After Hilary Duff and Meghan Trainor, Mandy Moore is finally addressing Ashley Tisdale’s viral essay on the “toxic mom group” that she wrote earlier this year.
In a recent conversation 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 A former student’s decision to go public was “definitely much more upsetting” than the scrutiny they faced growing up in the spotlight.
“It gets to the point,” Moore, 42, said. “The most important thing in my life is to be a kind person and to love that legacy of kindness, and anyone to insinuate that maybe that’s not the case… is very upsetting,” she explained.
Although Moore admitted she was “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 thinking I wouldn’t have handled the situation that way,” she said.
Describing the drama as a “real slow news day”, the Tangled The voice actress also pushed back against the broader narrative created by the essay, arguing that it reinforces hackneyed stereotypes that women are in competition with each other.
“I was actually so surprised by the meaningful connections I found with other moms,” she said. “You need a community. You need to find that support wherever you can get it.”
In his January essay for New York Magazine The cutTisdale, 40, said he felt “frozen outside the group, noticing all the ways they seemed to exclude me.” 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 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 moms around the same time.
