Mandy Moore said she and her husband are in the thick of parenting three children under the age of four, calling the period “a lot” but “the best ride ever.” The 41-year-old actor and singer spoke about the demands of raising a young family in an interview with People, describing the current chapter as “all hands on deck.”
Moore and husband Taylor Goldsmith, 40, share three children: son August, 4; son Oscar, 3 in October; and daughter Louise, who will turn 1 later this month. "There's a lot of moving parts at all times, but it's the best, obviously," Moore said, adding that she and Goldsmith have leaned into the work of parenting together. "My husband and I [recently] looked at each other like, 'This is a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way.'"
Moore said the couple have adjusted to the challenges that come with caring for young children, noting that endurance and willingness to adapt are key. She described the youngest, Lou, as increasingly mobile: "She's crawling everywhere and starting to walk — well, she thinks she can walk. She thinks she can just take off and doesn't need to hold onto us or anything." Moore and Goldsmith were engaged in 2017, married in 2018 and welcomed their first child in February 2021.
In addition to discussing family life, Moore recently used her social media platform to address a violent incident that drew national attention. Following the reported shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week, Moore reposted a message from the gun-safety group Moms Demand Action and wrote, "There is no room for political violence in this discourse. Ever. You can disagree with someone's beliefs but this is a terrifying consequence of the world we're living in and it's a cancer." She later returned to Instagram to clarify her remarks and to respond to criticism that empathy could be mistaken for endorsement.
On Instagram Stories, Moore wrote that showing empathy for someone who was murdered is not an endorsement of their views, saying, "Just a reminder that showing empathy for someone who was murdered (even if they would never extend the same courtesy), is not an endorsement of who they were. If you've followed me, you'd understand that I abhor everything that came out of his mouth but we are living in terrifying times and anyone being murdered for their beliefs and exercising their right to speak out should chill all of us." The comments reflected Moore's attempt to distinguish opposition to political violence from agreement with an individual�s positions.
Moore rose to prominence as a pop singer and later earned acclaim for her acting, including a leading role on the television series This Is Us. Her recent public comments and interview underscore a shift in focus toward family and parenting while she remains engaged in public conversations about safety and civic discourse.