Inside Mandy Moore and Hilary Duff’s ‘Cool Mom Club’


Mandy Moore, Hilary Duff
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Pop stars turned parenting pals! Mandy MooreShe gushed about her friendship with Hilary DuffAfter becoming a mother to Gus, Gus’ 15-month-old brother.

“Hilary is the coolest and she is a super-mom,” the 38-year-old actress told InStyleIn an interview published Tuesday, May 24, “She and [husband] Matt [Koma] have become really close friends with my husband and I.”

The This Is UsStar, who welcomed Gus and his husband Taylor Goldsmith in February 2021, detailed how she joined Duff’s “cool mom club” alongside fellow music stars Meghan Trainor Ashley Tisdale.

The Lizzie McGuire alum’s youngest daughter, Mae, whom she welcomed with Koma, 34, in March 2021, is to thank for the Los Angeles parent group, according to Moore. (Duff, 34, shares her son Luca (10 years) with her ex-husband. Mike Comrie. The YoungerStar also shares daughter Banks (3 years old) with Koma.

“[Hilary and Matt] have a kid who’s six weeks younger than Gus. And so, we had babies at the same time,” Moore explained. “And [Hilary]Super-mom that she was, she created a cool mom club. Somehow, I got invited into it and it’s the best.”

Moore and Duff were famously photographed together before becoming mothers. Vanity FairIn 2003, alongside Lindsay Lohan, Mary-Kate Ashley OlsenThere are many rising female stars.

The “Candy” songstress noted on Tuesday that she’s “made so many wonderful friends” through the parenting group. (She even called Koma to help her in 2022). In Real Life album.)

“We all just gathered earlier this week and had dinner and we have baby classes together and it’s incredible. It’s so much fun,” the A Walk to RememberContinued actress “I’m very, very grateful to have those resources and just incredible women to be able to lean on. We’re all kind of going through this chapter of our lives together.”

The “cool mom club” meet up with their little ones for picnics, music classes and drum circles, which they often share via social media. Many of the babies and their parents were on hand in February when Moore and Goldsmith, 36, celebrated Gus’ first birthday.

Chef Gaby DalkinPoppy, her 16-month-old baby girl, and Cupcakes and Cashmere founder Emily Schuman and her daughter Sloan, 7, made an appearance at the bash as did Koma and Duff’s baby girl Mae.

“1st birthday party was a hit!” Moore wrote via Instagram at the time. “Making memories and so full of love and cake. #thisisgus.”

The TangledThe actress will take a break from her mommy and me outings in June while she and Goldsmith go on tour with Gus. The family will travel through July.

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