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Mandy Moore Says Drama That Erupted From Ashley Tisdale’s ‘Toxic Mom Group’ Essay ‘Cut to the Core’
Mandy Moore isn’t happy that Ashley Tisdale spilled the tea on the “toxic” L.A. mom group both were part of, along with other celebs including Hilary Duff and Meghan Trainor. “It’s wild to have anybody talk about your life,” the 42-year-old told Sirius XM‘s Andy Cohen, adding of her fellow child star, “It’s like we both have grown up in this business and had people dissect who we are and the choices we make… but this was something altogether different and decidedly way more upsetting. It just cuts to the core.”
The mom feud came to the fore in January, when Ashley, 40, penned an essay for The Cut in which she claimed an anonymous friend group of moms had iced her out. Hurt and confused, the High School Musical alum wrote she’d ultimately cut ties with the group, texting them, “This is too high school for me, and I don’t want to take part in it anymore.”
Admitting she’s “really scared of confrontation,” Mandy said she would have handled the rift differently, lamenting that Ashley’s essay perpetuates dangerous stereotypes about women, “that we’re inherently petty and inherently out to one-up each other.”
