How Hilary Duff *Really* Felt About TikTok's #HilaryDuffChallenge

Hilary Duff Figured It Out On The Way

For years after she played the iconic Lizzie McGuire, the character loomed over her. Duff remembers going on auditions and getting callbacks, only to be written off by producers. “‘Oh, she’s too famous. She’s too sweet. We know her as Lizzie McGuire,’” the actor recounts now. “I was like, ‘I’m me! I’m Hilary, not that person. That’s a made-up person.’ By the time I was 18, I was like, ‘If I hear that name [Lizzie McGuire] one more time!’” Eventually though, like all child stars must do at some point, Duff managed to shake her Disney persona… mostly. Here, the 34-year-old actor talks about her new show How I Met Your Father, Britney Spears, and the pain and pleasure of the #hilaryduffchallenge saga. Read More

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FASHION

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