- I'm sweating.
It's hot,
and cold at the same time.
Gah.
Mm. Serious business.
[fingers tapping]
[Hillary chuckles]
[connections sizzling]
- [Interviewer] Is your name Hilary Erhard Duff?
- Erhard, but yes.
- [Interviewer] Were you born in Houston, Texas?
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] Are you nervous?
- Yes. I'm nervous.
Of course. 100%. [laughs]
- [Interviewer] Would you say you're ready to come clean?
- [laughs] No.
- [Interviewer] Let's talk about your life.
You said this about "Lizzie McGuire,"
"With Lizzie, that was me. Those lines were very blurred."
Are those lines still blurred?
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] Do you ever miss your wardrobe
for "Lizzie McGuire?"
- No.
- [Interviewer] Did you ever steal any of her wardrobe?
- No.
- [Interviewer] Okay. Did you ever borrow?
- Did I tell the truth on that?
- That's true.
- [chuckles] I got to keep some of it
but I don't ever remember stealing it.
I did steal one thing in my life. [chuckles]
Okay.
- [Interviewer] Can you tell us what that was?
- It was an eyeliner from Bath & Body Works.
It was blue and iridescent.
And I'm still feeling guilty about it to this day.
- [Interviewer] How old were you
when you stole that eyeliner?
- I think I was,
[gulps] I think I was nine.
Was I nine?
8, 9?
9 or 10?
- That's unclear.
- [Interviewer] Did you get caught?
- Nope.
And I used it every day. [laughs]
And my mom hated it.
- [Interviewer] Did your mom know it was stolen?
- No. But now she will.
I'm still scared of my mom.
- [Interviewer] You recently went on a double date
with your husband and your ex-boyfriend, Joel Madden.
[Hillary chuckling]
- Yeah.
- [Interviewer] Is it important to you
to stay friends with your exes?
- No.
I do enjoy being friends with him now. 100%.
But I don't need to be friends with all of my exes.
This is very situational.
- That's true.
[Hillary laughing]
- [Interviewer] So you're not friends
with all of your ex-boyfriends?
- No, I'm friends with one other one,
and friendly with most, but I wouldn't,
we don't text or talk often,
ever, some of them, but it's not like bad.
- [Interviewer] Would you go on a double date
with your husband's ex-girlfriend?
- Which one? [chuckles]
- [Interviewer] Any of them?
- With him there?
Sure. Why not?
- [Interviewer] You were a gymnast as a kid, correct?
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] Did you do your own stunts
on "Lizzie McGuire?"
- Often. Yes.
- [Interviewer] Do you think that gave you an advantage
over the other child actors?
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] Can you still do a back flip?
- On a trampoline, yes.
Want me to show you? [laughs]
I can do a handspring, a back handspring on the ground.
- [Interviewer] Do you wish you had pursued gymnastics
instead of acting?
- No.
- [Interviewer] Do you ever get stage fright?
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] Do you have it right now?
- No.
- I'm not getting a clear reading.
[Hillary laughing]
- I think my anxiety
is a little higher than normal right now,
but I don't think I'm like actually scared.
And I can't remember the last time I had stage fight,
but I often get it.
- [Interviewer] You said your daughter is obsessed
with your 2015 song "Sparks."
Did you remember all the lyrics
the first time you played it for her?
- No.
- [Interviewer] Do you remember the lyrics
to all of your music?
- Definitely not.
- [Interviewer] Do you like all the music you released?
- Definitely not.
- [Interviewer] Do your kids like all of your music?
- Yes.
I think.
Geez. We should put them up here.
I think.
- [Interviewer] Let's talk about your career.
You were recently a guest on "The Bachelor"
and you posted on Instagram that this was a career high.
Is that true?
- Yes.
- She's telling the truth.
[Hillary laughing]
- [Interviewer] What about this? Was this a career high?
- No.
- [Interviewer] Do you know where that surf board is now?
- I don't, but I'm sure it's in a storage unit somewhere.
- [Interviewer] What about this? Was this a career high?
- I mean, she sure looks like it is.
She's thrilled, this gal.
- [Interviewer] Do you still have that award?
- Somewhere in the storage unit, yes.
I think I have a few of these.
- [Interviewer] Are they all in storage?
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] So none of them are displayed in your house?
- No.
- [Interviewer] Your kids don't play with any of them?
- No.
Nope.
- [Interviewer] Do you know where your storage unit is?
[Hillary laughing]
- Somewhere in Burbank?
No. Somewhere in the Valley around here.
No, I actually haven't been in years.
I could not.
I've been, but I haven't.
I couldn't take us there right now without looking it up.
I think I have like five storage units there, too.
- [Interviewer] What about when you were on this cover?
- Like explain career high, like personal high,
or just like a big achievement?
Like I remember being like,
"This is cool. I was included in this."
But no, this was a very high stress anxiety-inducing day.
Also, Mandy and I are great friends now.
So this is very funny. [chuckles]
- [Interviewer] You're credited as a performer
77 times on IMDb.
Are you a workaholic?
- No.
Unclear? [laughs]
- [Interviewer] Do you think maybe you're a workaholic?
- I think I put a lot on my plate,
and therefore, I work a lot,
but I am able to disconnect.
And even if it's for like short moments of time
where I'm truly not thinking about
like something I have to do on my phone
or some work I have to do before I get to set
or, you know, emails or whatever.
I can disconnect and I do.
- [Interviewer] Do you ever wish
you'd had a more normal childhood?
- Actually, no.
- She's telling the truth.
- I think I've thought about it sometimes, but I don't.
It's not something that I wish I could change,
and it doesn't like come up often.
- [Interviewer] Would you let your children be performers?
- Maybe not starting as young as I did,
but yes, if that's what they really wanted to do,
if they worked hard at it.
I wouldn't just boost them and help them
without them putting the work in.
But yes, I would.
But I would drive them to auditions and stuff,
my mom sure did for me and I really wanted it,
so I think I would have to support them and believe them.
- [Interviewer] Let's talk about pop culture.
People think you look like this woman.
- Ooh.
Oh. Is this the girl from "You?"
What's her name?
- [Interviewer] Victoria Pedretti.
Do you see a resemblance?
- Yes.
Yeah, people made a big deal
of like my honeymoon pictures, right?
With Matt and I,
saying we looked like Penn Badgley and Victoria.
It's funny 'cause I grew up with Penn Badgley.
Yes, I see the resemblance.
- [Interviewer] You worked with Darren Star on "Younger."
He also created "Sex and the City."
- Mm hmm.
- [Interviewer] Were you a fan of the show?
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] Would you say that you're a Carrie,
Miranda, Charlotte or Samantha?
- A Carrie.
- [Interviewer] Why?
- I think she's the most relatable.
She's kind of like the girl next door,
but on a slightly more magical adventure. [chuckles]
And I feel like that's kind of like my life.
- [Interviewer] So you don't think you're a Samantha
even though Kim Cattrall plays the grownup version
of your character on "How I Met Your Father?"
- I don't.
I don't think that Kim's character
in "How I Met Your Father" is anything like Samantha.
Although I love Samantha.
I just didn't relate as much to that character.
- [Interviewer] Darren Star also created "Emily in Paris."
Do you watch that show?
- No. I've watched it, but I don't watch it.
- [Interviewer] So you've seen it?
- Yes.
I've seen probably five episodes.
- [Interviewer] You have 20 million followers on Instagram.
Did you buy any of your followers?
- No.
- [Interviewer] Do you have a Finsta?
- No. [chuckles]
I don't even think I know exactly what that is.
- [Interviewer] You grew up on the Disney Channel.
Do you get free passes to Disneyland?
- Yeah.
Mm hmm.
- [Interviewer] Do you have to wait in line?
- No.
- [Interviewer] What about mouse ears?
Do you have to pay for those?
- Yes. [chuckles]
They actually, last time we were there,
usually, I don't wanna say it's like a trade,
but you know, when I ask to go, usually,
well, we always have a guide
and the guide will take us to the front of the line,
sometimes in a short line
with other people that have a guide at Disneyland that day.
But they usually ask for social pictures
and I'm always fine with that.
And the last time we went, they had a huge bag
of like all different kinds of ears and stuff
and they let us keep them all.
But I do feel uncomfortable to ask for free things, still.
So usually we just go hit the shop and buy it.
And I think that's part of the fun with the kids anyway.
- [Interviewer] You're working with Josh Peck
from "Drake & Josh" on your new show.
He was a big Nickelodeon star.
Is there a Disney versus Nickelodeon rivalry?
- No. I love Josh Peck so much.
And it was actually deeply comforting to work with him
because we were both child stars that made it out alive.
- [Interviewer] Did you ever wish
that you were on Nickelodeon?
- No.
Mm.
Maybe before I was on Disney, I wish I was on either one.
I didn't care. [laughs]
- [Interviewer] Did you ever give
this fellow Disney star any advice?
- I did not.
She doesn't need any advice from me.
I love Miley.
Everybody asks me like who was my role model
and who helped guide me,
and really no one.
So I'm not, I don't, we're all such different people.
Like my advice, I don't know where it would sit
with someone that was totally different than me, you know?
So I think that she's done an amazing job
and I'm impressed by her
and she doesn't need any advice from me.
- [Interviewer] You were a big fan of Words with Friends?
- [chuckles] Yeah.
- [Interviewer] Do you still play?
- No.
Now, I'm on Wordle.
Obsessed with Wordle.
- [Interviewer] Are you good?
- I'm okay.
Yeah, I think I usually get it
in like three tries, maybe four.
- [Interviewer] Final question.
- Ah. Is this gonna be a big one?
- [Interviewer] Did you lie at any point
during this lie detector test, and we didn't catch you?
- No.
No.
- She's telling the truth.
[Hillary laughing]
- Oh, my God.
I was just waiting for like,
"Does it bother you when people call you Lizzie McGuire?"
I was like, "Ah."