Mandy Moore responded to Ashley French’s essay describing a breakup with a mom group that included Hilary Duff and Moore. Moore said it was upsetting to have her life discussed in a way that felt different from prior public scrutiny. She felt hurt by French’s characterization of the group as “toxic” and by the comparison to high school mean girls. Moore emphasized that her priority is being a kind person and that insinuations about her character and the company she keeps were especially upsetting. She also said she would not have handled the situation the same way if roles were reversed. She concluded that the controversy reinforces a trope that women cannot support one another and are inherently petty, which she has not experienced since becoming a parent.
"“It's wild to have anybody talk about your life, and I know Hilary has sort of mentioned this too. It's like we both have grown up in this business and had people dissect who we are and the choices we make and all of that, but this was something altogether different and decidedly way more upsetting,” she told Andy Cohen in an interview on May 18. “It just cuts to the core.”"
"“The most important thing in my life is being a kind person and like that legacy of kindness, and anyone even insinuating that that might not be the case, and with the company that I choose to keep is very upsetting,” Moore continued. “I'd say that was the biggest takeaway, sort of the shock of like, 'Wow.'”"
"Moore feels that if roles were reversed, she would not have done the same thing. “It's not always like the most comfortable of situations, but I think that's where I sort of differed in feeling like I wouldn't have handled the situation this way,” she concluded."
"“I think the biggest takeaway from that whole ridiculous debacle is that I feel like it just sort of it perpetuates this silly trope that women can't be supportive of one another and that we're inherently petty and that we're inherently out to one-up each other, and I have not felt that one iota since becoming a parent.”"
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