Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma Enjoy Manhattan Date Night
Hilary Duff and her second husband, music producer Matthew Koma, enjoyed a romantic evening out on Monday night at The Eighty Six, an upscale steakhouse located in Manhattan's West Village neighbourhood. The 38-year-old former Disney Channel star opted for a preppy ensemble, featuring a grey vest layered over a white tee, with a black cardigan casually draped over her shoulders. She completed the look with faded black jeans and stylish booties.
Styling Details and Family Life
For the occasion, hairstylist Barb Thompson enhanced Duff's signature blonde hair with extensions sourced from The Hair Shop. Make-up artist Kelsey Deenihan Fisher expertly contoured the Texan-born star's complexion, defined her eyebrows, and applied a pink lip colour. Notably absent from the couple's New York outing were their blended family of four children.
The pair, married for six years, share three daughters: Banks, aged seven, Mae, four, and Townes, 21 months. Duff is also mother to a son, Luca Comrie, who will turn 14 on March 20. Luca is from her previous marriage to retired NHL player Mike Comrie; their three-year union ended in 2014, with the divorce finalised in 2016.
Musical Collaboration and Personal Revelations
Duff, who was homeschooled, first met Koma (born Matthew Bair) in 2013 while collaborating on her fifth studio album, Breathe In. Breathe Out., though she was still married to Comrie at the time. They began dating in 2017 and have since worked together professionally. Koma, frontman of Winnetka Bowling League, collaborated on Duff's newly released sixth studio album, Luck... or Something, which currently sits at number 191 on the Billboard 200 chart.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show on Monday, Duff shared insights into her children's music preferences. "They love my music. It's very sweet," she remarked. "If Matt and I get to it first, we'll put on artists like Squeeze, Jackson Browne, or Counting Crows—music we love and grew up with, trying to instill that. If we put it on first, they'll listen without requesting something else. But if we don't, it's straight up K-pop or songs like 'Raining Tacos' or 'Chicken Wing' for the entire day. It's absolutely horrific."
Estrangement from Sister Haylie
In a more emotional revelation, Duff opened up about her estrangement from her older sister, Haylie Duff, during an interview on On Purpose with Jay Shetty on Sunday. The sisters have not been photographed together since 2019, and their rift inspired Duff's song We Don't Talk.
"My sister and I don't speak," the Growing Up singer confessed. "I hope it's not forever, but it's for right now. It's definitely a raw nerve. That's the person I grew up with, the only one." She elaborated further, stating, "I love my family in certain ways and cherish certain memories. But huge struggles have occurred, and I'm not placing responsibility solely on anyone involved—I assume some myself. So it's very complicated."
Upcoming Tour and Professional Endeavours
Haylie Duff, now 41, resides in Austin, Texas, where she raises her two daughters, Ryan, 10, and Lulu, seven, with her fiancé, Matt Rosenberg. The couple has not been pictured together publicly since 2023.
Meanwhile, Hilary Duff is preparing for a significant career milestone: her first world tour in nearly two decades. The 57-date The Lucky Me Tour is scheduled to commence on June 21-22 at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. All opening acts for the tour are led by women, including English synth-pop artist La Roux and Canadian singers Lauren Spencer Smith and Jade LeMac.
"I haven't done a giant arena in 20 years," Duff admitted on The Tonight Show, referencing her last major tour. "So yeah, I'm going to be really nervous. Really sweaty." Prior to the tour launch, she will conclude her sold-out Las Vegas mini-residency at the Voltaire inside The Venetian Resort on May 22-24.
Duff, whose Spotify monthly listener count reaches 4.6 million, first rose to fame portraying the titular character in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire (2001–2004) and its 2003 film adaptation, solidifying her status as a beloved entertainment figure.
