Hilary Duff expressed deep sadness and surprise over Ashley Tisdale’s essay detailing a “toxic mom group.” Duff, a mother of four, felt the account, which alluded to women she’s known for years, contained untruths. The essay, published in The Cut, sparked online speculation about the identities of the mothers involved, with Duff’s husband humorously parodying the piece.

Hilary Duff is giving her undivided attention to Ashley Tisdale’s essay about the ‘mom group chat.’ The star recently appeared on a podcast where she opened up about the alleged allegations mentioned in the post and what she thinks about it from her side.

Hilary Duff opens up about Ashley Tisdale and the ‘mom group chat’ fiasco

While appearing on the latest episode of the podcast ‘Call Her Daddy’, Duff, who is prepping for her tour, opened up about the drama that unfolded after Tisdale’s essay. The singer shared that she was heavily affected after reading the article, adding that it was about people she has known all of her life, and much of it felt untrue. She added, “I felt really sad. I honestly felt really sad. I was pretty, pretty taken aback and felt just, like, sad.”

She further shared, “I have tons of different groups of mom friends because I have four kids. So I think I just was like, whoa, it’s—s to read something that’s not true, and it’s—s on behalf of six women in all of their lives.”

What is Ashley Tisdale’s essay about the toxic ‘mom group’?

For the unversed, the ‘High School Musical’ star shared a full essay titled ‘Breaking Up with My Toxic Mom Group’ for The Cut, where she detailed how toxic the mom group chat she was a part of was.While the essay did not mention any names, fans and netizens online sleuthed around and found that the probable names included Meghan Trainor, Hilary Duff, Mandy Moore, Gaby Dalkin, and more. Earlier, only a few days after posting the essay, Duff’s husband took to his social media to share a parody post about it. Matthew Koma took to his stories section and reshared Tisdale’s photo from the essay. He redid the heading and subheading, which simultaneously read: “When You’re The Most Self-Obsessed Tone Deaf Person On Earth, Other Moms Tend To Shift Focus To Their Actual Toddlers” and “A Mom Group Tell All Through A Father’s Eyes.”