Ashley Tisdale's husband Christopher French reveals aftermath of 'toxic mom group' fallout

Ashley Tisdale's spouse Christopher French said the High School Musical star is 'doing fine' after making headlines when she publicly left a 'toxic mom group' earlier this year.

French, 44, speaking with Page Six on Wednesday, expressed his confidence in his wife of 12 years when asked about the situation.

'She's a super smart, capable person and she knows what she's doing,' French said, 'and that's part of what I love about her.'

Tisdale in January penned an essay for The Cut titled Breaking Up with my Toxic Mom Group. 

In it, she said that she was moving on from the group due to their 'mean girl behavior,' adding that she parted ways by telling them via text, 'This is too high school for me.'

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Tisdale for further comment on the story. 

French said he had 'no problem supporting [his] wife completely in her ability to deal with her own interpersonal relationships in whatever way feels is right for her, without getting involved or feeling like I have to speak for her.'

He described Tisdale as 'a really smart chick' and 'a very capable person, which is really what made it so hard' as she spoke publicly about the severance from her one-time circle of friends.

French added: 'We are very private, but in speaking to something that really matters to her.'

In the piece, Tisdale said that seeing images of get-togethers she hadn't been invited to took her 'back to an unpleasant but familiar feeling [she] thought [she'd] left behind years ago.'

Tisdale, who is mother to daughters Jupiter, five, and Emerson, three, with French, added: 'Here I was sitting alone one night after getting my daughter to bed thinking, "Maybe I'm not cool enough?"

'All of a sudden I was in high school again, feeling totally lost as to what I was doing "wrong" to be left out.'

Tisdale opened up about the social dynamics of the situation in the essay, writing: 'Here's the thing nobody prepared me for: Mom groups can turn toxic. 

'Not because the moms themselves are toxic people, but because the dynamic shifts into an ugly place with mean-girl behavior. I know this from personal experience.' 

Tisdale did not name any of the members of the group publicly, but had previously spoken about a supportive 'village of moms' she had been friends with, a group consisting of stars such as Hilary Duff, 39, Mandy Moore, 42 and Meghan Trainor, 32.

The next month, Duff appeared on the podcast Call Her Daddy, saying of Tisdale's essay, 'I honestly felt really sad... I was, like, pretty, pretty taken aback and felt just, like, sad.'

Duff commented that 'it sucks to read something that's, like, not true, and it sucks on behalf of six women in all of their lives.'

Trainor in April said that she 'felt bad for' Tisdale, who she exchanged texts with in the wake of the controversy.

'I felt bad that she was ever that sad, and I think it was just a lot of miscommunication and confusion,' Trainor told US Weekly. 'I don’t know what happened, but I wish them all the best.'

She added, 'I texted all of them. Ashley texted me like, "I’m sorry, your name got dragged in." 

'And I was like, "It’s all right, girl, like, the world’s a silly, crazy place, and they just want something to talk about."'