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Ashley Tisdale French raised eyebrows earlier this month when she revealed she left her “toxic” group of friends nearly five years after bonding with the women over pregnancy and motherhood.
“Here I was sitting alone one night after putting my daughter to bed, thinking, ‘Maybe I’m not cool enough?'” Ashley, who shares daughters Jupiter, 4, and Emerson, 16 months, with her husband. Christophe Frenchrecalled in an essay for New York ReviewIt is The cut published January 1. “All of a sudden, I was back in high school, feeling totally lost as to what I was doing ‘wrong’ to be left out.
Shortly after Ashley shared her truth — in an essay titled “Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group” — fans began wondering which friends she had cut out of her life.
Some Internet theorists have wondered whether Hilary Duff, Mandy Moore Or Meghan Trainor were possible suspects, but TMZ reported on Jan. 5 that Ashley’s rep said there was “no truth to what online ‘sleuths’ think they’ve deciphered” about the moms’ group, saying the article was not about these three women.
Hilary Duff, Vanessa Hudgens and other former Disney stars started families from a young age on Disney Channel. Hudgens confirmed via her Instagram Stories in July 2024 that she had given birth to her and husband Cole Tucker’s first baby. “Mom, dad and baby are happy and healthy,” Hudgens wrote via Instagram at […]
Scroll down to meet Ashley’s group of celebrity moms — and see who she’s apparently still friends with now:
Hilary Duff
Hilary DuffAshley’s friendship with Ashley dates back to 2021, when their daughters Mae and Jupiter became friends shortly after they were born. Fans were informed of the friendship in July after Duff welcomed a musical appointment for baby and Ashley was one of the guests. (Duff shares daughters Banks, 7, Mae, 4, and Townes, 20 months, with her husband Matthew Mais and her son Luca, 11, with her ex-husband Mike Comrie.)
Duff and Ashley continued their friendship for a few years. a trip for mothers in July 2022 and spending time as a team as recently as December 2024. Duff appeared to be on good terms with Ashley in March 2025, commenting on Ashley’s birthday tribute to her daughter Jupiter with the message “Happy Birthday JuJu.”
Eagle-eyed fans, however, noticed in January 2026 that neither Duff nor Ashley no longer followed each other on Instagram. Ashley’s rep, meanwhile, denied that her essay on the friendship fallout was written about Duff.
Duff’s involvement in the group, however, was all but confirmed on January 6, when her husband, Matthew Butpublicly weighed on French’s essay via her Instagram Stories. Share an ironic “promotion” of your own fiction The cut In the article, the musician wrote: “A group of moms tell it all through a dad’s eyes: When you’re the most self-obsessed deaf person in the world, other moms tend to focus on their little ones. »
Koma further joked, “Read my new interview with @thecut.”
Mandy Moore
“We had babies at the same time” Mandy Moore said In style in May 2022 on how she joined Hilary DuffThe team of moms that included Ashley. “And [Hilary]being the super mom that she is, formed a cool mom club. Somehow I got invited, and it’s the best.
Like Duff and Ashley, Moore welcomed a baby, son Gus, in 2021, which bonded the women. Although Moore didn’t participate in the 2022 moms’ journey that took over social media, she was labeled by several women as someone who was missing. (Moore shares sons Gus, 4, and Ozzie, 3, and daughter Lou, 15 months, with her husband Taylor Goldsmith.)
While Ashley’s rep denied that her mothers were “toxic,” the group’s comments in January were directed to MooreAshley unfollows It’s us old on social networks. Moore, however, still follows the former Disney Channel star.
Ashley Tisdale ended her fairy tale when she married Christopher French — and things only got sweeter. The former Disney Channel star was smitten with the musician shortly after the duo were introduced by mutual friends in 2012. Eight months later, they got engaged. Tisdale married French in September 2014. Thank you! You […]
Meghan Trainor
Meghan Trainor was part of Duff’s “cool mom club” starting in 2021 after welcoming her eldest, son Riley, now 4. (Trainor also shares son Barry, 2, with her husband Daryl Sabara.)
“I have mom friends🥹 and I love them💖,” the singer captioned a summer 2022 Instagram post from a parenting trip, including snaps with Ashley and Duff.
According to TMZAshley’s rep denied that Trainor was one of the people Ashley referred to in her essay for The cut. Observant fans also learned that Ashley and Trainor still follow each other on social media.
Janice Gott
Janice Gottfounder of breast pump company Muu, has been part of Ashley’s mom team since 2022, when they were on a girls’ trip together. Gott is the mother of one child, son Teddy.
In December 2024, they were still close, according to social networks. “I wish I had more photos with all the friends and love…my husband LOL but the point of this post is to say there’s nothing like mom friends, or a husband telling you to quit your career so you can build another one that burns an idea into your brain, and then doing it so you can have a pound of caviar on a Thursday morning before you say it,” Gott captioned a group photo after Ashley, Duff, Moore, Trainor and Dalkin all came to support his business. event.
As of January, Ashley still follows Gott on Instagram.
Gaby Dalkin
To cook Gaby Dalkinknown for her cookbook series What Gaby cookswas one of the moms who took a girls’ trip in 2022. Dalkin, whose eldest, daughter Poppy, was born in 2021, is still part of Duff’s group, according to social media. (Dalkin also shares son Finn, born in 2024, with her husband, Thomas.)
“We are not ordinary moms, we are cool moms,” Dalkin wrote via Instagram in October 2025 after another mom trip, which neither Ashley nor Trainor attended. “Nothing better than a getaway with no responsibilities, good friends, all the food and ALL the mahj.”
Ashley, for her part, doesn’t follow Dalkin on Instagram, but it’s unclear if she ever did.
Amandine Cassar
While Amandine Cassarfounder of Pilates by Amanda, apparently isn’t part of Duff’s “cool mom club,” she’s part of Ashley’s team. (Kassar is a mother of two.)
The fitness instructor to the stars spent time with Ashley in October 2025 to support Ashley’s wellness brand Being Frenshe, calling the actress her “dear friend.” via Instagram.
Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Hudgens has been friends with Ashley since they starred in commercials as kids. Their bond grew stronger after playing rivals in the Disney Channel series. High school musical film franchise. However, as they grew older, fans began to wonder where they stood.
“She is so awesome and one of my best friends,” Ashley told exclusively Us every week in 2019. “What I love about her is she’s so talented, and I think what we share is that we’re really grounded people and I think what’s important, especially with what we do, is to stay grounded.”
After Ashley welcomed her first baby as of March 2021, Hudgens was one of her friends who bonded with the baby from their first meeting. However, rumors surfaced in December 2023 that the women were no longer close after Ashley was noticeably absent from Hudgens and Cole TuckerIt’s marriage in Mexico. (Hudgens shares two children with the MLB player.)
“I haven’t seen her in a long time,” Ashley confessed in March 2024 during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohennoting that their lives as mothers played a role in their growing distance. “I think we’re just… obviously, she works, I work. I have a daughter, so she has a full-time job.”
