-to-second-baby-with-husband-christopher-french\/\">daughter Emerson<\/a>, 1, with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2014\/09\/10\/ashley-tisdale-marries-fiance-christopher-french\/\">husband Christopher French<\/a>, previously wrote about the estrangement that \u201cbrought [her] to tears\u201d in a candid <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/byashleyfrench.com\/blogs\/the-journal\/youre-allowed-to-leave-your-mom-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She railed against the \u201cugly\u201d group\u2019s \u201cmean girl behavior\u201d and isolation, which left her feeling \u201churt, drained and left out\u201d over time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realized that there were group text chains that didn\u2019t include everyone, which led to cliques forming within the larger group,\u201d she explained. \u201cAnd after the third or fourth time of seeing social media photos of everyone else at a hangout that I didn\u2019t get invited to, it felt like I wasn\u2019t really part of the group after all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the \u201cHigh School Musical\u201d star did not name members of the group on either occasion, she no longer follows Duff, 38, and Moore, 41, on Instagram \u2014 although she does still follow Trainor, 32.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tisdale was \u201cbrought to tears\u201d when the group would get together without her. <span class=\"credit\">Hilary Duff\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tisdale, pictured above in July 2025, has unfollowed Duff and Moore on Instagram, but still follows Trainor. <span class=\"credit\">Ashley Tisdale\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reps for Duff, Moore and Trainor have yet to respond to Page Six\u2019s requests for comment on Tisdale\u2019s essay.<\/p>\n<p>The A-list mom group has been making headlines for years.<\/p>\n<p>Duff gushed about having a close-knit crew to be \u201cin the trenches with\u201d while <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/hilary-duff-friendship-moms-mandy-moore-meghan-trainor-exclusive-8766082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speaking to People<\/a> about their bond in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like our big connection to one another, even though we\u2019re pop stars or on TV, is we love our kids,\u201d the \u201cLizzie McGuire\u201d alum raved at the time. \u201cThey were little baby worms when we all first got together and started music class at my house.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tisdale is the mother of daughters Jupiter and Emerson. <span class=\"credit\">Ashley Tisdale\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cHigh School Musical\u201d star, pictured above in April 2024, shares the little ones with husband Christopher French. <span class=\"credit\">Ashley Tisdale\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNow, we\u2019re in art class together, and we\u2019re in gymnastics class together, and we\u2019re just, like, moms,\u201d the \u201cMetamorphosis\u201d singer continued.<\/p>\n<p>Moore <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/celebrity\/mandy-moore\/mandy-moore-in-real-life-interview-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told InStyle<\/a> how \u201cgrateful\u201d she was to be in the \u201ccool mom club\u201d in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomehow, I got invited into it and it\u2019s the best,\u201d the \u201cThis Is Us\u201d alum said. \u201cI\u2019ve made so many wonderful friends.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her lips aren\u2019t sealed. Ashley Tisdale took shots at her former \u201ctoxic\u201d mom group \u2014 which included Hilary Duff, Meghan Trainor and Mandy Moore \u2014 in a scathing essay for The Cut. The former Disney Channel star reflected on feeling \u201cnot cool enough\u201d after being excluded from hang outs in Thursday\u2019s piece. 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