Ashley Tisdale’s Rep Responds to Hilary Duff and Mandy Moore Rumors

Ashley Tisdale France Want to set the record straight.

A 40-year-old French representative said of the discussion sparked on the Internet: Mandy Moore, Hilary Duff and Meghan Trainor was part of a “toxic mom group” she writes about in her book tailoring last week.

According to TMZ, French representatives Deny the rumors In a statement on Monday, January 5, it was clarified that French was not referring to Moore, 41, Duff, 38, or Traynor, 32. The rep added that French had originally intended to publish the article titled “Breaking Up with My Toxic Mom Group” on Thursday, January 1, as a way to highlight an issue other women may have, namely being excluded from friend groups.

US Weekly The actress has been contacted for comment.

“There’s been a topic that’s been blowing up my phone lately since I first got involved. wrote about it A few weeks ago. This topic has led to women DMing me saying ‘I feel seen’ and sharing their most touching stories with me. ” French wrote in her article. tailoring. “It also invites wannabe online detectives to try and do some CSI-style investigations (please, don’t try – whatever you think is real, it won’t come close). Theme? Mom group drama.”

French and her husband have daughters Jupiter, 4, and Emerson, 15 months. Christopher French. After welcoming their first child in 2021, she connected with a group of friends who were also pregnant during the coronavirus pandemic.

However, she eventually began to feel disconnected from that circle of moms, writing: “I remember being excluded from a few group hangs, and I only knew about them because Instagram made sure it served me up for every photo and Instagram story. I began to feel excluded from the group and noticed that they seemed to exclude me in various ways.”

She continued, “I told myself it was all in my head and that it was no big deal. However, I could feel a growing distance between me and the rest of the group, and they didn’t seem to care that I wasn’t around.”

At one point, she texted everyone and said, “This is too high school for me and I don’t want to participate anymore.”

French’s honesty “didn’t go down well,” she recalled. “A few other people tried to calm things down. One of them sent flowers and then ignored me when I thanked her.”

She added: “To be clear, I never think moms are bad people. (Maybe one.) But I do think our team dynamic is no longer healthy and positive—for me, anyway. “

French didn’t name people by name in her article and said she still doesn’t understand why she was excluded from social events.

“One night, after putting my daughter to bed, I sat there by myself and thought, ‘Maybe I’m not cool enough?'” she wrote. “All of a sudden I was back in high school feeling completely lost about what I had done wrong to be left out.”