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Hilary Duff reunited with the “group chat” on an exotic vacation nine months after a controversy erupted over her circle of celebrity mom friends.
“The group chat made it to the jungle,” Duff, 39, captioned a carousel of photos from her trip on Saturday, October 10.
The “Roommates” singer revealed that her pals joined her at the luxurious One&Only Mandarina resort, which is located in the coastal rainforest of the Riviera Nayarit in Mexico.
Accompanying Duff on her visit to the rainforest were her “mom group” pals Mandy Moore and What’s Cooking Gabby author Gaby Dalkin, among several others. (Duff also tagged makeup artist Kelsey Deenihan Fisher, skincare guru Whitney Wagner Hartley, artist Amanda Lillywhite, Better Babies founder Janice Gott and influencer Haylee Christine in her carousel.)
Duff rocked a one-piece yellow swimsuit in multiple photos as she sipped a beverage from a coconut on the beach and played mahjong amid the lush greenery of the Riviera Nayarit. Of course, the ladies got together for a few group photos, too.
Mandy Moore, Hilary Duff and friends on vacation to Mexico. Courtesy Instagram / Hilary Duff
Dalkin, 40, previously shared a cute video clip of her friends lining up poolside before they all jumped in.
“Girlfriends who go on at least one trip per year have a much longer lifespan, according to a study we just made up,” the food influencer joked via Instagram on Friday, October 9.
She added in the Instagram post’s caption, “Turns out we never outgrow sleepovers, we just start calling them girls trips. One for the record books.”
The Mexican getaway comes nine months after former Disney Channel star Ashley Tisdale French penned 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 husband Christopher French.)
In that essay, Tisdale French, 41, alleged that she was “left out of a couple of group hangs” by fellow moms she felt close to and then started to feel “frozen out” of the friend circle.
“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 Suite Life of Zack and Cody star did not name anyone directly in her essay, fans scrolled through past Instagram posts and speculated that Duff, Moore and Dalkin were involved.
Duff subsequently revealed on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in February that she was “really sad” and “pretty taken aback” to be drawn into the mom group drama. (She shares daughters Banks, 7, Mae, 5, and Townes, 2, with husband Matthew Koma, as well as son Luca, 14, with her ex-husband, Mike Comrie.)
Mandy Moore is singing Hilary Duff’s praises — as a mother and musician — after the pair faced drama surrounding Ashley Tisdale French‘s “toxic” mom group allegations. “She’s such an incredible talent and such an incredible mother,” Moore, 41, told Glamour of Duff, 38, in a cover story published on Tuesday, February 17. “Seeing the […]
“It sucks to read something that’s not true, and it sucks on behalf of six women and all of their lives,” Duff told “Call Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper.
In that same interview, Duff noted that the controversy came at “the craziest time” because she was launching her comeback album Luck… or Something.
“The timing felt not great and I felt used,” she stressed.
Duff’s other mom group friends continued to stand by her after the ordeal, with several attending a Los Angeles concert on her Lucky Me Tour on July 10.
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 captioned a repost, adding: “Delivering the degree of joy to 18K people is literally superhero level. We love you and are grateful you are back doing what you’re born to do!!”
