Overview
- Ashley Tisdale’s New Year’s Day essay for The Cut described leaving a “toxic” mothers’ group, prompting speculation about a circle that has included Hilary Duff, Mandy Moore and Meghan Trainor, even as Tisdale’s representative told TMZ the piece was not about them.
- People and Page Six quoted unnamed sources who characterized the split as a “misalignment of values,” with one source saying the friendship drift did not merit a dramatic breakup text and another calling the rift long‑brewing.
- Hilary Duff’s husband Matthew Koma escalated the back‑and‑forth by posting a spoof cover labeling Tisdale “self‑obsessed” and “tone deaf,” a jab widely read as a response to the essay.
- New signals kept attention on the story as Duff highlighted a supportive mom‑group friend in an Instagram Story and teased a risqué new song, while Duff, Moore and Trainor have offered no on‑the‑record rebuttal.
- Around the edges, Haylie Duff liked the essay’s promo post, Tisdale’s husband Christopher French shared cryptic messages about choosing whether to engage, and Mandy Moore reposted a clip praising Koma’s past help during wildfire evacuations.