Charles Michael Davis
Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma welcomed daughter Mae James Bair on March 24The Younger star and the singer/DJ, both 33, raved about their newborn daughter Mae James Bair in several photos shared to Instagram over the weekend after the couple confirmed on Friday that they welcomed their second child together.
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Calling all millennial hopeless romantics!
The ever-iconic Hilary Duff is once again taking center stage as an affable single woman looking for romance—but this time, she's telling the story of how she's met the love of her life.
Duff surprised fans by announcing on Apr. 21 that she'll be starring in Hulu's How I Met Your Mother sequel, How I Met Your Father. The IRL mother of three will take up the role of Sophie, who is telling her son the long tale of how she started dating his father. "[It's] a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options," the show description reads.
"I told him I've been married three times. But I got it right when I married his mother," the actor wrote on TwitterOn Wednesday, the Legends of Tomorrow actor, 51, shared a photo from his wedding to country singer Jana Kramer on Twitter — revealing that he recently "had to explain" the shot to his 7-year-old son, Camden Quinn.
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In a statement, Duff shared how excited she is to step into some legendary shoes. "I've been incredibly lucky in my career to play some wonderful characters and I'm looking forward to taking on the role of Sophie," she said. "As a huge fan of How I Met Your Mother, I'm honored and even a little nervous that [creators] Carter Bays and Craig Thomas would trust me with the sequel of their baby...Just fangirling over here getting to join the Hulu Originals and 20th families. I realize these are big shoes to fill and I'm excited to slip my 6 ½'s in there!"
She also teased fans should "suit up" for Sophie's dating life. Could she be a heartbreaker, much like Neil Patrick Harris' iconic Barney?
The 33-year-old, who laid next to Mae in the grass, gushed in her post's caption that she 'just [wants to] stare all day' at her new arrival.The 33-year-old, who laid next to Mae in the grass, gushed in her post's caption that she 'just [wants to] stare all day' at her new arrival.
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Hilary Duff's Best Roles
Duff certainly is used to showcasing the pitfalls of romance on TV. The Lizzie McGuire teen star has juggled two men at a time (that's really "What Dreams Are Made Of") while reaching work-life goals as editor Kelsey on hit Paramount+ series Younger.
With so many men vying for Duff's heart onscreen over the years, which past TV flames could make an appearance on HIMYF? Keep scrolling to find out E!'s picks for possible suitors for Duff's new role as Sophie!
'Riverdale' Cast's Dating History: Inside Their Offscreen Love Lives .
Archie just thinks his personal life is complicated! Cole Sprouse, Lili Reinart, Camila Mendes and Vanessa Morgan are among the Riverdale stars whose offscreen relationships have made headlines over the years. Reinhart and Sprouse won over fans as lovebirds Betty and Jughead on the CW drama, which premiered in January 2017. So viewers were ecstatic to discover the duo were a real-life couple when they were first linked in July 2017. After dating on and off for more than two years, the costars called it quits in 2020. “Lili and I initially separated in January of this year, deciding to more permanently split in March,” Sprouse explained via Instagram in August 2020. “What an incredible experience I had, I’ll always feel lucky and cherish that I had the chance to fall in love. I wish her nothing but the utmost love and happiness moving forward. All I’ll say about it, anything else you hear doesn’t matter.” As for the Chemical Hearts star, she revealed that she felt like she was “dying” during the aftermath of the split. “It was f—king rough, and there’s no other way through it than just through it,” she told Refinery29 that same month. “I’ve seen a lot of people when it comes to heartache and grief and breakups, and they try to get that void filled with sex, with coke, with food, with drinking, [but] the void is still there. I took the road less traveled and just dealt with my s—t. I had to face my own pain head-on.