On January 1, actress and singer Ashley Tisdale published an essay on The Cut in which she wrote about how she separated herself from a “Toxic Mom Group.” According to Page Six, the group she was referring to included people like Hilary Duff, Mandy Moore, and Meghan Trainor.Almost a week after the essay was published, Hilary Duff’s husband, Matthew Koma, seemingly mocked the essay. Taking to his Instagram stories on January 6, he shared a picture of himself in which his face was put on Tisdale’s body, just the same way as it was published on The Cut. The picture was captioned:“A Mom Group Tell All Through A Father's Eyes. When You're The Most Self Obsessed Tone Deaf Person On Earth, Other Moms Tend To Shift Focus To Their Actual Toddlers.”In the essay, Ashley Tisdale wrote that after her daughter was born, she wanted to get in touch with other mothers. She explained:“I needed to talk to someone else who related to what I was going through: the mood swings, the late nights, saying good-bye to who I used to be and getting to know my daughter and the new person I was becoming.”A friend of hers then made a group. In the early days, Ashley Tisdale was quite impressed by the conversations that she had and how every mom in that group was an entrepreneur of some sort. She wrote:“I was running my own company too, and I felt energized by being around women who understood the challenge of feeding a baby while taking a Zoom call. I felt a sense of belonging. And it made me hopeful about finding the balance between fulfilling work and family life, since all these cool women were able to do it.”Ashley Tisdale on being excluded and how everything felt like high schoolAshley Tisdale’s initial experience with the other moms was something that made her feel that she found her village. However, over time, it changed. She mentioned that she was left out of hangouts. During a dinner party at one of the moms’ houses, she felt she was being “excluded.” Tisdale wrote:“At first, I tried not to take things personally. It’s not like people aren’t allowed to get together without me - and maybe there were perfectly good reasons that I hadn’t been invited. We were all busy, life was hectic. I told myself it was all in my head and it wasn’t a big deal.”Over time, Ashley Tisdale realized that the mom group had the habit of leaving someone or the other out. However, she never understood why she became the chosen one. She wrote:“All of a sudden, I was in high school again, feeling totally lost as to what I was doing “wrong” to be left out.”She eventually texted the group members that everything felt like high school, and she did not want to carry on with it. Although the other members tried to make amends, she felt they were not justified. Ashley Tisdale concluded her essay, writing that even though everything seemed perfect on Instagram stories and posts, it wasn’t the right group for her.