Christopher French, who hosts the “Recovering” podcast, told Page Six he is standing firm in the “High School Musical” star’s corner after she publicly put her former friends on blast.
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she → host → blast
“We’re doing fine,” French said this week.
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French → do → ?
“She’s a super smart, capable person, and she knows what she’s doing and that’s part of what I love about her.”
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I → ’ → her
Tisdale wrote a piece for “The Cut” in January, where she revealed she moved on from the “toxic” mom friends she had been close to since her oldest daughter was born in 2021.
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daughter → write → 2021
In the open letter to the group, Tisdale, 41, said she was done with their “mean girl behavior,” claiming she had been left out of plans, among other instances of betrayal.
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she → say → betrayal
She said she severed ties with a group text that read, “This is too high school for me.”
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This → say → me
French, 44, applauded his wife for how she approached the drama.
“I will say, I have no problem supporting my wife completely in her ability to deal with her own interpersonal relationships in whatever way feels is right for her, without getting involved or feeling like I have to speak for her,” he said.
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he → applaud → her
“She’s a really smart chick.
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She → ’ → ?
She’s a very capable person, which is really what made it so hard.
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it → ’ → ?
We are very private, but in speaking to something that really matters to her.
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that → speak → her
Although Tisdale never confirmed her ex-friends’ identities, there was much speculation that Hilary Duff, Mandy Moore, and Meghan Trainor were a part of the group.
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Duff → confirm → group
Duff, 38, publicly shared that her former friend wasn’t painting an accurate picture.
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friend → share → picture
“It sucks to read something that’s, like, not true,” Duff said of the essay on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in February.
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Duff → suck → February
“And it sucks on behalf of six women in all of their lives.”
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it → suck → lives
Tisdale kept a low profile following the release of her “Breaking Up with my Toxic Mom Group” piece, but recently stepped into the spotlight on French’s podcast.
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Tisdale → keep → podcast
During their conversation, Tisdale got candid about her other struggles in motherhood.
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Tisdale → get → motherhood
“In the episode, the postpartum depression stuff she’s talking about, there are things that we all go through that are not logical,” French, who has been proudly sober for nearly 20 years, said.
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who → talk → years
“Whether it’s emotional stuff, or speaking about our own experiences in general.
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it → ’ → experiences
It can be really hard to know how to navigate that stuff.”
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It → know → stuff
“In the case of postpartum depression, she’s trying to use these tools that she had built over time to deal with all of these other issues, any other issues that she has in her life — anxiety, depression, stuff like that.
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she → try → that
But the tools just aren’t working, you know?
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you → work → ?
It’s just not logical, and so it can make it really hard, but she isn’t.”
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she → ’ → ?
Tisdale and French got married in 2014.
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Tisdale → marry → 2014
They have two children together — Jupiter, 5, and Emerson, 2.
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Discussions are moderated for civility.
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