Hilary Duff Confirms Intentional 2003 Premiere Appearance

Hilary Duff has confirmed a long-standing rumor from her Disney Channel days, admitting she intentionally attended Lindsay Lohan's 2003 premiere of Freaky Friday to stir up their teenage rivalry. The revelation came during Duff's appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, released on February 25, as she promoted her new album, Luck or Something Like It.

Duff, then 15 years old and riding high from her role in Lizzie McGuire, described the incident with a mix of nostalgia and amusement. "I think absolutely yes," she said when asked if she had crashed the August premiere. She explained that her costar from the upcoming film A Cinderella Story, Chad Michael Murray, had invited her to join him on the red carpet. Murray had a role in Freaky Friday alongside Lohan. "I don't want to start any more stuff, but like, Chad Michael Murray was like, 'You should come with me.' And I was like, 'Mhm, probably I should.' I mean, what was I, like 16? No, I was younger than that," Duff recounted.

The feud between Duff and Lohan, both rising teen stars under Disney's banner, had been fueled by tabloid speculation over a shared romantic interest in singer Aaron Carter in the early 2000s. Carter dated...