Hilary Duff.Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty
Hilary Duffworked hard to shed her child star image.
TheDisney Channelalum, 35, admitted she “really didn’t want to be Lizzie McGuire anymore, as cool as it was” after her breakout show ended in 2004.
“For so long people were just like ‘Lizzie, Lizzie, Lizzie,'” she explained while discussing growing up in the public eye on palJosh Peckand Ben Soffer’sGood Guyspodcast. “And still, now to this day, which it doesn’t bother me anymore but it did for a while, I just desperately needed to be my own person.”
“I think that I thought music was gonna be a good way to introduce myself, reintroduce myself, and it was,” added Duff.
Duff played the eponymous spunky preteen inLizzie McGuirefor its two-season run from 2001 to 2004 on Disney Channel, as well as in 2003’sThe Lizzie McGuire Movie. Although aDisney+ reboot was canceledshortly after filming began, Duff previously said she’s “optimistic” about the show’s fate.
Hilary Duff in Lizzie McGuire.Everett
Today, she currently stars on Hulu’sHow I Met Your Fatheras the lead role Sophie.
Duff, who released her debut studio albumSanta Claus Lanein 2002, also explained on Peck’s podcast that music ended up being the key to helping her move away from her Lizzie McGuire image.
“I would say that was five years of my life, just trying to navigate becoming a person that I wanted to be outside of who everybody wanted me to be,” she shared.
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TheMetamorphosisartist said “I do want to” make more music, adding: “I miss that version of myself. And I definitely think that I have more to do in that department. I just don’t know when.”
“I think that I will. I just don’t know. Right now, I barely have enough time to give to my three children I decided to bring into the world,” added Duff.
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Duff sharesBanks Violet, 4, and 11-month-oldMae Jameswith husbandMatthew Koma, and she co-parents sonLuca Cruz, 10½, with ex-husbandMike Comrie.
source: people.com
