Mandy Moore engages in a raw and frank conversation reflecting how motherhood has reshaped other relationships.
Speaking to Cameron Rogers on the Conversations with Cam podcast, the 41-year-old actor and singer had a heart-to-heart, wherein she dove deep into wide-ranging topics related to her life. She opened up about how her relationships evolved quite naturally after she became a parent.
In a clip from the podcast shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Moore asks Rogers, “Do you feel like you have seen a friendship sort of take a different course?”
She continues, “I have friends who have kids that are older, let’s say. And I have found that the people I am closest with in my life right now are people who are kind of at the same chapter of their lives as parents.”
“Like, we have kids the same age, and I’ve had to sort of mourn in a way, not the loss of those friendships, but like how they’ve, they’ve changed.”
To which Rogers agrees and adds, “Yeah, I have friends who have kids the exact same age as mine, I have friends who have kids that are older, and I have friends who don’t have children and don’t know if they want to have children. I think that it’s no one’s fault and no one’s doing anything wrong, and it doesn’t mean you love anyone less. But the reality is you’re going to be in more contact with the people whose kids are your exact age.”
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The A Walk to Remember actress shares sons August 4, Oscar, 3, and daughter Louise, 16 months, with husband Taylor Goldsmith. Moore added that having children the same age has strengthened the bond with other parents navigating similar routines and challenges.
Moore’s introspection has caught the attention of a lot of her fans, especially after Ashley Tisdale published a viral personal essay for The Cut, titled “Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group.”
According to PEOPLE, the 40-year-old High School Musical alum opened up about her decision to back out of a mom group that she said had become emotionally unhealthy, stating that “friendships, like all relationships, have seasons.”
Sharing daughters Jupiter, 4, and Emerson, 1, with Christopher French, Tisdale shared feeling “not cool enough” when she was excluded from the moms’ hangouts, according to Page Six.
She wrote, “I realized that there were group text chains that didn’t include everyone, which led to cliques forming within the larger group.”
The essay caused a furore on the internet, sparking social media reactions from Meghan Trainor and Matthew Koma, Hilary Duff’s husband, both of whom are alleged to have been part of the same circle, according to the news outlet. However, Tisdale’s representative has publicly denied that the essay was about Duff, Moore or Trainor.
As per the reports, Moore and Duff are known to be close friends. In fact, the former had recently praised Koma for taking in her family during the L.A. conflagration.
Recalling how Koma and Duff offered a place to stay to her family during the Los Angeles wildfires, Moore wrote, “This feels incredibly fitting as @matthewkoma happens to be one of the most talented and generous humans I’m lucky to know (he literally gave my family a place to stay one year ago today when we evacuated). Love you, MB!!”