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\t\t<\/p>\n Ashley Tisdale<\/strong><\/a> is changing her name publicly to Ashley French<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The 40-year-old High School Musical<\/em> actress has been married to husband Christopher French<\/strong><\/a> since 2014, but she has been going by her original name for her career since then.<\/p>\n Now, Ashley <\/strong>wants her name to be the same for her personal and professional lives.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n Ashley<\/strong> and Christopher <\/strong>are parents to kids Jupiter<\/strong>, 4, and Emerson<\/strong>, 13 months. They recently posed for a cute family photo at Disneyland, as seen below.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been Ashley French for so long at home,\u201d Ashley <\/strong>said in a new TikTok video. \u201cBut I\u2019ve never really changed [my name] publicly because everybody knows me as Ashley Tisdale. I just felt like it was time for people to know me for me, and not just for a character or a celebrity.\u201d<\/p>\n Ashley <\/strong>also talked about sharing her life on socials. <\/p>\n \u201cI just think Instagram has changed a lot,\u201d she explained. \u201cAt this point, you don\u2019t know what\u2019s real and what\u2019s a bot. Everyone always has something to say, and it might not be positive\u2014not that I want to block out the negativity. But I felt like in order to protect my peace, I didn\u2019t want to keep sharing that way.\u201d <\/p>\n Ashley <\/strong>recently shared her opinion on the Hollywood ozempic obsession<\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n