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The singer, 38, had one stipulation for her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2026 cover<\/a> shoot: no bikinis.<\/p>\n On Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cNot Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce,\u201d<\/a> Duff recalled her early conversations with the magazine\u2019s team. \u201cIt was great to have conversations with them and be like, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m not going to wear a bikini,’\u201d she said. \u201cLike, I have had four kids. I feel comfortable showing this. I don\u2019t feel comfortable showing this. And they\u2019re like, \u2018Got it. Got it. Got it.’\u201d<\/p>\n Hilary Duff told the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit team she wouldn\u2019t be wearing a bikini for her cover. Kat Irlin\/Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n The singer, 38, opened up about the experience on Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cNot Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce.\u201d Kat Irlin\/Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n Her first reaction to landing the cover? Panic about getting in \u201crip-roaring shape,\u201d she told the host. Charlotte Tilbury<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not a model. I\u2019m 5\u20192. I\u2019ve had four kids,\u201d she recalled thinking. Hilary Duff\/Instagram<\/p>\n Duff also shared her unfiltered first reaction to landing the cover, which she found out about while driving to pick up her kids from school.<\/p>\n \u201cMy first reaction was like, \u2018S\u2013t. I thought I\u2019d get in, like, rip-roaring shape,\u201d she told Kelce, a fellow mom of four. \u201cAnd I\u2019m also like, I\u2019m not a model. I\u2019m 5\u20192. I\u2019ve had four kids.\u201d<\/p>\n What put her at ease was the team behind the camera. Duff said the shoot was largely female-led, and she was able to bring her own glam squad, including makeup artist Kelsey Deenihan<\/a>, who used Charlotte Tilbury products to create a sun-kissed glow.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tShop \u2019til you drop with Post Wanted\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSave time and money with the latest deals, discounts, trends, reviews and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cThe editor-in-chief is incredible. The photographer was who I wanted. It got to be my whole styling team, my hair and makeup,\u201d she said. \u201cThey wanted me to feel my best.\u201d<\/p>\n Duff, who posed in a plunging white one-piece Oye swimsuit for photographer Kat Irlin in South Caicos, flew in for just one day \u2014 the night of the Super Bowl \u2014 and described the whirlwind shoot on a remote sandbar as freeing.<\/p>\n \u201cMy body\u2019s worked really hard for me and produced an entire family,\u201d she said, adding that with each pregnancy, she\u2019s found \u201ca little bit more ease\u201d around the feelings that come with her body changing.<\/p>\n The publication\u2019s female-led team put her at ease, letting her choose her own photographer and glam squad. Instagram\/@hilaryduff<\/p>\n The former Disney Channel star flew to South Caicos for just one day to shoot on a remote sandbar. Getty Images for SiriusXM<\/p>\n Duff released her sixth album, \u201cLuck \u2026 Or Something,\u201d in January and kicks off a world tour next month. Getty Images for DAOU Vineyards<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t her first time pushing past her comfort zone on camera; in 2022, the \u201cYounger\u201d alum posed for Women\u2019s Health<\/a> wearing nothing but her tattoos and admitted it was \u201cpretty scary.\u201d<\/p>\n She\u2019s since welcomed a fourth child, daughter Townes, in 2024 with husband Matthew Koma.<\/p>\n