Overview
- In a New Year's Day essay for The Cut, Tisdale said she quit a celebrity mom circle she found "toxic," citing exclusion and "mean-girl" dynamics that left her feeling "not cool enough."
- She wrote that she confronted the chat with, "This is too high school for me and I don’t want to take part in it anymore," after repeatedly seeing group hangouts on Instagram and feeling sidelined, including around plans tied to her daughter's birthday.
- Tisdale urged readers not to guess who was involved and said her earlier blog post prompted a flood of messages from mothers who felt "seen."
- Coverage and online sleuthing highlighted that Tisdale no longer follows Hilary Duff and Mandy Moore on Instagram, though she did not name anyone in her essay.
- On Jan. 6, a representative for Tisdale said the women widely named in speculation — Mandy Moore, Hilary Duff and Meghan Trainor — were not in the group.