United Kingdom, Feb. 26 -- Hilary Duff "felt used" after Ashley Tisdale's "toxic mom group" essay.

The 38-year-old actress and singer has broken her silence after the High School Musical star called out "mean-girl behaviour" in a piece for The Cut about cutting ties with her friends last year.

Although Hilary had nothing she wanted to clarify regarding the essay, she told the Call Her Daddy podcast: "I think it came at like the craziest time where I was, like . the timing felt not great, and I felt used."

She was in the process of her musical comeback, which saw her drop Luck... Or Something - her first album in over 10 years - earlier this month.

In her essay last month, Ashley wrote about "breaking up" with a group of mom friends, w...