Hilary Duff will all the time and endlessly be often called Lizzie McGuire, the title character of Disney’s early 2000s present.
Around Los Angeles, she’s additionally recognized for one thing else: “I can’t tell you how many people will stop me in L.A. and be like, ‘You came to my homecoming!'” she tells Yahoo Entertainment. “I just wanted to see everyone, like, bump and grind. Like, teachers coming up being like, ‘Body length apart!'”
Duff was, in fact, a baby star, who was home-schooled from the time she was in third grade. So she did not have college occasions of her personal to attend.
She discovered a method, although. On one event, the actress accompanied Lizzie co-star, Clayton Snyder, who performed Ethan Craft, to one in all his college’s formals.
“I actually went to two homecomings,” Duff stated. “One with him and one with just like another friend.”
Snyder talked about the night final month on an episode of the Vulnerable podcast, which is hosted by one other Disney alum, Christy Carlson Romano. As he recalled, his mother had advised he ask Duff to attend with him — not as a date — however as a result of she thought the actress wanted a “normal kid experience.”
Only factor was that everybody observed the star was there. There was instantly “a big circle around her” and guys would attempt to “start dancing with her.”
“And I’m like, I don’t think she’s having any fun,” Snyder stated.
Whatever occurred, Duff nonetheless has an affection for varsity dances. She says she plans to chaperone the dances of her three youngsters: 11-year-old son Luca, whose dad is ex-husband Mike Comrie, and daughters Banks, 4, and Mae, 2, whom she shares with husband Matthew Koma.
– Kerry Justich contributed to this report
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