Inside showbiz’s biggest ‘toxic mom’ feuds from A-lister blocked from Whatsapp group to ‘hippy parent’ shaming
MOM-OF-TWO Ashley Tisdale shocked fans when she dragged a long-simmering feud back into the spotlight after calling out her former “mean girl” A-list pals, Hilary Duff and Mandy Moore.
These Mom wars have been erupting on both sides of the pond for years, whether it’s Love Island’s Molly-Mae feuding with mommy bloggers or sister rivalry between Kourtney and Kim Kardashian in Hollywood.
With bitter fallouts to ruthless mom-shaming, these celebrity parents have taken their battles far beyond the playground.
From an A-lister blocked on a Whatsapp group to ‘hippy parent’ shaming, here’s an inside look into showbiz’s biggest ‘toxic mom’ feuds.
Ashley vs “Mean Girl” Moms
High School Musical alum Ashley Tisdale caused controversy when she revealed that she was dumped by her A-list mom friends, calling them out for their “mean girl” behaviour.
Ashley is mom to daughters Jupiter and Emerson with husband Chris French but went viral this month thanks to her scathing words about the group.
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Ashley, published an op-ed entitled You’re Allowed To Leave Your Mom Group, in which she explained how she took a stand after “being left out from yet another group hang.”
While she didn’t name people, it was well known she hung out with a group that included Mandy Moore, Meghan Trainor and Hilary Duff and described the group as leaving her “feeling hurt, drained or left out.”
Now she does not follow some of her former pals on Instagram, sparking more speculation of a feud, and wrote in the publication how the final straw came when she was excluded from a series of events.
She put: “During the early days of the group, there was another mom who often wasn’t included.
“I’d picked up on hints of a weird dynamic, but at the time, I didn’t dwell on it too much. I was just so happy to have found these incredible, smart, funny women. Now it seemed that this group had a pattern of leaving someone out. And that someone had become me.”
Ferne and Sam’s epic spat
Former best pals Ferne McCann and Sam Faiers fell out in 2022 after Ferne branded Sam a “fat c***” in a leaked voicenote.
The warring mums had been friends for 20 years and appeared on reality show The Only Way Is Essex, with the two ending up becoming ‘sworn enemies’.
After the incident Ferne apologised saying her comments were “manipulated, edited and taken entirely out of context”.
The two reality titans have their own family shows on the same broadcaster ITV.
Ferne’s First Time Mum and Sam’s The Family Diaries both aired on ITVbe and when it comes to awards shows the pair even have to be separated.
During the National Television Awards, a source revealed: “It was a logistical nightmare because despite working for the same channel, ITV had to keep them apart and they couldn’t be placed into the same hospitality boxes.
“It was more than a little bit awkward.”
Myleene vs Frankie and Rochelle
Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge, 36, has been at the centre of decade long feud with fellow presenter Myleene Klass, 47, as well as having a strained relationship with ITV regular and her bandmate Rochelle Humes.
It was revealed that whilst working on the set of Loose Women, Myleene and Frankie avoid each other in the corridors at ITV and one frosty reunion was captured on camera when Frankie and Myleene made a very rare appearance together.
Myleene used to be mates with The Saturdays singers but their friendship ended when she split from her ex husband Graham Quinn.
Frankie and Rochelle worked with Quinn when he was their bodyguard during their pop star days, and the girl band stars remained friends with him.
The moms were all once close, with Loose Women hosts Myleene and Frankie attending Rochelle’s hen do back in 2012.
In 2013, soon after Myleene’s divorce from Quinn, guests at the Glamour Women of the Year awards saw her storm over to Frankie after believing she had been blanked.
At the time a source said: “Myleene seemed to take that as Frankie taking sides with Graham because of their working relationship.”
WhatsApp drama
It seems there’s always something going on in the Kardashian household- and both Kim and Khloe have previously accused sister Kourtney of “mom-shaming” them, calling her “judgemental.”
But things really became bitter between the siblings when Kim admitted Kourtney had been blocked of a Whatsapp group.
During the Season 4 premiere of The Kardashians on Hulu, Kim claimed during an argument that all of Kourtney’s friends had been complaining about her behaviour in a group chat labelled “Not Kourtney”.
On her Instagram Kourtney was quick to clear up the rumours after a fan responded underneath one of her posts, they penned: “Are those friends on the ‘not Kourtney groupchat’ cause if so we don’t need them there.”
She swiftly replied: “No the members of that chat are namely Kim, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie. Case closed,” with a detective emoji.
Fans were stunned by the accusation that the group chat in question was made up of just family members, with hundreds replying and liking her response.
Molly Mae vs Mom Bloggers
Love Island alum Molly-Mae Hague was caught out by a Mom bloggers this year following alarming ”safeguarding issue” involving her daughter Bambi.
The reality star, 26, has been facing growing criticism over her parenting recently, after the film crew for her documentary had captured her tot using the toilet, although blurred the clip sparked outrage with fellow moms.
One mommy blogger Charlotte Blandford Tagger, took to TikTok to raise her concerns over Bambi featuring in Molly’s vlogs and the latest celeb documentary.
Charlotte said in her video: ”Molly-Mae asking Bambi to pull her pants down, get her bare bottom out, go for a wee in front of a camera crew – and then broadcast it to millions of people.
”We’re just skimming past the fact that someone has videoed her daughter’s private parts, had that on their camera roll.
”They’ve sat with a few people in the gallery, edited that and thought, ‘Perfect, that is great’,” said the furious parent.
A source revealed to the Mirror that Molly was shocked by the reaction, they said they shared that backlash hit the star particularly hard because Bambi’s welfare is and always will be her number one priority. Confessing “she’s had a real shock with this backlash.”
They added: “She really trusts her filming team but I think she’s realising that there’s more to a reality show than just filming random scenes from your day. Viewers expect more, and of course they’re going to critique every scene.”
Battle of the mom-preneurs
Hollywood stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Alba had mutual friends which saw them float around the same circles, but their rival businesses seemed to have caused friction between the two working ‘mompreneurs’
Their feud kicked off just over a decade ago, when on Gwyneth’s website Goop she dropped a scathing review about one of Jessica’s skincare products, from her business The Honest Company.
“Many of the ‘clean’ products I proudly use (and have even touted on goop) have turned out to be a product of marketing, rather than actually safe,” she said, grading it a C.
A year prior, Jessica had her own harsh words for the rival mom when whilst promoting her book The Honest Life: Living Naturally and True to You she was asked if she was inspired by Gwyneth.
She replied: “Gwyneth Paltrow probably lives a very similar lifestyle, but I didn’t grow up with a bunch of money, so my tips are much more grounded: repurposing things and making things at home.”
Alicia slammed over ‘Hippy Parenting’
It’s been long known that actress Alicia Silverstone’s ‘hippy parenting’ habits have caused controversy – especially in the Hollywood mom circles.
The first notion of her unique parenting was noted in her 2015 book The Kind Mama, in which she claimed ‘postpartum depression is caused by eating processed sugars’ and said ‘allowing your baby to sleep in its own crib is neglectful.’
Not only this, but the star revealed that she believed that some children are “never the same” after they get vaccines.
She then made herself the subject of even more criticism when a resurfaced video showed hergiving her son pre-chewed food from her own mouth, a ritual known as ‘bird-feeding’.
She then sent fans into a frenzy whilst discussing her “approach to motherhood” during a chat on the Ellen Fisher Podcast, in which she revealed that she still co-sleeps with her 11-year-old son.
“… Bear and I still sleep together,” and later added, “I’ll be in trouble for saying that, but I don’t really care.”
Her parenting methods have sparked fears she could be isolating herself within Hollywood mom circles, with the likes of fellow mother and TV host Whoopi Goldberg reacting to the clip on US daytime show The View, saying: “I don’t know any 11-year-old that wants to sleep with me.”
Tellingly, Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik was the only celeb mothers to defend Alicia, giving credence to her parenting techniques in a lengthy article.
Mayim said : “Let’s reserve judgment for people who beat their children, sell their daughters into prostitution, or deny women the right to make decisions about their bodies and their lives.”