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- Mandy Moore sat down for a deeply candid, wide-ranging conversation with Cameron Rogers on the Conversations with Cam podcast on Wednesday, Jan. 14
- In an exclusive clip for PEOPLE, the singer and actress opens up about “mourning” friendships
- “I have found that the people I am closest with in my life right now are people who are kind of at the same chapter of their lives as parents,” Moore says
Mandy Moore is opening up about how motherhood has reshaped her friendships.
The actress and singer, 41, sat down for a candid, wide-ranging conversation with Cameron Rogers on the Conversations with Cam podcast. She reflected on how relationships can naturally evolve as life circumstances change, particularly after becoming a parent.
“Do you feel like you have seen a friendship sort of take a different course?” Moore asks Rogers in a clip from the podcast shared exclusively with PEOPLE. “I have friends who have kids that are older, let’s say. And I have found that the people I am closest with in my life right now are people who are kind of at the same chapter of their lives as parents.”
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“Like, we have kids the same age and I’ve had to sort of mourn in a way, not the loss of those friendships, but like how they’ve, they’ve changed,” she adds.
“Yeah, I have friends who have kids the exact same age as mine, I have friends who have kids that are older and I have friends who don’t have children and don’t know if they want to have children,” Rogers responds. “I think that it’s no one’s fault and no one’s doing anything wrong, and it doesn’t mean you love anyone less. But the reality is you’re going to be in more contact with the people whose kids are your exact age.”
The This Is Us alum, who shares sons August “Gus,” 4, and Oscar “Ozzie,” 3, and daughter Louise, 16 months, with husband Taylor Goldsmith, said having children the same age has created a natural bond with other parents navigating similar routines and challenges.
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Moore’s reflections come amid a broader conversation about how motherhood can redefine adult friendships — highlighted recently by Ashley Tisdale’s viral personal essay for The Cut, titled “Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group.”
In the piece, Tisdale, 40, detailed her decision to step away from a mom group that she said had become emotionally unhealthy, writing that “friendships, like all relationships, have seasons.” The essay sparked public discussion — and some backlash — including social media reactions from Meghan Trainor and Matthew Koma, Hilary Duff’s husband, both of whom are alleged to have been part of the same circle.
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Moore and Duff are known to be close friends and the “Candy” singer recently praised Koma for taking in her family amid the L.A. wildfires.
“This feels incredibly fitting as @matthewkoma happens to be one of the most talented and generous humans I’m lucky to know (he literally gave my family a place to stay one year ago today when we evacuated). Love you, MB!!” she wrote, referencing Koma’s actual last name and recalling how he and Duff, 38, gave her family a place to stay amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.
