Mandy Moore found Ashley Tisdale’s scathing essay about their “toxic” mother group “deeply offensive.”
“It’s surprising that someone is talking about your life, I know Hilary [Duff] you spoke like this to him,” Moore said on Andy Cohen’s show on Monday when he spoke for the first time on the show.
Moore continued, “It’s like we’ve both grown up in this business and people pick apart who we are and the choices we make and all that, but this was something completely different and very upsetting.”
The “This Is Us” actress added that Tisdale’s article, which she wrote for The Cut in January, “cuts to the core.”
Moore also called out the “High School Musical” alum for “encouraging” that Moore and other members of the group of friends — including Duff and Meghan Trainor — aren’t kind people.
“I’d say that was the biggest thing I could take, kind of a shock like, ‘Wow,'” Moore said.
Although Moore admits that she is “really afraid of confrontation,” she said she is a “big believer” in talking things out in life.
“It’s not always a comfortable situation,” he continued, “but I think that’s where I’m different is that I feel like I couldn’t have handled the situation this way.”
The “Tangled” star also said she was upset Tisdale’s essay “perpetuates this nonsense” that women can’t support each other and are “inherently inferior,” something the mother of three said she has never seen since becoming a mother.
Moore added that she has created “meaningful relationships” with other mothers and is grateful for the “community” they have.
Duff, 38, praised Moore for his responses, commenting, “Class Bebe,” under the “Radio Andy” Instagram clip.
In Tisdale’s story, titled “Leaving My Mom’s Toxic Group,” she said she was excluded from hangouts in her ex’s mother’s group, which left her feeling “not cool enough” and “lost” as to why she was being left out.
Tisdale said she chose to end her relationship with the group after “the dynamic stopped being healthy.”
After the story hit the headlines, Tisdale’s spokesperson denied that she was talking about Duff, Moore and Trainor, and Duff’s husband, Matthew Koma, criticized Tisdale on social media.
Duff, who has four children, broke her silence on Tisdale’s “Call Her Daddy” story in February, admitting she was “very sad” about the situation.
The “Lizzie McGuire” alum also said she was “surprised” by Tisdale’s comments.
