{"id":4738,"date":"2026-01-19T11:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/mandy-moore-makes-1st-public-appearance-after-toxic-mom-drama\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:28:20","slug":"mandy-moore-makes-1st-public-appearance-after-toxic-mom-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/mandy-moore-makes-1st-public-appearance-after-toxic-mom-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandy Moore Makes 1st Public Appearance After ‘Toxic’ Mom Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Mandy Moore<\/strong> reunited with former This Is Us<\/em> cast mates in her first public appearance following the \u201ctoxic\u201d mom drama sparked by Ashley Tisdale French<\/strong>\u2019s essay.<\/p>\n

Moore, 41, attended a \u201cThat Was Us\u201d event at Los Angeles, California\u2019s The Wiltern on Saturday, January 17, that saw her join former cast mates Sterling K. Brown<\/strong> and Chris Sullivan<\/strong> record a live episode of their \u201cThat Was Us\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n

In addition to Moore, Brown, 49, and Sullivan, 45, recording a show for fans, Moore also performed a musical number, per social media footage from the event shared via Instagram one day later.<\/p>\n

Moore\u2019s public outing comes after Us Weekly<\/em> revealed on January 8 that the \u201cI Wanna Be With You\u201d hitmaker felt \u201cblindsided\u201d over the release of French\u2019s now-viral essay about ditching a mom group widely believed to have included Moore, Hilary Duff<\/strong>, Meghan Trainor<\/strong> and other new parents.<\/p>\n

The actress and singer took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday, January 18, to reflect on her night out, sharing a photo of two children soaring through the air while secured in a playground swing set. \u201cLate night but full heart,\u201d Moore, who shares three children with husband Taylor Goldsmith<\/strong>, sons Gus, 4, and Ozzie, 3, and daughter Louise, 17 months, captioned the post. \u201cThanks to everyone who came to our show at @thewiltern.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also shared an image of herself with makeup being applied to her cheeks ahead of her on-stage appearance.<\/p>\n

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French\u2019s essay for The Cut<\/em> first made headlines on January 1. While it did not include any names of former mom friends, French, 40, wrote about feeling excluded by a group of women in California. (French shares daughters Jupiter, 4, and Emerson, 17 months, with husband Christopher French<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

The essay read in part, \u201cI remember being left out of a couple of group hangs, and I knew about them because Instagram made sure it fed me every single photo and Instagram Story. I was starting to feel frozen out of the group, noticing every way that they seemed to exclude me.\u201d<\/p>\n

A source exclusively told Us<\/em> on January 8 that both Moore and Duff, 38, felt \u201churt\u201d by French\u2019s words. (Duff, 38, shares three daughters, Banks, 7, Mae, 4, and Townes, 8 months, with husband Matthew Koma<\/strong>, as well as a son, Luca, 13, with ex-husband Mike Comrie<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span>Mandy Moore Stages ‘This Is Us’ Reunion With Costars on the Picket Line<\/span>
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\n\t\t\tMandy Moore and her former\u00a0This Is Us\u00a0costars will always be family \u2014 and are sticking together no matter what. \u201cDay 1. Proud to stand with my fellow\u00a0@sagaftra\u00a0and\u00a0@wgawest\u00a0members demanding a fair contract,\u201d Moore, 39, wrote via Instagram on Friday, July 14, sharing a photo with Chrissy Metz and Jon Huertas from the picket line in Los [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cFrom their perspective, they believed the group was supportive and coming from a good place, and they never thought there was any bad intent behind how things played out,\u201d the insider told Us<\/em> at the time before adding that the former friends felt that \u201cissues that could\u2019ve been handled privately were instead made public,\u201d and as a result, the moms felt \u201cunfairly portrayed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The source noted, \u201cThe moms insist there was no \u2018mean girl\u2019 behavior and say they were genuinely trying to be there for one another during a really vulnerable time in all of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

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