{"id":303333,"date":"2026-02-17T23:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/303333\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:56:11","slug":"hilary-duff-says-mature-details-a-brief-relationship-with-someone-older-that-was-not-illegal-but-was-inappropriate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/303333\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilary Duff Says &#8216;Mature&#8217; Details a &#8216;Brief&#8217; Relationship with Someone Older That Was &#8216;Not Illegal&#8217; But Was &#8216;Inappropriate&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hilary Duff opened up more about what her single &#8220;Mature&#8221; is about<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a cover story interview with Glamour published on Tuesday, Feb. 17, the singer and actress revealed that the relationship was &#8216;not illegal&#8217; but was &#8220;inappropriate&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Duff&#8217;s first album in 10 years luck&#8230; or something is due Friday, Feb. 20<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/hilary-duff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hilary Duff;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hilary Duff<\/a> got more candid about her single <a href=\"https:\/\/hilaryduff.lnk.to\/MaturePR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;Mature.&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8220;Mature.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The singer and actress opened up further about <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/hilary-duff-releases-first-new-single-in-10-years-mature-11842367\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the first new music she released in 10 years;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the first new music she released in 10 years<\/a> during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamour.com\/story\/hilary-duff-2026-cover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cover story interview with Glamour;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cover story interview with Glamour<\/a> published on Tuesday, Feb. 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s definitely about a relationship that I had. It was very brief with someone older than me, and that was not illegal, but inappropriate when you have this much time removed from it,\u201d Duff, 38, told the publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She continued, &#8220;Everybody speculates, but I\u2019m not sure they got it right\u2026. I think that it\u2019s super nuanced and it\u2019s hard to defend certain things that have happened in my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Duff then noted that &#8220;working as an adult since I was 10 years old, it\u2019s very hard to have relationships with people your own age.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She then coyly pointed out that &#8220;if I wanted to say who [the song was about], I would.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Duff released &#8220;Mature&#8221; in November 2025, which was cowritten and produced by her husband\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/matthew-koma\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matthew Koma.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Matthew Koma.<\/a> The track marked her first new original single since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/hilary-duff-breathe-in-breathe-out-10th-anniversary-11754314\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:her 2015 album;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">her 2015 album<\/a>\u00a0Breathe In. Breathe Out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a statement at the time, the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/hilary-duff-shares-nsfw-new-song-roommates-rainy-music-video-11886932\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;Roommates&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8220;Roommates&#8221;<\/a> singer wrote, &#8220;Mature\u2019 is a little conversation that my present self is having with my younger self.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Hilary Duff for 'Glamour' in February 2026 Emmanuel Monsalve\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"384\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4cd354a8deae5ad6f2edd9bebe279d49.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She continued, &#8220;The two of us are reflecting on a past experience and sending love to each other. It\u2019s a chuckle, a wink and a sense of being grateful that we are sure footed in where we landed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After its release, fans began fans speculated about the song&#8217;s inspiration \u2014 and many roads led back to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/leonardo-dicaprio\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Leonardo DiCaprio;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a>\u00a0due to the lyric, &#8220;very Leo of you with your Scorpio touch.&#8221; (The actor, born Nov. 11, is a Scorpio.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then, Koma, 38, fueled the flames by sharing a meme of DiCaprio, 51, in\u00a0Titanic\u00a0with her album artwork on his Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Duff addressed the rumors later that month during an interview on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRVZ-hAileD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=47c284f6-2605-4247-9345-4026a7a20a3b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:On Air with Ryan Seacrest.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">On Air with Ryan Seacrest.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFirst of all, we\u2019re getting the biggest kick out of the speculations,&#8221; she said at the time. &#8220;It\u2019s honestly, it\u2019s thrilling. It\u2019s 100% thrilling and the internet is such a funny place. I\u2019m obsessed with everyone and I\u2019m seeing all the videos.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Duff added, &#8220;No, you can&#8217;t take anything that Matthew posts seriously. He&#8217;s the biggest troll on the planet Earth and he will lead everybody down all the roads and have the most fun doing it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She concluded that she was &#8220;not confirming, not denying anything here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/hilary-duff-mature-details-romance-not-illegal-but-inappropriate-11907791\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Hilary Duff opened up more about what her single &#8220;Mature&#8221; is about In a cover&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,11305,61,60],"class_list":["post-303333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-hilary-duff","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}