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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Meghan Trainor has insisted she is "innocent" of any toxic mom group drama

    The 32-year-old singer has been under scrutiny after Ashley Tisdale called out "mean-girl behaviour" from the parents she used to hang out with,prompting fans to speculate she was refering to the likes of the Made You Look hitmaker, Mandy Moore and Hilary Duff.


    On Monday (12.01.26), Meghan shared a video on Tik Tok in which she lip synched to a clip from season 5 of Stranger Things im which Holly Wheeler (Nell Fisher) tried to convince her pals that Mr. Whatsit (Jamie Campbell Bower) isn't the friendly face they think he is.

    The dialogue stated: "Come on you have to believe me! Please, you have to believe me, you have to believe me."

    The All About That Bass singer - who has sons Riley, four, and Barry, two, with husband Daryl Sabara - wrote on the video: "Me still trying to convince everyone I'm not involved in the mom group drama."

    She added in the caption: "I swear i'm innocent (sic)"

    The video follows another posted by Meghan last week, in which she appeared typing and looking shocked as she sat at her computer.

    She wrote: "Me finding out about the apparent mom group drama."

    The Still Don't Care singer's husband also insisted he knew nothing about a feud.

    Daryl, 33, told TMZ: "No drama over here, just trying to keep the kids happy, you know?

    "I don't really know what's going on. I hope [Ashley] is okay, though."

    Ashley - who has Jupiter, four, and Emerson, 16 months, with husband Christopher French - first opened up about her experiences with the mom group in a post on her blog in which she dec lared: "Here's the thing nobody prepared me for: Mom groups can turn toxic.

    "Not because the moms themselves are toxic people, but because the dynamic shifts into an ugly place with mean-girl behaviour. I know this from personal experience."

    The High School Musical star explained there were group text chains that "didn't include everyone" and there were "hangouts" she didn't get invited to.

    In her viral essay for The Cut, the 40-year-old actress insisted it was fine to walk away from friendships that were no longer positive.

    She wrote: "If a mom group consistently leaves you feeling hurt, drained or left out, it's not the mom group for you.

    "Choosing to step away doesn't make you mean or judgmental. It makes you honest with yourself. It's also worth remembering that friendships, like all relationships, have seasons."

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