Chapter 1: What has Hilary Duff been busy with recently?
What is up, Daddy Gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy. Hilary Duff, welcome to Call Her Daddy. Thanks. You've been busy.
I know. Girl.
I know. You have been busy. I know. You're on tour. You have an album coming out for the first time in 10 years.
I feel like my friends are really sick of me actually on their feed. They're like, we don't ever see you. And now our Instagram is just full of you.
The internet is Hilary Duff right now. Every single time I open Instagram, TikTok, anything, I'm like, OK, Hilary. You're like, I get it. She's back. I get it. How are you feeling about it, though?
Honestly, I'm enjoying it a lot, and I couldn't have asked for, like, a better welcome, you know? Like, everything has felt so, like, celebratory and, like, kind and, like… Like I just – that's just like the word that I keep coming back to where I'm like, wow, I really didn't realize it was such an appetite. And like I'm – you never know how it's going to go.
Like I really took a huge break and the like first steps have been like a dream. So – but it's super hard. And like the back – Half that's not shiny is like a lot of moving parts and a lot of scheduling and a lot of work and a lot of like, you know, I have four kids and a family that I really like being with.
So that's what I'm so excited to talk to you about today, because I think there's probably so many women who are like, we know we can't technically do it all, but it really looks like you're literally doing it all. Also, I thought it was funny. I was researching this morning and everyone's kind of calling this like the Hilary Duff Renaissance. They're like, she's back.
In what ways for you has this kind of felt like a rebirth or like a reintroduction of you?
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Chapter 2: How does Hilary Duff balance motherhood and her career?
So I actually had been replaced off of a TV show that was an ABC show. And they replaced me with twins so they could like work longer hours. And I was like, yeah, I was probably 10 years old. And I'm like, I got fired. Like, can you imagine?
Because they're not two of you.
Yeah. That is. By the way, when you're a child actor, you're like, you need two of me? Okay, how do I make that work? Like, you're like a dog. Yeah. Just want to please, you know?
Chapter 3: What does Hilary Duff mean by the 'Hilary Duff Renaissance'?
So that was really devastating. And I was like, I want to go home. I don't want to be in LA anymore. I went back to Texas, started going to real school. And my mom called me and she was like, they want to see you for Lizzie McGuire. And I had auditioned for a bunch of Disney Channel shows before. So they were like familiar with me and called me a lot. I never booked any of them.
And I was like, no, whatever. And somehow I got out to California. I changed my mind. I got to see my friends for the weekend, like my Oakwood apartment LA friends. And I was not prepared. It was a pretty big monologue, the audition. And I used to... be pretty prepared and take auditions seriously. And I was like 0% prepared.
And Robin Lippins, the casting director, was like, you didn't even look at this. And I was like, correct.
You're like, sorry.
She's like, can you come back tomorrow and know this? And I was like, oh, challenge accepted. Let's go. And I – worked on it, came back, ripped in there.
As you should.
She was like, what are your special talents? I was like, oh, I prefer to walk on my hands more than my feet. Like, I think I was just wacky and they were, and like, I think I came in with like mismatched clothing because that was very me. And then I got it. Wait, and how old were you when this was happening? I think I must have been like 11 turning 12 or had just turned 12.
And then we shot the pilot and then didn't shoot for a while. So I remember like not getting my hopes up. I remember my mom being like, don't get your hopes up. Remember like what can happen. Like it's exciting. We're going to be excited. But like – Not getting fired at like 10 years old from a job at first, like that'll scar you.
You're like.
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Chapter 4: What challenges did Hilary face as a child star?
But now it's so many years later. Like, who cares? It does not matter. Also, like, Lindsay came up to me at a club once and was like, are we good? And I was like, we're good. She was like, let's take a shot. I was like, okay. It was amazing. But also, like, Chad Michael Murray invited me. Why? I don't want to start any more stuff. But, like, he was like, you should come with me.
And I was like, mm-hmm. Probably I should.
Mm-hmm.
Honestly.
I mean, what was I like six? No, I think I was younger than that.
The millennial girls are screaming at their TVs right now.
Next.
Is it true that you had military training for your role in Cadet Kelly? Yes. They really took it that serious. Oh, yeah. I just need you to know that I literally bought a box.
I think I could still do like a rifle thing. You got a rifle around here? Oh, no. But you remember. I think I would remember something like tap, tap, how you like handle it and like flip it around. And it was basically like a baton kind of, but with – Well, there was baton ribbon in that, right? There was batons. Oh, yeah.
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Chapter 5: How did Hilary Duff land the role of Lizzie McGuire?
So I met him there. There was like some cute sparks. And then... I think I pitched the idea of having him come on the show. And then we started dating pretty soon after that.
I need everyone to go rewatch because I just did it this morning while I was putting my makeup on. The I want candy moment where you and Miranda are in the corner and you keep doing this thing where you're like putting your hand in your hair. Why? It's so good because you can tell you like kind of like him. And he's like, I want candy.
In a full silver jumpsuit?
Full silver jumpsuit. Your hair is like and then your hair is all curled up. And you keep going like this when he comes over to you. Hillary, it's actually, it's like an actual landmark on the internet. Like I need everyone to go watch it because it's so cinematic also. It like holds up. It was amazing. Okay, good to know. Okay, last one. Lizzie McGuire movie.
It's important that you know, like to this day, Peak cinema. Peak cinema. Like, also back to you getting fired for not being a twin. Hi. Hello. You got your revenge because you ended up playing two characters. Yes. My four-year-old is very, like, how? But how?
How did you do that?
I'm like... Don't worry. Okay, wait. So have they seen the movie?
Yes. My four-year-old just watched it on a plane. I know. And when it was over, she just goes, I... She's sitting next to my assistant. And she was like... Again. No.
All of us. She's literally all of us. Again. Do your other kids like the movie? Banks is like a Lindsay Lohan stan. No. Yeah.
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