Inside Hilary Duff’s Intense Clash with Husband Matthew Koma: A Candid Look

Hilary Duff and her husband, Matthew Koma, are widely regarded as a solid team, but the couple experiences a significant argument just once a year.

“People often ask me, ‘How is it working with your husband? Do you guys argue often?'” Duff, 38, shared with Dakota Fanning during an interview for Interview magazine’s story published on February 23. “I always respond, ‘We hardly ever fight.'”

Fanning, who is close friends with the couple, agreed, noting, “Yeah, you guys really don’t argue.” However, Duff clarified that while they generally maintain harmony, she and Koma, who is also 38 and whom she married in 2019, do have a significant argument annually.

“Well, that’s not entirely true. We have one big argument once a year,” the former Lizzie McGuire star admitted. “He actually mentioned it recently, saying, ‘It’s been a while since we’ve had a fight.’ I jokingly replied, ‘Are you ready for one?'”

Hilary Duff also opened up about the insecurities she occasionally feels in her marriage to Matthew Koma. In a profile for Rolling Stone, published on February 19, Duff candidly revealed, “I sometimes worry that Matt might leave me for a cool indie songwriter he collaborates with.” However, Koma was quick to reassure her, dispelling any concerns she might have.

Fanning, 32, laughed, asking, “Are you ready?”

“I’m not,” Duff confessed. “Last time I threw his phone in a Bougainvillea bush and it felt so good.”

The “Roomates” singer recalled, “It was during the [January 2025] fires [in Los Angeles]. We had been displaced, we had all the f***ing kids, and we just needed to have it out.” (Duff and Koma took in pals Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith and their children after their home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood was destroyed.)

Duff — who shares son Luca, 13, with ex-husband Mike Comrie and daughters Banks, 7, Mae, 4, and Townes, 21 months, with Koma — added, “But we don’t usually fight.”

She pointed out that while working together for her new album, Luck … or Something, fighting wasn’t on the menu.

“I don’t speak this language. He makes music all day, every day since he was 15 years old. So I’m like, ‘That sound, what is that? Get that out of here,’” Duff remembered, noting that Koma was almost like a translator for her during the recording process.

She added that her husband “also knows my style and he’s got his pulse on the cool factor.”

Hilary Duff and husband Matthew Koma’s relationship is what dreams are made of. The former Lizzie McGuire star and the musician, who met while collaborating on her 2015 album Breathe In. Breathe Out, got married in December 2019. They continue to prove they are just like Us. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. Subscribe to […]

“He definitely elevates me and my taste beyond belief,” Duff gushed. “After 10, 15 years of not making a record, I wanted it to feel like a body of work for people who grew up listening to me and waited a really long time to hear from me. It feels really cohesive.”

Duff sang her spouse’s praises during her conversation with Fanning, telling her that she had “comfort” in knowing that Koma had her back.

“Having that guy in my corner — it sounds so cheesy to say, but waking up every day and taking on the things in our world — we’re such a unit,” the Younger actress shared. “Growing up in the industry, I felt like a lone rider for such a long time. That’s such a dorky word, but I was like, ‘I’m tough. I’ve got this.’ It took me a really long time to accept how much he could take off of my plate.”

Duff explained that Koma being “insanely talented” also helped her feel at ease working on her new album.

“I wasn’t interested in making a record with anyone else. I was like, ‘It has to just be me and you,’” she recalled. “The most honest stuff came from that because he has a front row to my life and everything I’ve experienced, the really difficult times and the really easy good times that made me who I am.”