Mandy Moore reunited with the old This is us co-stars in their first public appearance since the ‘toxic’ mother drama it sparked Ashley Tisdale Frenchthe essay of
Moore, 41, attended a “That Was Us” event at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, California on Saturday, January 17, which saw her join former castmates. Sterling K. Brown i Chris Sullivan record a live episode of his “That Was Us” podcast.
In addition to Moore, Brown, 49, and Sullivan, 45, taping a show for fans, Moore also performed a musical number, according to social media footage from the event shared via Instagram a day later
Moore’s public outing comes later Us Weekly revealed on Jan. 8 that the “I Wanna Be With You” hitmaker felt “blindsided” by the release of French’s now-viral essay about abandoning a group of mothers believed to include Moore, Hilary Duff, Meghan Trainor and other new parents.
The actress and the singer took it Instagram stories on Sunday, January 18, to reflect on their night out, sharing a photo of two children soaring through the air while secured on a playground swing. “Late night but full heart,” Moore, who shares three children with her husband Taylor Goldsmithsons Gus, 4, and Ozzie, 3, and daughter Louise, 17 months, captioned the post. “Thanks to everyone who came to our show at @thewiltern.”
She also shared a picture of herself with makeup applied to her cheeks before her appearance on stage.
Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown and Chris Sullivan
Courtesy of Trista Adams/Instagramof the French essay for the cut He made headlines for the first time on January 1. Although she did not include any names of her mother’s former friends, French, 40, wrote about feeling excluded by a women’s group in California. (French shares daughters Jupiter, 4, and Emerson, 17 months, with her husband Christopher French.)
The essay read in part: “I remember being left out of a couple of group uploads, and I knew about them because Instagram made sure to feed me every Instagram photo and story. I was starting to feel frozen out of the group, noticing anyway that they seemed to exclude me.”
An exclusively explained source we on Jan. 8 that both Moore and Duff, 38, were “hurt” by French’s words. (Duff, 38, shares three daughters, Banks, 7, Mae, 4, and Townes, 8 months, with her husband Matthew Butas well as a son, Luca, 13, with her ex-husband Mike Comrie.)
Mandy Moore and her former This Is Us co-stars will always be family, and they stick together no matter what. “Day 1. Proud to stand with my teammates at @sagaftra and @wgawest demanding a fair contract,” Moore, 39, wrote via Instagram on Friday, July 14, sharing a photo with Chrissy Metz and Jon Huertas from the picket line in Los (…)
“From their perspective, they believed the group was supportive and coming from a good place, and they never thought there was any ill intent behind the way things went,” the source said. we at the time before adding that the former friends felt that “issues that could have been dealt with privately were made public,” and the mothers felt “unfairly portrayed” as a result.
The source noted: “The mums insist there was no ‘mean girl’ behavior and say they were genuinely trying to be there for each other during a really vulnerable time in all their lives.”
In the days after the essay was published, French’s rep said TMZ that the Musical Baccalaureate The star’s words were “twisted” and the piece did not refer to Moore, Duff or Trainor, 32.
Hower Koma, 38, added fuel to the fire by sharing a fake article of his own through Instagram Stories that mimicked French’s work the cut. “A group of moms tell it all through the eyes of a dad,” began her Jan. 6 Instagram story. “When you’re the most obsessed tone-deaf person on earth, other moms tend to focus on their little ones.”
Two days later, Moore praised Koma as a “generous” friend before saying, “I love you, MB!!” which referred to Koma’s real name, Matthew Blair.