Mandy Moore Mourns Friendships Lost to The Great Parent Blockade of 2025
KEY POINTS
- •Mandy Moore, 41, revealed on a 2025 podcast how motherhood shifted her friendships to those sharing toddlers the same age.
- •She explained mourning how some old friends drifted away despite not completely losing those relationships.
- •Hilary Duff helped form a mom friend group through pandemic music classes and social events like zoo trips.
At 41, Mandy Moore has undergone the 'friendship filter' most parents dread so hard it could be a pandemic sequel—except this one’s called Motherhood 2.0. On the 'Conversations with Cam' podcast, she confessed mourning friendships like a Shakespearean tragedy while her close circle now consists mainly of fellow mini-human wranglers with toddlers the exact age of her three kids Gus, Ozzie, and Lou. Surprises abounded as Moore’s old pals fell off her Halloween costume crisis hotline, forcing her to cozy up with a mom squad masterminded by Hilary Duff's music class—because nothing says ‘bonds’ quite like coordinating zoo trips and decoding kid meltdown group chats. Grace, she says, is key when friends ghost you for not having matching booster seats.
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Mandy Moore’s friendship glow-up means if your Halloween is haunted by a toddler’s indecision, call the mom crew, not the old squad.
Watch Mandy Moore trade wine nights for diaper wars with pals who actually get why your kid needs seven costume changes.
Turns out the secret to Hollywood friendships isn’t cash or fame, it’s synchronized toddler tantrums and reciprocal snack swaps.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/15/2026 | Author: Amanda Goh
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