{"id":499398,"date":"2026-01-07T17:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499398\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:30:17","slug":"hilary-duffs-husband-matthew-koma-called-ashley-tisdale-the-most-self-obsessed-tone-deaf-person-on-earth-as-he-brutally-mocked-her-toxic-mom-group-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499398\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilary Duff\u2019s Husband, Matthew Koma, Called Ashley Tisdale The \u201cMost Self-Obsessed, Tone-Deaf Person On Earth\u201d As He Brutally Mocked Her \u201cToxic\u201d Mom Group Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"782\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/d2867e360063850424f75d966865d8ae.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Amy Sussman \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>For some quick context, Ashley \u2014 who has two young daughters \u2014 detailed being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/leylamohammed\/ashley-tisdale-exposes-toxic-celebrity-mom-group\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:excluded from a friendship group;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">excluded from a friendship group<\/a> of fellow moms in a candid essay for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/ashley-tisdale-french-mom-group-mean-girls-parenting.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Cut;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the Cut<\/a> earlier this week.<img alt=\"Ashley Tisdale speaking into a microphone at an event\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"695\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81df801ab09597084a6613d2bb83a77b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Robin Marchant \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/kristenharris1\/celebs-who-responded-to-diss-tracks-and-shady-lyrics?utm_source=yahoo-recirc-links\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:15 Celebrities Who Got Called Out In Songs, But They Didn&#039;t Let The Artist Have The Last Word;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">15 Celebrities Who Got Called Out In Songs, But They Didn&#8217;t Let The Artist Have The Last Word<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She wrote 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. Another time, at one of the mom\u2019s dinner parties, I realized where I sat with her \u2014 which was at the end of the table, far from the rest of the women. I was starting to feel frozen out of the group, noticing every way that they seemed to exclude me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ashley also recalled confronting the moms via text, writing, \u201cThis is too high school for me and I don\u2019t want to take part in it anymore.\u201d She recalled, \u201cIt didn\u2019t exactly go over well. Some of the others tried to smooth things over. One sent flowers, then ignored me when I thanked her for them. Another tried to convince me that everyone assumed I\u2019d been invited to gatherings and just hadn\u2019t shown up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTo be clear, I have never considered the moms to be bad people. (Maybe one.) But I do think our group dynamic stopped being healthy and positive \u2014 for me, anyway,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Several Internet users immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Fauxmoi\/comments\/1q3tvce\/ashley_tisdale_wrote_an_article_about_breaking_up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:speculated;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">speculated<\/a> that Ashley was talking about her group of famous celebrity mom friends, which includes Meghan Trainor, Mandy Moore, and Hilary Duff. Eagle-eyed fans even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Fauxmoi\/comments\/1q3tvce\/ashley_tisdale_wrote_an_article_about_breaking_up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:noticed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">noticed<\/a> that Ashley was no longer following Hilary or Mandy on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/stephaniesoteriou\/winona-ryder-surrounded-by-young-women-weird-stuff-faces?utm_source=yahoo-recirc-links\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cYou\u2019re Gonna Want That Back\u201d: Winona Ryder Just Reflected On The Young Women She Knows Undergoing Buccal Fat Removal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201cYou\u2019re Gonna Want That Back\u201d: Winona Ryder Just Reflected On The Young Women She Knows Undergoing Buccal Fat Removal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A rep for Ashley ended up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/leylamohammed\/ashley-tisdale-rep-update-mom-friend-drama\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:denying speculation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">denying speculation<\/a> that her essay had been about said celebrities. However, Hilary\u2019s husband is still jumping to her defense.<img alt=\"Matthew and Hilary at an event\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7f87e65b8913f51684fbf76d6dd7805f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Lionel Hahn \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Taking to his Instagram stories, Matthew parodied Ashley\u2019s the Cut article, sharing a photo of his face photoshopped over hers in her cover shoot. The fake tagline read, \u201cA mom group tell all through a father\u2019s eyes,\u201d and then said, \u201cWhen you\u2019re the most self-obsessed, tone-deaf person on Earth, other moms tend to shift their focus to their actual toddlers.\u201d<img alt=\"Fake article cover, with text that calls out self-obsession and parenting from a father's perspective\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"876\" height=\"273\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3ebb8a988ee2801189a45d85a5824136.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ellendurney\/kylie-jenner-poked-fun-timothee-chalamet-sex-life-tiktok?utm_source=yahoo-recirc-links\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kylie Jenner Just Subtly Poked Fun At Her Sex Life With Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, And It Might Be One Of The Realest Things She\u2019s Ever Done;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kylie Jenner Just Subtly Poked Fun At Her Sex Life With Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, And It Might Be One Of The Realest Things She\u2019s Ever Done<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Matthew added, \u201cRead my new interview with @thecut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to Matthew\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/popculturechat\/comments\/1q626sj\/matthew_koma_hilary_duffs_husband_responds_to\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cshady\u201d and \u201cmessy\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201cshady\u201d and \u201cmessy\u201d<\/a> post, one person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/popculturechat\/comments\/1q626sj\/matthew_koma_hilary_duffs_husband_responds_to\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote<\/a> of the drama, \u201cWe really are just reliving the early 2000s.\u201d Someone else <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/popculturechat\/comments\/1q626sj\/matthew_koma_hilary_duffs_husband_responds_to\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:echoed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">echoed<\/a>, \u201cMy 2000s self is invested in this.\u201d<img alt=\"Hilary and Matthew at a formal event\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1098\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81e32362fbac8c71609352596179056a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Michael Kovac \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFor anyone who\u2019s never been in a Facebook mommy group before\u2026this is it,\u201d another user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/popculturechat\/comments\/1q626sj\/matthew_koma_hilary_duffs_husband_responds_to\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the same time, many users raised their eyebrows over Matthew jumping into the conversation. \u201cI mean I hear him and I\u2019m all for protecting your wife\u2026 but like that\u2019s between the women folk my guy,\u201d one <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SYXPNC\/status\/2008762956004401233\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:tweet;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">tweet<\/a> read, while someone else on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/popculturechat\/comments\/1q626sj\/matthew_koma_hilary_duffs_husband_responds_to\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reddit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reddit<\/a> questioned, \u201cWhy is the husband responding to this, that feels kind of weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/mychalthompson\/48-actors-lookalikes?utm_source=yahoo-recirc-links\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People Are Sharing Actors Who They Didn&#039;t Realize Are Two Different People, And It&#039;s Uncanny;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People Are Sharing Actors Who They Didn&#8217;t Realize Are Two Different People, And It&#8217;s Uncanny<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yikes. 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