Mandy Moore joins the mommy group discourse, says Ashley Tisdale's scathing essay 'cuts to the core'
Key takeaways
- Mandy Moore shared her take on the drama swirling around her celebrity mommy group, months after fellow child actor Ashley Tisdale shaded the bunch in scathing essay last winter.
- In December, New York magazine published “High School Musical” star Tisdale French’s essay for its “It’s Been a Year” series.
- Ashley Tisdale wrote an essay about leaving her ‘toxic mom group.’ Now Hilary Duff’s husband is calling out the former child star as ‘self-obsessed.’
Mandy Moore, during a recent appearance on Andy Cohen’s Sirius XM show, said she found Ashley Tisdale French’s essay about a toxic mommy group “very upsetting.” (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press) By Alexandra Del Rosario Staff Writer Contact May 19, 2026 12:05 PM PT 3 min Click here to listen to this article Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X Linked In Threads Reddit Whats App Copy Link URL Copied! Print 0:00 0:00 1x This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here.
Mandy Moore shared her take on the drama swirling around her celebrity mommy group, months after fellow child actor Ashley Tisdale shaded the bunch in scathing essay last winter.
The “This Is Us” star and mother of three, during a recent appearance on Andy Cohen’s Sirius XM show “Radio Andy,” said she found the former “Suite Life of Zack & Cody” star’s article “very upsetting” and that it shocked both herself and fellow mommy group member Hilary Duff. “We have both grown up in this business and had people dissect who we are and the choices we make and all of that,” Moore, 42, told the Bravo host, “but this was something altogether different and decidedly way more upsetting ... because it just cuts to the core.”