Real Housewives star responds to Ashley Tisdale’s claims about her ‘toxic mum group’

Real Housewives star Crystal Minkoff has randomly responded to Ashley Tisdale’s interview with The Cut, where she spoke about leaving her “toxic mum group”. The Disney star revealed that she “thought I found my village. Instead, I was back in high school.”

After the interview, Ashley unfollowed Hilary Duff and Mandy Moore, claiming she text them to say, “This is too high school for me.” She began to notice she wasn’t invited to some gatherings and it “took me back to an unpleasant but familiar feeling I thought I’d left behind.”

Ashley Tisdale wrote an article for The Cut about breaking up with her “toxic” mom group, which often excluded her:

“I thought I found my village. Instead, I was back in high school.” pic.twitter.com/0VEgZFUngu

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 A group photo was shared of Ashley with her former mum group on socials, to which Crystal, who left The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, claims her childhood bestie was in. She also said” “Me, realising I wasn’t mentioned in Ashley Tisdale’s “losing friends” article 👀…”

She added: “Didn’t I literally start that trend back in 2021? #14friends #rhobh #trendsetter.” People are telling Crystal that what she’s saying is a “weird flex,” to which she responded: “Weird = awesome.” And to be fair, everyone is saying the article reminded them of her.

Basically, Crystal was once called out for having a fall-out with 14 of her friends on RHOBH season 12. “I have not heard from them since that, but I have talked to a couple prior,” she said on WWHL. “And we’re not friends anymore, but I’ve just heard from them.”

By the season 12 reunion, Crystal clarified that most of the friends eventually came back and apologised, though some remained estranged. Now, she’s revealed she’ll be discussing the lore behind her 14 friends on her next episode of Humble Brag.

Rumour has it that one of those friends is Robbie Williams’ wife, Ayda Fields, but that’s just speculation. One friend was an actress who wanted to do the show and whose family didn’t want her t, claimed Crystal, while her friends ghosted her when she went on RHOBH.

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