Well, after being told there would be a Lizzie McGuire reboot on Disney+ and then having
it ripped away from our hands, Hilary Duff is finally revealing what the show would’ve
been about. So Let’s get right into it.
It’s been a little over two years since Disney Plus announced they’d be making a
Lizzie McGuire reboot, with Hilary Duff coming back to reprise her role of the iconic Disney
Channel character. The reboot was then canceled over concerns that it would be “too adult”
– yeah, too adult, can you believe it?! As if Lizzie would act like an actual grown
woman!
Anyway, after that was taken away from us, Hilary later said in an Instagram statement
that she felt a huge responsibility to honor fans’ relationship with Lizzie.
She wrote, “I’d be doing a disservice to everyone by limiting the realities of a
30 year old’s journey to live under the ceiling of a PG rating. It’s important to
me that just as her experiences as a preteen/teenager navigating life were authentic, her next chapters
are equally as real and relatable.”
Still sad about it, but that makes sense. And after all that time, I think it’s safe
to say that we’ve all been wondering just what the reboot would’ve been about.
Well, wonder no more, because Hilary has finally spilled the deets on the show’s plot.
In a new interview with Cosmopolitan, she explained, “My character was moving back
home with her parents because she caught her soon-to-be fiancé cheating on her, and she
was falling flat on her face at that moment, and being like, ‘I need to pivot because
everything that I thought was, wasn’t, and I’m turning 30. What the f**k?’”
Um, I don’t know about you but that sounds iconic – and also a reality for many millennials.
What?? I’m just being honest!
In the same interview, Hilary was asked if she thought about pulling a Ryan Reynolds
a la Deadpool by leaking any o f the episodes that were filmed and here’s what she said.
Hilary admitted, “I would be lying if I didn’t say I didn’t have those thoughts
a few times. I’m constantly asked about it still. All it does is breathe life into
the fact that people still want it, and that’s really sweet. It’s not dead, and it’s
not alive.”
Here’s to hoping one day we’ll be blessed with those unaired episodes. But for now,
we have Hil starring in the ‘How I Met Your Mother’ reboot, ‘How I Met Your Father.’
The first two episodes of the Hulu show dropped on Tuesday and while the show’s is basically
the same as the original – you know, the classic group of friends in New York City
trying to figure out their lives while hanging out at a bar with a narrator narrating the
thoughts of the main character… So wait, a revamped friends with an added
voiceover??
Okay, that’s beside the point. Anyway, after ‘How I Met Your Father’ made its debut,
it’s gotten some mixed reviews from fans and critics alike.
The Hollywood Reporter critic Angie Han wrote a lengthy review on the show for the outlet
and when she typed out, “It feels so far like a pale imitation” – that…said a
lot.
Meanwhile The Guardian’s Adrian Horton did praise Hilary, stating, “what charm this
sequel does have, it largely owes to Duff.” However, they still added that the show “offers
no reason to watch other than fondness for the original.”
Fans who tuned in to watch the spin-off also had mixed thoughts on the matter.
One Twitter user wrote, “How I Met Your Father is very much an average show. I gave
it an ‘eh.’ I’ll give it a few episodes to see if it has the charm of the original
and if I feel invested in the characters.”
Another wrote, “I’ve watched how I met your Mother my whole life since I was like
five. Can probably quote every line from the episode that i watched. It helped me through
my entire life. How i met your father has to be the worst thing – hoping it gets better
but right now, i hate it.”
Others chose to look at some of the positives How I Met Your Father has to offer.
With one fan saying, “How I met your father is actually pretty fun and i like the cast
diversity!!”
While another said, “i was pleasantly surprised by how i met your father, i thought it would
be worse. But it was pretty fun!”
We’re only two episodes in, so the internet might have to give it more of a chance!
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Then, hit up that comment section below and let us know what your thoughts on the ‘How
I Met Your Father’ spin-off! Did you love it or hate it and why is Hilary
Duff the best part of it all??
For now, I’m your host Carly Henderson You can follow me on socials @CarlyHenderson_.
See you next time!