{"id":2240362,"date":"2026-01-19T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2240362"},"modified":"2026-01-19T05:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:00:11","slug":"mandy-moore-makes-1st-public-appearance-after-toxic-mom-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mandy-moore-makes-1st-public-appearance-after-toxic-mom-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandy Moore Makes 1st Public Appearance After &#8216;Toxic&#8217; Mom Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/mandy-moore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mandy Moore<\/strong><\/a> reunited with former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/this-is-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>This Is Us<\/em><\/a> cast mates in her first public appearance following the \u201ctoxic\u201d mom drama sparked by <strong>Ashley Tisdale French<\/strong>\u2019s essay.<\/p>\n<p>Moore, 41, attended a \u201cThat Was Us\u201d event at Los Angeles, California\u2019s The Wiltern on Saturday, January 17, that saw her join former cast mates <strong>Sterling K. Brown<\/strong> and <strong>Chris Sullivan<\/strong> record a live episode of their \u201cThat Was Us\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Moore, Brown, 49, and Sullivan, 45, recording a show for fans, Moore also performed a musical number, per social media footage from the event shared via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTqXlRYgXJ7\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> one day later.<\/p>\n<p>Moore\u2019s public outing comes after <em>Us Weekly<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/hilary-duff-mandy-moore-felt-blindsided-by-ashley-tisdales-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> on January 8 that the \u201cI Wanna Be With You\u201d hitmaker felt \u201cblindsided\u201d over the release of French\u2019s now-viral essay about ditching a mom group widely believed to have included Moore, <strong>Hilary Duff<\/strong>, <strong>Meghan Trainor<\/strong> and other new parents.<\/p>\n<p>The actress and singer took to her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/mandymooremm\/3812930193569325023\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram Stories<\/a> on Sunday, January 18, to reflect on her night out, sharing a photo of two children soaring through the air while secured in a playground swing set. \u201cLate night but full heart,\u201d Moore, who shares three children with husband <strong>Taylor Goldsmith<\/strong>, sons Gus, 4, and Ozzie, 3, and daughter Louise, 17 months, captioned the post. \u201cThanks to everyone who came to our show at @thewiltern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also shared an image of herself with makeup being applied to her cheeks ahead of her on-stage appearance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4226707\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown and Chris Sullivan<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Trista Adams\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>French\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/how-ashley-tisdales-mom-group-is-moving-forward-after-viral-essay-excl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">essay<\/a> for <em>The Cut<\/em> first made headlines on January 1. While it did not include any names of former mom friends, French, 40, wrote about feeling excluded by a group of women in California. (French shares daughters Jupiter, 4, and Emerson, 17 months, with husband <strong>Christopher French<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p>The essay read in part, \u201cI remember being left out of a couple of group hangs, and I knew about them because Instagram made sure it fed me every single photo and Instagram Story. I was starting to feel frozen out of the group, noticing every way that they seemed to exclude me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A source exclusively told <em>Us<\/em> on January 8 that both Moore and Duff, 38, felt \u201churt\u201d by French\u2019s words. (Duff, 38, shares three daughters, Banks, 7, Mae, 4, and Townes, 8 months, with husband <strong>Matthew Koma<\/strong>, as well as a son, Luca, 13, with ex-husband <strong>Mike Comrie<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mandy-moore-reunites-with-this-is-us-cast-at-sag-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mandy-Moore-Reunites-With-This-Is-Us-Costars-Chrissy-Metz-and-Jon-Huertas-at-SAG-AFTRA-Strike.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Mandy Moore Reunites With 'This Is Us' Costars Chrissy Metz and Jon Huertas at SAG-AFTRA Strike\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mandy-Moore-Reunites-With-This-Is-Us-Costars-Chrissy-Metz-and-Jon-Huertas-at-SAG-AFTRA-Strike.jpg?quality=78&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mandy-moore-reunites-with-this-is-us-cast-at-sag-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Mandy Moore Stages &#8216;This Is Us&#8217; Reunion With Costars on the Picket Line<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMandy Moore and her former\u00a0This Is Us\u00a0costars will always be family \u2014 and are sticking together no matter what. \u201cDay 1. Proud to stand with my fellow\u00a0@sagaftra\u00a0and\u00a0@wgawest\u00a0members demanding a fair contract,\u201d Moore, 39, wrote via Instagram on Friday, July 14, sharing a photo with Chrissy Metz and Jon Huertas from the picket line in Los [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFrom their perspective, they believed the group was supportive and coming from a good place, and they never thought there was any bad intent behind how things played out,\u201d the insider told <em>Us<\/em> at the time before adding that the former friends felt that \u201cissues that could\u2019ve been handled privately were instead made public,\u201d and as a result, the moms felt \u201cunfairly portrayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source noted, \u201cThe moms insist there was no \u2018mean girl\u2019 behavior and say they were genuinely trying to be there for one another during a really vulnerable time in all of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In the days following the essay\u2019s release, French\u2019s rep told <em>TMZ<\/em> that the <em>High School Musical<\/em> star\u2019s words were \u201ctwisted\u201d and the piece did not refer to Moore, Duff, or Trainor, 32.<\/p>\n<p>Hower Koma, 38, added fuel to the fire by sharing a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/hilary-duffs-husband-calls-ashley-tisdale-self-obsessed-and-tone-deaf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fake article<\/a> of his own via Instagram Stories that mimicked French\u2019s work for <em>The Cut<\/em>. \u201cA mom group tell-all through a father\u2019s eyes,\u201d his January 6 Instagram Story began. \u201cWhen you\u2019re the most self obsessed tone deaf person on earth, other moms tend to shift focus to their actual toddlers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, Moore <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mandy-moore-praises-matthew-koma-amid-ashley-tisdale-mom-group-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a> Koma as a \u201cgenerous\u201d friend before stating, \u201cLove you, MB!!\u201d which referred to Koma\u2019s real name, Matthew Blair.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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 www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandy Moore reunited with former This Is Us cast mates in her first public appearance following the \u201ctoxic\u201d mom drama sparked by Ashley Tisdale French\u2019s essay. 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