Hilary Duff flaunts figure in yellow swimsuit on girls’ trip as ‘toxic mom group’ drama resurfaces
Hilary Duff shared photos from a girls’ trip to Mexico with longtime friends, including actress Mandy Moore, as well as chef Gaby Dalkin and makeup artist Kelsey Deenihan Fisher. The holiday drew attention to an earlier dispute involving Ashley Tisdale, after commenters linked Duff’s group to Tisdale’s account of leaving a “toxic” mothers’ group.
Tisdale’s January essay for The Cut described feeling excluded from gatherings and deciding to leave the group, but she did not name its members. A representative denied that she meant Duff, Moore or Meghan Trainor, while Duff later said on the Call Her Daddy podcast that she was hurt by the speculation. Some commenters revived the claims beneath Duff’s holiday photos; others objected to targeting Tisdale.
- Duff shared photos from a Mexico trip with friends.
- Commenters revived speculation about Tisdale’s essay.
- Tisdale did not identify the group in her essay.
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Hilary Duff is an American actor and singer, and Ashley Tisdale is an actor and singer who has also spoken publicly about motherhood. The two have been linked in online discussion because of speculation about a mothers’ social group, though Tisdale did not identify its members.
In a January essay for The Cut, Tisdale wrote that she felt excluded from gatherings and chose to leave the group. A representative said the essay was not about Duff, Mandy Moore or Meghan Trainor; Duff later said the speculation had hurt her.
The discussion shows how personal accounts and social-media comments can prompt public guesses about people who have not been named. It also raises questions about how those guesses affect the people involved.