Overview
- Ashley Tisdale’s viral The Cut essay followed a December blog post detailing exclusion, group-chat cliques and uninvited meetups in a mothers’ group.
- She did not name anyone in either piece, but subsequent Instagram unfollows, including of Hilary Duff and Mandy Moore, fueled guessing about identities.
- Hilary Duff’s husband, Matthew Koma, posted a parody The Cut-style image in an Instagram Story that appeared to mock Tisdale’s account.
- A Tisdale spokesperson told TMZ that claims the essay was about Duff, Mandy Moore or Meghan Trainor are not true.
- Social-media activity continued to draw attention, with users noting that Haylie Duff liked The Cut’s Instagram post about Tisdale’s essay.