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Hilary Duff she reunited with the “group chat” on an exotic vacation nine months after controversy erupted over her circle of celebrity mom friends.
“The group chat went to the jungle,” Duff, 39, captioned a carousel of photos from her trip on Saturday, October 10.
The “Roommates” singer revealed that her friends were with her at the One & Only Mandarina luxury resort, located in the coastal rainforest of Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit.
Duff was accompanied on her trip to the rainforest by her “mom group” friends. Mandy Moore and What is cooking Gabby author Dalkin acceptsamong several others. (Duff also tagged a makeup artist Kelsey Deeney Fisherskin care teacher Whitney Wagner Hartleyan artist Amanda Lilly whitefounder of Better Babies Janice Gott and an influencer Hayley Christina in her carousel.)
Duff rocked a yellow one-piece swimsuit in several photos as she sipped from a coconut on the beach and played mahjong among the lush greenery of the Riviera Nayarit. Of course, the ladies got together for a few group photos as well.
Mandy Moore, Hilary Duff and her friends on vacation to Mexico.
Courtesy of Instagram / Hilary DuffDalkin, 40, previously shared a video clip of her friends lining up by the pool before they all jumped in.
“Girls who go out at least once a year have a much longer lifespan, according to a study we did,” the food influencer said via Instagram on Friday, October 9.
She captioned the Instagram post, “Turns out we never outgrow sleep, we just start calling them girls’ trips. One for the record books.”
The exit from Mexico comes nine months after the former Disney Channel star Ashley Tisdale French write a controversial essay for New York magazine‘s The Cut titled “Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group.” (She shares daughters Jupiter, 5, and Emerson, 2, with her husband Christopher French.)
In that essay, Tisdale French, 41, said she was “left out of a couple of groups” with fellow mothers she felt close to and then began to feel “frozen out” from her circle of friends.
“I told myself it was all in my head, and it wasn’t a big deal,” Tisdale French wrote in January. “And yet, I could sense a growing distance between me and the other members of the group.”
While Zack and Cody’s life suite star didn’t name anyone directly in her essay, fans went through previous Instagram posts and speculated that Duff, Moore and Dalkin were involved.
Duff later revealed on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in February that she was “very sad” and “very surprised” to be drawn into the mom group drama. (She shares daughters Banks, 7, Mae, 5, and Townes, 2, with her husband Matthew Butas well as her son Luca, 14, with her husband, Mike Comrie.)
Mandy Moore is singing the praises of Hilary Duff – as a mother and as a musician – after the pair faced drama over Ashley Tisdale French’s “toxic” bodyguard allegations. “She’s an amazing talent and such an amazing mother,” Moore, 41, told Glamor of Duff, 38, in a cover story published Tuesday, Feb. 17. “Seeing the […]
“It’s terrible to read something that’s not true, and it’s terrible on behalf of six women and their entire lives,” Duff told the “Call Her Daddy” host. Alex Cooper.
In that same interview, Duff noted that the controversy came at “the craziest time” as she was launching her comeback album Luck… or something.
“The timing didn’t feel good and I felt used,” she said.
Friends of Duff’s other mom group continued to stand by her after the ordeal, with several attending a concert in Los Angeles Lucky me Trip on July 10th.
Dalkin cheered on Duff’s live performance, writing via her Instagram Story, “Stage mom-ing so hard! We love you @hilaryduff.
“I love my fwwwweeennnsss,” Moore retweeted, adding: “Delivering that level of happiness to 18K people is literally superhero level. We love you and are thankful you’re back doing what you were born to do!!”
