Following denials that her essay on a toxic mom group involved celebrities like Hilary Duff or politics, Ashley Tisdale faces new reactions from Duff's husband Matthew Koma, Christy Carlson Romano, Meghan Trainor, and Duff herself in a recent interview.
The drama from Ashley Tisdale's January essay 'Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group' in The Cut continues to ripple through Hollywood mom circles. Initially sparking rumors of shade toward celeb pals Hilary Duff, Mandy Moore, and Meghan Trainor—rumors her rep firmly denied as 'zero truth'—the story has now drawn direct responses.
Hilary Duff's husband, Matthew Koma, fired off an Instagram Story edit of Tisdale's essay photo, rewriting the headline with shade: 'When You’re The Most Self Obsessed Tone Deaf Person On Earth, Other Moms Tend To Shift Focus To Their Actual Toddlers. A Mom Group Tell All Through A Father’s Eyes.' He linked it as a mock 'interview' with The Cut.
Christy Carlson Romano offered grounded advice on TikTok: 'In the end, if you can make time for the people that matter to you, they should be giving back to you... If that dynamic shifts, then just go find another group of friends. It’s very simple. It’s not supposed to be dramatic.'
Meghan Trainor chimed in with a TikTok of herself typing, captioned 'Me finding out about the apparent mom group drama' alongside an eye-roll emoji.
Hilary Duff addressed the chatter head-on in a February 2026 Los Angeles Times interview: 'This is not new for me... I’ve had this since I was maybe 15.' She debunked a separate rumor about her school popularity: 'I saw something that was like, ‘None of the moms at school actually like her and neither do the teachers,’ and I was like, ‘First of all… By the way, the women at school are lovely and I’m obsessed with all of them.''
Despite the reps' clarifications, the back-and-forth highlights tensions in celebrity mom dynamics. Will more voices weigh in? 👀
