Hilary Duff was surrounded by love in the form of her closest celebrity mom friends during night two of her Los Angeles concert.
“Stage mom-ing so hard!!!” What’s Gaby Cooking author Gaby Dalkin captioned a group photo of Duff’s longtime mom crew via her Instagram Story on Thursday, July 9. “We love you @hilaryduff.”
Dalkin, 40, posed alongside Mandy Moore, Meghan Trainor, hairstylist Barb Thompson, artist Amanda (Kaplan) Lillywhite, Muu by Better Babies, Inc. founder Janice Gott, makeup artist Kelsey Deenihan Fisher and beauty and skincare guru Whitney Wagner Hartley.
Moore, 42, reposted the squad picture via her Instagram Story on Friday, July 10, after attending the L.A. stop on Duff’s The Lucky Me Tour.
“I love my fwwwweeennnsss,” Moore captioned the repost.
The This Is Us actress also shared a video from the magical night, including balloons falling from the ceiling and concertgoers singing along passionately to Duff’s “What Dreams Are Made Of.”
“Delivering the degree of joy to 18K people is literally superhero level,” Moore wrote alongside the clip and tagging her longtime pal. “We love you and are grateful you are back doing what you’re born to do!!”
Trainor, meanwhile, gushed that Duff has always been one of her musical inspirations, revealing she’s the “reason I became a pop star” in her own social media video from the girls’ night out.
“Proud of our girl!!! Just out here spreading the most joy @hilaryduff,” Dalkin later captioned a group photo with Duff after the show.
The outpouring of love and support from Duff’s friends at her recent gig comes after the actress and her squad came under fire earlier this year from former mom group member Ashley Tisdale French.
Tisdale French, 41, made headlines in January after penning an essay for New York Magazine’s The Cut titled “Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group.” In the story, she claimed she was “left out of a couple of group hangs” and started to “feel frozen out.”
While she didn’t reveal the women’s identities, fans were quick to notice that Tisdale French was part of Duff’s celebrity mom group after they both welcomed children in 2021.
The High School Musical star shares daughters Jupiter, 5, and Emerson, 22 months, with husband Christopher French. Duff, meanwhile, shares daughters Banks, 7, Mae, 5, and Townes, 2, with husband Matthew Koma, as well as son Luca, 14, with ex-husband Mike Comrie.
“I honestly felt really sad. I was pretty, pretty taken aback and felt just sad,” Duff said during a February episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast when asked about the drama. “I have so many groups of friends. I’m so lucky.”
That same month, Moore applauded Duff for her years of friendship after they grew close following the birth of her eldest child, son Gus, in 2021. (Moore also shares son Ozzie, 3, and daughter Lou, 21 months, with husband Taylor Goldsmith.)
“She’s such an incredible talent and such an incredible mother,” Moore told Glamour of Duff in February. “Seeing the way that she balances her life is really inspiring to me.”
While Duff and her remaining mom pals have seemed to move on from the controversy, Tisdale French made headlines after teaming up with Sabrina Jalees and Ali Wong for a comedy series titled Toxic Moms.
Deadline reported earlier this month that Toxic Moms is in development at Netflix.
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