Here’s A Look Back At Hilary Duff And Joel Madden’s Past Relationship Amid Speculation That Her New Song “Mature” Is About Their Controversial Age Gap

Opening up astir the record, Hilary said connected the Therapuss with Jake Shane podcast, “I consciousness similar it’s myself talking to my younger aforesaid astir an acquisition that we had and conscionable reflecting connected it. And being OK with it and having a small tongue-in-cheek infinitesimal with yourself. Accepting your past and being bully with wherever you landed.”

She elaborated on Instagram, “This was a little clip with a person that near maine with truthful galore questions… It felt similar a bully spot to start.”

Several fans person since speculated that the opus is astir Hilary’s narration with her ex Joel Madden, whom she dated for 2 years successful the aboriginal ‘00s.

Hilary was 16 and Joel was 25 erstwhile they started dating successful 2004. They yet broke up successful 2006, and the Good Charlotte instrumentalist moved connected with his now-wife, Nicole Richie.

Hilary went connected to day and wed Mike Comrie, whom she was with betwixt 2007 and 2014. During this time, they welcomed a lad named Luca. She aboriginal moved connected with her now-husband, Matthew Koma, and they person 3 kids together.

On “Mature,” Hilary appears to sing astir an ex who has a signifier of dating younger women. “She’s me, I’m her successful a antithetic font / Just a fewer years younger, a caller haircut,” she says.

Hilary continues, “She looks similar each of your girls but blonder / A small similar me, conscionable younger / Bet she loves erstwhile she hears you accidental / ‘You're truthful mature for your agе, babe.’”

“She looks similar she could beryllium your girl / Like maine earlier I got smarter / When I was flattered to perceive you accidental / ‘You're truthful mature for your age, babe,’” she adds.

As mentioned, fans person since guessed that “Mature” is astir Hilary’s past narration with Joel. “So, Hilary Duff fans, mature is astir Joel Madden right?” 1 idiosyncratic tweeted, portion different said, “new Hilary Duff being a Joel Madden diss way is WILD.”

“Given we cognize she had an property spread narration with Joel Madden erstwhile she was lone 16 oregon so, is it not acold much apt to beryllium inspired by that?” idiosyncratic other on Reddit questioned.

It's worthy noting that contempt the speculation, immoderate of the lyrics successful "Mature" don't needfully align with Joel, specified arsenic the line, "Very Leo of you with your Scorpio touch" successful the archetypal verse.

Interestingly, Hilary and Joel person remained close friends since they split. After they went viral for going connected a group day night with their respective partners successful 2022, Hilary shared, “We're neighbors. And we really bent retired each the time.”

What’s more, Joel’s wife, Nicole, has since shared immoderate benignant words astir Hilary’s caller song. Sharing a photograph of herself and Hilary holding hands and laughing, Nicole wrote connected Instagram, “'Mature' is not the connection I would usage to picture us, but regardless, this opus is simply a BOP.”

And, according to E! News, Joel aboriginal reposted the drawback to his ain page.

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