CANDY CRUSH! Mandy Moore Banished Her 1999 Pop Hit After 5-Year-Old Son Got Obsessed

Mandy Moore's iconic 1999 pop anthem "Candy" might be a beloved throwback for millennium kids, but inside her own household, the bubblegum track has taken over in a surprisingly intense way. The *This Is Us* star recently opened up about how her oldest child, five-year-old Gus, has become an absolute super-fan of her very first hit single. However, the nostalgic track isn't getting an open-ended pass on the family car stereo anymore. In a recent interview with *People*, the 42-year-old singer and actress confessed that she was forced to officially shut down her son's endless requests to listen to the catchy track while driving around town. Moore revealed that she does not quite know how her young boy first discovered the track in the first place, especially since she never put it on for him herself. While she admitted that revisiting her teenage pop era can offer a cute blast from the past every now and then, hearing her debut single on a non-stop loop was simply too much to handle. ## why does mandy moore son love candy Whenever her young son questions why his favorite song gets skipped on the family playlist, Moore gives him a gentle reality check by explaining that the track simply is not her personal favorite. To make matters even funnier, the five-year-old seems to have a slightly skewed understanding of history. According to the performer, her son firmly believes that he is currently the exact same age his mother was when she originally recorded the bubblegum pop sensation back in the late nineties. Moore found the toddler's logic hilarious, pointing out that while he is off by roughly ten years, his math isn't entirely wrong in the grand scheme of things—noting he is technically nearer to her teen years than she is now. Beyond his passion for her initial chart-topping track, the young boy is already showing signs that he wants to enter the family business himself. ## how many kids does mandy moore have with taylor goldsmith Moore shares three young children with her husband, Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith. In addition to five-year-old Gus, the couple are parents to three-year-old son Ozzie and two-year-old daughter Louise. Music clearly runs deep in the household, as Moore teased that her oldest boy has already written his very first complete album. It seems that whether he is blasting his mother's nineties hits or penning his own tunes, the couple has a full-blown musical prodigy taking over their living room.