On Tuesday, Jan. 6, Koma, 38, shared a pointed and sarcastic Instagram Story that appeared to mock Tisdale’s recent personal essay. The image showed Koma photoshopped onto Tisdale’s body, seated on a couch next to a houseplant and dressed in an all-black outfit with rose-tinted sunglasses.
He added the logo of The Cut and a fictional headline that read: “When You’re The Most Self Obsessed Tone Deaf Person On Earth, Other Moms Tend To Shift Focus To Their Actual Toddlers.” A subheadline followed: “A Mom Group Tell All Through A Father’s Eyes.”
“Read my new interview with @TheCut,” Koma joked in the caption, making the post appear to be a direct jab at Tisdale’s essay published by the outlet a day earlier.
In her piece, Tisdale, 40, chose not to name anyone from the former friend group and instead framed her experience as a broader reflection on friendships and boundaries. She emphasized that leaving relationships that no longer feel healthy can be a form of self-respect rather than cruelty.
“If a mom group consistently leaves you feeling hurt, drained or left out, it’s not the mom group for you,” she wrote. “Choosing to step away doesn’t make you mean or judgmental. It makes you honest with yourself.”
Tisdale, best known for her role in High School Musical, explained that she initially dismissed the feeling of being excluded when she stopped receiving invitations to group outings. However, after repeatedly seeing photos of the group together on social media without her, she began to believe the exclusion was intentional.
She also recalled noticing early on that another mother in the group had often been left out, a pattern she said only became clear once she found herself in the same position.
“Now it seemed that this group had a pattern of leaving someone out,” Tisdale wrote. “And that someone had become me. Why me? The truth is, I don’t know and I probably never will.”
The essay followed a December 2025 blog post by Tisdale titled “You’re Allowed to Leave Your Mom Group,” which quickly went viral. In that post, she described how her desire for connection after becoming a mother led her to join a mom group, only to later experience what she called “mean-girl behavior” driven by unhealthy group dynamics.
While Tisdale’s writing resonated with many parents online, Koma’s satirical response added a sharp, public counterpoint—turning a personal story about motherhood and friendship into a wider pop culture debate.
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