Ashley Tisdale French has a subtle message amid the ongoing drama surrounding her allegedly “toxic” mom group.
“Find your strength within,” Tisdale French, 40, wrote Instagram on Friday, January 9, along with footage of her doing yoga against a desert backdrop.
The Musical Baccalaureate The actress added, “Coming February 1st” to her caption and tagged her lifestyle brand, Being Frenshe.
Although Tisdale French seems to have teased a new collection for her wellness range, she recently found her own inner courage to open up about her personal life and friendships. French Tisdale went viral earlier this monthpublishing an essay titled “Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group” for a New York Magazine.
“I remember being left out of a couple of group blogs, and I knew about it because Instagram made sure to feed me every Instagram photo and story,” she said. he wrote in it the cut essay. “I was starting to feel frozen out of the group, noticing all the aspects that seemed to exclude me.”
The former child star continued, “I told myself it was all in my head, and it wasn’t a big deal. However, I could feel a growing distance between me and the other members of the group, who didn’t even seem to care that I wasn’t even close.”
Tisdale French didn’t mention any of his former teammates by name in the profile, though notably it sparked a friendship with other famous mothers Hilary Duff, Mandy Moore, Meghan Trainor and more in 2021 after they all welcomed the babies that same year.
“Hilary is the cutest and she’s a super mom. She and Matt (Comaher husband) have become very close friends with my husband and I,” Moore, 41, previously said. InStyle in May 2022. “They have a boy who is six weeks younger than (my son) Gus. And so, we had babies at the same time and she, being the supermom that she is, started a cool mommy club.”
Moore added at the time, “Somehow, I was invited to be a part of it and it’s the best. I’ve made so many wonderful friends. We all got together earlier this week and had dinner and baby classes together and it’s amazing. I’m so, so grateful to have these resources and amazing women to support us. We’re all in this chapter together.”
Ashley and her husband Christopher French she also welcomed her first baby, daughter Jupiter, in 2021. Her second daughter, Emerson, followed in 2024.
Over time, Ashley and the rest of the group of mothers began to distance themselves.
“The root of the problems was that some of the women became closer friends with each other and Ashley started to feel left out,” a source said. explained exclusively Us Weekly before January “There were times when get-togethers or last-minute get-togethers were arranged, often casual outings or quick dinners, and Ashley wasn’t included.”
The insider, however, stressed that there was never any “bad intent” to deliberately exclude Ashley.
“Friendships naturally changed and some people bonded more than others,” the source claimed we. “They felt like he was making a bigger deal out of everything. The tension was coming through a lot of it which the group saw as a shock in priorities and values”.



