Hilary Duff opens up about fear of losing Matthew Koma

Hilary Duff gets candid about love, insecurity and the emotional truths behind her long-awaited return to music

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the 38-year-old singer revealed she has recurring dreams about her husband, Matthew Koma, being unfaithful, a fear she channels into her new song Holiday Party.

“I always think Matt’s going to leave me for some coolio indie songwriter that he works with,” Duff admitted.

Koma, who has been married to Duff since 2019, responded with reassurance, calling the anxiety “so insane. But also very real,” acknowledging that emotional hang-ups can feel overwhelming even when they aren’t rooted in reality.

The couple shares three daughters: Banks, 7, Mae, 4, and 21-month-old Townes. 

Duff is also mom to 13-year-old Luca, whom she shares with ex-husband Mike Comrie.

Duff’s upcoming album, Luck… or Something, marks her first release in 11 years. And while she’s spent the past decade balancing motherhood and career, she made it clear this record wouldn’t simply revolve around parenting.

“It was really important to me to not make a record that was like, ‘I’m a mom and I pick up my kids at school and pack lunches every day and it’s so hard,’ ” she said. “What I was interested in talking about is the shift in how it makes me feel, as a person.”

Among the most vulnerable tracks is The Optimist, which explores her complicated relationship with her father.

“There’s times where I talk to my dad and times where I don’t talk to my dad,” she shared. “I do have a pretty sunny disposition, but a lot of s--- has gone down, and that’s life.”

Another song, We Don’t Talk, appears to address a strained family dynamic that fans speculate involves her sister, Haylie Duff. 

While Duff didn’t directly confirm the rumors, she acknowledged listeners likely understand the context.

“People have known my life since I was a child,” she said. “They know all the characters in it and they know what I’m talking about. For me, it was important to be open about that theme. It genuinely came from the heart.”

Duff also addressed online speculation surrounding a recent London performance, where she sang We Don’t Talk while seated on a mustard-colored sofa. Some fans suggested the furniture was a symbolic callback to past imagery.

“That is absolute bulls---, and totally not true and crazy,” she said, dismissing the theory. “I don’t have the time to make threads for people to catch on to about that. I have a full life and a busy family.”