Dylan Efron Speaks Out About Ashley Tisdale Blasting Former “Toxic” Friend Group

On a recent episode of “Watch What Happens Live,” the “Dancing With the Stars” alum expressed support for Tisdale, who recently faced backlash for calling out her former group of “toxic” mom friends.

Dylan Efron Reflects on Recent Drama Surrounding Longtime Friend Ashley Tisdale

Speaking to Andy Cohen on “WWHL,” Efron came to Tisdale’s defense when asked about the drama she’s been involved in since early 2026.

“I try to stay out of it, so I don’t know much,” Efron said before sharing his affectionate feelings about Tisdale, who starred alongside Efron’s brother Zac in the “High School Musical” franchise.

“All I know, Ashley, ever since I was a kid, she’s been so nice to me,” he said.

Efron says fallout between Ashley Tisdale and friends must be a ‘misunderstanding’

Expanding, Efron praised Tisdale, telling Cohen and the studio audience that he couldn’t “imagine” the “Phineas and Ferb” actress doing anything “malicious” toward her group of friends.

“I hope it’s just a misunderstanding? Honestly, I don’t know what’s going on,” he said, to which Cohen retorted, calling it “maybe more than a misunderstanding.”

“Yes, that’s true,” Efron said. “I honestly don’t know what happened. All I can say is that she was so nice.”

Ashley Tisdale Slams Group of Celeb Moms in Personal Essay About Her Sons

Efron’s support for Tisdale comes weeks after the “Be Good To Me” singer criticized her “toxic” group of mom friends in a personal essay for The Cut.

In the article, Tisdale opened up about her need for connection with a stable group of moms after giving birth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Initially believing she had found her “village”, the mother-of-two noticed a change in her relationships after discovering she had been excluded from group events on numerous occasions.

“Another time, at dinner with my mother, I realized where I was sitting with her, which was at the end of the table, away from the rest of the women,” Tisdale wrote. “I began to feel excluded from the group, noticing each time that they seemed to exclude me.”

Later in the essay, Tisdale revealed that she had begun to take the exclusions personally, leading to her short but bold text: “It’s too high school for me and I don’t want to participate anymore.”

Which celebrities are involved in the affair?

Although Tisdale didn’t name names in her essay, eagle-eyed internet sleuths assumed she was referring to her group of friends, which includes A-list celebrities such as Mandy Moore, Meghan Trainor and former Disney star Hilary Duff.

Duff did not respond personally to the claims, but her husband, Matthew Koma, intervened, ridiculing Tisdale in a way no one saw coming.

On his Instagram Stories, Koma shared a photo of himself imitating Tisdale’s pose on The Cut with a new caption: “When you’re the most self-obsessed deaf person on Earth, other moms tend to focus on their little ones.”

He doubled down, adding: “A group of moms tell it all through a dad’s eyes.”

Koma’s message failed to resonate with social media users or others in the industry, including “Glee” alum Becca Tobin, who called Koma a “loser” during an episode of the “LadyGang” podcast.

Speaking to her co-hosts, Tobin called it “disgusting” for men to get involved in women’s drama.

“Especially since Ashley didn’t name names. If Ashley had said that Hilary was a mean person, I would understand her husband coming to her defense,” Tobin continued. “But I get really uncomfortable when a man inserts himself like that, and it’s just for him to get attention.”

Hollywood is calling…

Despite the broken friendships, there might be a silver lining to Tisdale’s dramatic friendship breakups, according to The Blast.

A source close to Tisdale recently revealed that major production companies have expressed interest in adapting the singer’s essay into a feature film, citing its relevance.