Mandy Moore Speaks Out on ‘Upsetting’ Mom Group Drama, Wishes Ashley Tisdale Handled It ‘Face-to-Face’

"I wouldn't have handled the situation this way," the singer-actress said.

Mandy Moore at the 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards held at The American Museum of Natural History on Nov. 3, 2025, in New York.

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Mandy Moore has finally spoken out about the “toxic” mom group drama that erupted at the beginning of the year after Ashley Tisdale published an essay seemingly bashing the This Is Us alum and her friends.

While speaking to Andy Cohen on the Monday (May 18) episode of his SiriusXM show Andy Cohen Live, Moore began by noting how “wild” it was to have “anybody talk about your life” in such a public capacity, calling back to the High School Musical star’s January essay for The Cut claiming she felt repeatedly “left out” by her former group of mom pals. It didn’t take long for the internet to figure out that the group in question had included Moore as well as Hilary Duff, Meghan Trainor and more famous ladies.