Following Hilary Duff and Meghan Trainor, Mandy Moore is finally weighing in on the viral essay about Ashley Tisdale’s “toxic mom group” she wrote earlier this year.
During a recent chat with Andy Cohen on Monday, May 18, the It’s us The actress admitted that Tisdale’s words struck a chord and that the high school musical The alum’s decision to air things publicly was “decidedly much more disturbing” than the scrutiny they faced while growing up in the spotlight.
“It just gets to the core,” Moore, 42, said. “The most important thing in my life is to be a kind person and enjoy that legacy of kindness, and anyone who even hints that that might not be the case… it’s very disturbing,” he explained.
Although Moore admitted she is “scared of confrontation,” she emphasized the value of direct communication: “It’s not always the most comfortable situation, but I think that’s where I differed in feeling like I wouldn’t have handled the situation this way,” she said.
Calling the drama a “really slow news day,” the Tangled The voice actress also rejected the larger narrative created by the essay, arguing that it reinforces tired stereotypes about women being competitive with each other.
“I was actually very surprised by the meaningful relationships I found with other moms,” she said. “You need community. You need to find that support wherever you can get it.”
In his January essay for New York Magazine The cutTisdale, 40, spoke about feeling “excluded from the group, noting that they seemed to exclude me in every way.” Ultimately, the mother of two left the group after texting them: “This is too high school for me and I don’t want to be involved in it anymore.”
Although Tisdale didn’t mention anyone by name, she was known to have bonded with Moore, Duff and Trainor in recent years after they all became mothers around the same time.
