Ashley Tisdale has sent the internet into a mom group drama frenzy that seems perfect for television. After publishing an essay with The Cut about cutting ties with her "mean girl" mom group, social media was set ablaze with internet detectives trying to piece together the clues and find which celebrities could be involved.
© GettyThe two names that came up the most, with evidence that she no longer followed them, were Hilary Duff and Mandy Moore. Duff spoke warmly about her tight-knit mom crew in a December 2024 People interview, which notably mentioned Meghan Trainor, Moore, and Tisdale by name while describing a group she sees “two to three times a week.”
People have begun to show support for each side and share their input, including Chelsea Handler. “I have no idea what went on, but I know Mandy Moore, and she’s a wonderful, sweet person,” Handler told Page Six radio. “So I’ll just say that. But I don’t really know Ashley Tisdale ... so I would like to be transparent. And I do like Meghan Trainor as well.”
© GettyThere have been two rumors going around about what could have happened with the friend group, one of which is that Tisdale is a republican and the rest were Democrats. "Well, there you go. That’s all I needed to know," Handler said.
The proud childless Handler quipped that it was another reason not to have kids. “You’re out of school, you’re a mother, and you have to deal with that dynamic and being excluded again as an adult woman. No, thank you.”
The aftermath: Ashley's response and Mathew Koma's
When the drama unfolded, Tisdales' rep tried to clean up some of the mess and said it wasn't about that friend group at all. They told TMZ, "This whole thing got blown way out of proportion." Ashley’s "already putting a lid on it, making it clear this was never about Mandy, Hilary, Meghan, or politics," they said, adding that Tisdale is a registered democrat.
© GettyDespite Tisdale's reps' comments, there seem to be pretty strong clues that it was about them. At least about Hilary. On Tuesday, her husband Matthew Koma shared a photo of his own fictional article, "A mom group tell-all through a father’s eyes." “When you’re the most self-obsessed tone-deaf person on earth, other moms tend to shift focus to their actual toddlers," he wrote, per Us Weekly.
His comment seems to line up wiht with what sources told The Sun. The source claimed the group felt her behavior had become increasingly “self-absorbed.” "It was impossible to maintain a friendship with her since it was so one-sided," they said.
They also said the straw that broke the camel's back was how Ashley responded to the L.A. wildfires.” Multiple members of the group were directly impacted by the fires, including Moore, who lost her home and was taken in by Duff and Koma. According to the source, Tisdale “hardly checked in.”
None of the celebrity moms has responded, but Hilary's sister, Haylie, "liked" The Cut's joint post with Ashley promoting the essay.
