Mandy Moore Praises Matthew Koma for Taking in Her Family amid L.A. Wildfires

Mandy Moore is grateful for Hilary Duff and her husband Matthew Koma.

On Wednesday, Jan. 7, the singer and actress performed her 1999 hit “Candy” with her husband Taylor Goldsmith, frontman for the folk-rock band Dawes, during their Concert for Altadena benefit, per fan-captured video.

Also featured singing vocals during the track was Lucius.

One of the audience members who also captured footage of the moment at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium was Koma — born Matthew Bair.

“Candy babies @mandymooremm,” he captioned the clip on Jan. 7.

Moore, 41, then reshared Koma’s Instagram Stories post and added a sweet caption to it

“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 last name “Bair” and recalling how he and Duff, 38, gave her family a place to stay amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.

Moore’s kind words about Koma, 38, come in the midst of online chatter about a personal essay Ashley Tisdale published in The Cut on Monday, Jan. 5 titled “Breaking Up with My Toxic Mom Group.”

While the High School Musical star did not identify the women in her former friend group, fans quickly pointed out snaps that showed her previously spending a lot of time with a mom group that that included Moore, Duff, Meghan Trainor and food influencer Gaby Dalkin.

Tisdale initially discussed the topic in a personal blog post called “You’re Allowed to Leave Your Mom Group,” however, she shared more about her choice to break-up with her “toxic” mom friends in the now-viral essay for The Cut.

In it, Tisdale criticized the group as “mean” girls and explained why she decided to walk away from the group.

The following day, Koma recreated Tisdale’s Cut photo shoot, by sharing an image of himself photoshopped onto Tisdale’s body witha fictional headline that read: “When You’re The Most Self Obsessed Tone Deaf Person On Earth, Other Moms Tend To Shift Focus To Their Actual Toddlers.”

He added a sub-headline that read, “A Mom Group Tell All Through A Father’s Eyes.”

According to a source close to the group, Tisdale’s departure was preceded by a “misalignment of values that Ashley decided to make public.”

“Friends naturally drift apart,” the source told PEOPLE. “It didn’t warrant a dramatic breakup text.”

The Concert for Altadena also featured performances from Dawes, the Killers‘ Brandon Flowers, Brad Paisley, Stephen Stills, Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis, Lord Huron, Rufus Wainwright , Eric Krasno, Lucius, Judith Hill and Ozomatli ft. Taboo (Black Eyed Peas).

Proceeds for the concert benefitted the Altadena Builds Back Foundation, a subsidiary of the Pasadena Community Foundation, which has raised more than $72 million in broader relief efforts, per the PCF,