and might share an ex, however they like to bond over wine.

The How I Met Your Father star sat down with Andy Cohen on  this week, the place she was requested by a viewer about which featured herself, husband Matthew Koma, Richie and Richie’s partner, Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden. Duff dated Madden from 2004 to 2006, earlier than he and Richie tied the knot in 2010.

Whereas Duff acknowledged that the “date night time” pic (which additionally included Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and his longtime girlfriend Meagan Camper, in addition to music govt Josh Abraham and his associate Gina Abraham) had stunned many followers, it wasn’t bizarre in any respect for the Lizzie McGuire alum to spend time along with her former boyfriend. The mother of three instructed Cohen that she has a “good relationship with their entire household.”

“We’re neighbors and we truly hang around on a regular basis,” Duff defined. “I used to be simply in her driveway honking for [Nicole] to return drink wine with us the opposite day.”

Sadly, Duff mentioned Richie wasn’t obtainable, as The Easy Life alum was in “mattress by eight.”

Duff lately mirrored on altering friendships in a March 2022 interview with Self-importance Honest, by which she within the notorious teen-centric 2003 cowl of their journal, titled “It’s Completely Raining Teenagers.” Along with Duff, Mandy Moore, Amanda Bynes, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Alexis Bledel, Evan Rachel Wooden, Raven-Symoné and Lindsay Lohan appeared because the featured faces throughout the youth-focused challenge.

“I bear in mind being like, ‘That is cool I used to be included on this,’ however no, this was a really excessive stress, anxiety-inducing day,” the Materials Women star instructed Self-importance Honest. “Additionally, Mandy [Moore] and I are nice associates now, so that is very humorous.”

Final 12 months, Duff additionally revisited her romantic previous — albeit for a heartbreaking cause. Following the loss of life of Aaron Carter in November 2022, the “So Yesterday” singer , writing, “I am deeply sorry that life was so laborious for you and that life was so laborious for you and that you just needed to battle in entrance of the entire world. You had a allure that was completely effervescent … boy did my teenage self love you deeply.”