Kaley Cuoco’s Friends Honor Mom Group Amid Ashley Tisdale Controversy

Kaley Cuoco and her friends are celebrating their strong bond following Ashley Tisdale French‘s viral controversy with her previous mom group.

“Mom groups are trending on social media this week. Shoutout to my village, without whom I’d feel lost and lonely,” Cuoco’s friend Ashley Jones shared via Instagram on January 7. This post featured several photos of their mom squad. “Tag your supportive ride-or-die mom group!”

Cuoco, 40, and Jones’ group includes Lacey Chabert, Ali Fedotowsky, Amy Davidson, Willa Ford, and others.

“I miss them all during this little season, but I am so thankful we had each other throughout this phase — and every phase. #lifteachother #womensupportingwomen **not everyone is pictured, but all who are, are cherished #momgroup,” Jones, 49, expressed.

Many members of the mom group took to the comments to express their affection for one another.

“Love this group!” Fedotowsky commented, while Davidson chimed in, “So grateful for this mom village! The fact that we’ve experienced this together is incredibly special ❤️❤️🙌🏻 Oh, how I miss them during this little phase, too!”

This week, French went viral following her essay for The Cut titled “Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group.” In it, Tisdale French described feeling increasingly excluded from the group.

“I remember being left out of a few gatherings and I knew they were happening because Instagram made sure I saw every single photo and Story,” she revealed. “I felt increasingly isolated from the group, noticing all the ways they seemed to exclude me. … I told myself it was all in my head and that it wasn’t a significant issue. Yet, I sensed a widening gap between me and the other group members, who appeared indifferent to my absence.”

French described the atmosphere as feeling “too high school” for her.

“To be clear, I have never deemed the moms to be bad people (maybe one). But I do feel our group dynamic became unhealthy and negative — at least for me,” she added.

French was historically part of a group that featured Hilary Duff, Mandy Moore, Meghan Trainor, and more. Following the essay’s viral spread, Duff’s husband, Matthew Koma, addressed the drama with a parody.

“A mom group tell-all through a father’s perspective,” Koma, 38, wrote in his Instagram Story on January 6, alongside a photo mimicking French’s pose. “When you’re the most self-absorbed, tone-deaf person on earth, other moms tend to shift their focus back to their actual kids.”

While Moore, 41, and Duff, 38, have yet to publicly comment on French’s essay, a source told Us Weekly that the group was taken aback by her revelations.

“They feel blindsided and hurt by Ashley’s candidness,” the insider disclosed. “From their perspective, they believed the group was supportive and genuinely caring, and they never imagined any ill intent behind the situation.”

Meanwhile, Trainor shared her thoughts on French’s claims in a TikTok video on Thursday.

“Me finding out about the so-called mom group drama,” Trainor, 32, captioned a video of herself at a desk typing, set to her new song “Still Don’t Care.”