The Truth About Lindsay Lohan And Hilary Duff’s Tumultuous Relationship

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It is not possible to bring up the names Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff at the same time without generating some serious late ’90s/early ’00s nostalgia. This is some serious Lizzie McGuire vs. Cady Heron “Mean Girls” style gossip, all relating back to their famous 2004 feud. Two Disney tweens turned coming of age teen idols, there was always likely to be some competition, but it wasn’t acting that caused a rift between these two frenemies — it was a boy.

The boy, or man, depending on the time period of the reference, is none other than fellow teen celeb Aaron Carter.  Carter explained how it started in a now unpublished 2005 interview with CNBC, saying, “I started dating Hilary [Duff] on my 13th birthday. I was dating her for like a year and a half and then I just got a little bored so I went and I started getting to know Lindsay [Lohan], dating Lindsay” (via Pop Sugar). If that’s all there was to the story, it would probably end here. After all, young love moves on as we grow. Unfortunately, there’s a bit more to it.

The Truth About Lindsay Lohan And Hilary Duff’s Tumultuous Relationship

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By Kate Hagan Gallup/July 27, 2021 12:30 pm EST

It is not possible to bring up the names Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff at the same time without generating some serious late ’90s/early ’00s nostalgia. This is some serious Lizzie McGuire vs. Cady Heron “Mean Girls” style gossip, all relating back to their famous 2004 feud. Two Disney tweens turned coming of age teen idols, there was always likely to be some competition, but it wasn’t acting that caused a rift between these two frenemies — it was a boy.

The boy, or man, depending on the time period of the reference, is none other than fellow teen celeb Aaron Carter.  Carter explained how it started in a now unpublished 2005 interview with CNBC, saying, “I started dating Hilary [Duff] on my 13th birthday. I was dating her for like a year and a half and then I just got a little bored so I went and I started getting to know Lindsay [Lohan], dating Lindsay” (via Pop Sugar). If that’s all there was to the story, it would probably end here. After all, young love moves on as we grow. Unfortunately, there’s a bit more to it.

The boy, or man, depending on the time period of the reference, is none other than fellow teen celeb Aaron Carter. 

Carter explained how it started in a now unpublished 2005 interview with CNBC, saying, “I started dating Hilary [Duff] on my 13th birthday. I was dating her for like a year and a half and then I just got a little bored so I went and I started getting to know Lindsay [Lohan], dating Lindsay” (via Pop Sugar).

If that’s all there was to the story, it would probably end here. After all, young love moves on as we grow. Unfortunately, there’s a bit more to it.

Of course it was about a boy

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The two were since spotted acting friendly when at the same parties and smiling. Says Duff of Lohan “She’s really fun. We were hanging out the other night and she’s a nice girl.” Proof, perhaps, that time heals all wounds.