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Meghan Trainor Sips Tea on “Toxic Mom Group” Drama, Fans Speculate on Celebrity Circle
The internet is abuzz with the latest installment of celebrity “mom group” drama, and pop sensation Meghan Trainor is officially weighing in with a chuckle and a teacup. The “All About That Bass” singer took to TikTok on Thursday, delivering a perfectly timed reaction to the viral essay penned by “High School Musical” alum Ashley Tisdale French.
Tisdale French’s candid piece for The Cut, titled “Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group,” detailed her decision to exit a friendship circle that had, in her words, become “toxic.” And while the essay kept the identities of the other moms under wraps, the internet’s detective hats were firmly on, with many speculating that the group included other famous faces like Hilary Duff and Mandy Moore – and, of course, Meghan Trainor herself.
Trainor’s TikTok video, set to her new single “Still Don’t Care,” showed her looking utterly captivated, furiously typing at her computer while taking a dramatic sip of tea. Her on-screen caption perfectly captured the moment: “Me finding out about the apparent mom group drama.” The video was further captioned, “☕️☕️☕️ #stilldontcare,” leaving fans to interpret her level of involvement (or lack thereof).
As a mom of two boys, Trainor is indeed part of the well-known celebrity friend group that has been at the center of this speculative storm. However, Tisdale French’s essay was careful to maintain anonymity, even cautioning “wannabe online sleuths” against trying to identify anyone, stating, “please, don’t even try – whatever you think is true isn’t even close.”
In her essay, Tisdale French, mother to daughters Jupiter and Emerson, described her initial joy in finding a “village” of fellow mothers after her first child’s birth. Yet, this camaraderie soured when she found herself repeatedly excluded from group outings, often discovering them through Instagram posts.
“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 wrote, ultimately deciding to part ways when the friendships “stopped being healthy and positive.” She clarified, “To be clear, I have never considered the moms to be bad people.
(Maybe one.).”
Adding another layer to the unfolding saga, Hilary Duff’s husband, Matthew Koma, also chimed in with a humorous take. Koma posted a doctored image to Instagram stories earlier this week, superimposing his face onto Tisdale French’s body from her essay’s featured photo. His parody headline, complete with The Cut’s logo, read, “When You’re The Most Self Obsessed Tone Deaf Person On Earth, Other Moms Tend To Shift Focus To Their Actual Toddlers.”
While the internet continues to piece together the puzzle of who’s who in this high-profile mom group, the stars involved are clearly having a little fun with the speculation. Representatives for Trainor, Tisdale French, Duff, and Koma have yet to respond to requests for comment, leaving us all to wonder what other celebrity tea will be spilled next.