Meghan Trainor is finally chiming in on Ashley Tisdale French‘s viral mom group takedown.
“Me finding out about the apparent mom group drama,” Trainor, 32, wrote in a TikTok video uploaded Thursday, January 8, which showed her sitting at a desk and typing on a computer.
In the background, Trainor added her song “Still Don’t Care.” The caption included three tea emojis.
Trainor’s TikTok comes shortly after French, 40, raised eyebrows for exposing her “toxic” mom group in a personal essay written for The Cut. She did not mention any of the other moms involved by name, but French frequently documented playdates with Trainor, Mandy Moore and Hilary Duff, each of whom have young children.
“I remember being left out of a couple of group hangs, and I knew about them because Instagram made sure it fed me every single photo and Instagram Story,” French wrote. “I was starting to feel frozen out of the group, noticing every way that they seemed to exclude me. … I told myself it was all in my head, and it wasn’t a big deal. And yet, I could sense a growing distance between me and the other members of the group, who seemed to not even care that I wasn’t around much.”
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When French ultimately decided to remove herself from the group — claiming the behavior was getting “too high school” — she noted that some women “tried to smooth things over” with her.
“One sent flowers, then ignored me when I thanked her for them. … To be clear, I have never considered the moms to be bad people. (Maybe one.),” she continued. “But I do think our group dynamic stopped being healthy and positive — for me, anyway.”
As her essay gained traction online, fans also noticed that French no longer followed Moore, 41, or Duff, 38, on Instagram. A rep for French, however, quickly shut down the speculation.
Before Trainor addressed the drama, a source exclusively told Luxury Handbag Shopping that Duff and Moore felt “blindsided” by French’s decision to air her issues publicly.
“From their perspective, they believed the group was supportive and coming from a good place, and they never thought there was any bad intent behind how things played out,” a source exclusively revealed, adding that the group felt “unfairly portrayed” by the article. “The moms insist there was no ‘mean girl’ behavior and say they were genuinely trying to be there for one another during a really vulnerable time in all of their lives.”
The High School Musical actress, meanwhile, has not spoken out further about the response to her essay. Her husband, Christopher French, seemingly weighed in on the debacle with a cryptic Instagram Story shared Tuesday, January 6, which read, “It’s your choice whether or not to engage.”
Moore and Duff have yet to share their opinions publicly, but Duff’s husband, Matthew Koma, created a playful version of The Cut’s cover via his Instagram Story. “A mom group tell-all through a father’s eyes,” the spoof article read. “When you’re the most self-obsessed tone-deaf person on earth, other moms tend to shift focus to their actual toddlers.”
