Dylan Efron Weighs In On Ashley Tisdale Blasting Former 'Toxic' Friend Group

Dylan Efron is sharing his perspective on the drama surrounding longtime friend Ashley Tisdale.

On a recent episode of "Watch What Happens Live," the "Dancing with the Stars" alum voiced his support for Tisdale, who recently faced backlash for calling out her former group of "toxic" mom friends.

Speaking with Andy Cohen on "WWHL," Efron sprang to Tisdale's defense when he was asked about the drama she's been involved in since the beginning of 2026.

"I try to stay out of that, so I don’t know too much," Efron said before sharing fond sentiments about Tisdale, who starred alongside Efron's brother, Zac, in the "High School Musical" franchise.

"All I know is, Ashley, since I was a kid, she’s been so sweet to me," he said.

Elaborating, Efron praised Tisdale, telling Cohen and the studio audience that he couldn't "envision" the "Phineas and Ferb" actress doing anything "malicious" to her group of friends.

"Hopefully, it’s just a misunderstanding? I honestly don’t know what’s going on, though," he said, to which Cohen retorted, calling it "maybe more than a misunderstanding."

"Yeah, it is," Efron said. "I honestly don’t know what happened. All I can say is she’s been so sweet."

Efron's support for Tisdale comes weeks after the "Be Good To Me" singer critiqued her "toxic" group of mom friends in a personal essay for The Cut.

In the piece, Tisdale opened up about craving connection with a steady group of moms after giving birth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Initially believing she'd found her "village," the mother of two noticed a shift in her relationships after discovering she'd been left out of group events on numerous occasions.

"Another time, at one of the mom's dinner parties, I realized where I sat with her — which was at the end of the table, far from the rest of the women," Tisdale wrote. "I was starting to feel frozen out of the group, noticing every way that they seemed to exclude me."

Later in the essay, Tisdale revealed that she began taking the exclusions personally, leading to her short but bold text: "This is too high school for me, and I don't want to take part in it anymore."

While Tisdale didn't name names in her essay, eagle-eyed internet sleuths assumed she was referring to her friend group, which includes A-list celebrities such as Mandy Moore, Meghan Trainor, and former Disney star Hilary Duff.

Duff hasn't responded to the claims personally, but her husband, Matthew Koma, has interjected, ridiculing Tisdale in a way no one saw coming.

In his Instagram Stories, Koma shared a photo of himself mimicking Tisdale's pose on The Cut with a new title: "When You're The Most Self Obsessed Tone Deaf Person On Earth, Other Moms Tend To Shift Focus To Their Actual Toddlers."

He doubled down, adding, "A Mom Group Tell All Through A Father's Eyes."

Koma's post failed to land with social media users or others in the industry, including "Glee" alum Becca Tobin, who called Koma a "loser" during an episode of the "LadyGang" podcast.

Speaking with her co-hosts, Tobin called it "gross" when men get involved in women's drama.

"Especially since Ashley did not name names. If Ashley had come out and said Hilary was said person being a mean girl, I would understand the husband coming to her defense," Tobin continued. "But I really am rubbed the wrong way when a man inserts himself like this, and it's solely for him to get attention."

Despite the fractured friendships, there could be a silver lining to Tisdale's dramatic friendship breakups, according to The Blast.

A source close to Tisdale recently divulged that major production companies have expressed interest in adapting the singer's essay into a feature film, citing its relatability.