Ashley Tisdale French sets the record straight regarding her article on parent group drama.
French, 40, wrote an article titled Breaking up with my toxic mom group in The cut, describing how she felt left out of a mother’s group she was in. Online sleuths then did some research and theorized that the group consisted of Mandy Moore, Hilary Duff and Meghan Trainor.
Now her rep has clarified that Moore, 41, Duff, 38, or Trainor, 32, were not part of the group. They also noted that the purpose of the article was to make other women in similar scenarios feel seen.
Ashley, who shares daughters Jupiter, 4, and Emerson, 15 months, with husband Christopher French, found herself in a group of women who were also pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over time, she began to feel left out.
“I remember being left out of a few group conversations, and I knew them because Instagram made sure I got every photo and Instagram Story. I started to feel left out of the group and noticed in every way they seemed to exclude me,” she wrote in the article.
“I told myself that it was all in my head, and that it wasn’t that big of a deal. And yet I felt a growing distance between me and the other members of the group, who didn’t even seem to care that I wasn’t there much,” she continued.
“Here I was sitting alone one night after putting my daughter to bed and thinking, ‘Maybe I’m not cool enough?'” High school musical star wrote. “Suddenly I was back in high school and feeling completely lost about what I did ‘wrong’ to be left out.”
Ultimately, Ashley Tisdale French left the group after telling them, “This is too high school for me, and I don’t want to participate in it anymore.”
