Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma: A Timeline of Their Relationship

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Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma: A Timeline of Their Relationship

Hey now, hey now! Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma’s relationship is what dreams are made of. The former Lizzie McGuire star and the musician, who got married in December 2019, are one of Hollywood’s most adorable couples. They’re also one of the most relatable, thanks to their social media posts about scrolling through Postmates in bed, NSFW tattoos and just being happy they found one another. “I will always choose sandwiches and 8 p.m. bedtimes over fancy date nights …. over and over again,” Duff wrote via Instagram on the first anniversary of their 2019 engagement. “My best friend, lover, and papa bear that can not be rivaled… it’s always been you.” The Younger alum met the record producer after collaborating together on her 2015 album Breathe In. Breathe Out. One year prior, Duff split from her ex-husband, NHL player Mike Comrie, with whom she shares son Luca. “They had great chemistry in the studio,” a source told Us Weekly of Koma and his now-wife at the time. “Hilary thinks Matt is very talented and cute.” However, it wasn’t until 2017 — one year after they officially started dating — that the former Disney Channel star and the Winnetka Bowling League band leader made their red carpet debut. The twosome welcomed their first daughter, Banks, in October 2018. The following year, they tied the knot during an intimate backyard ceremony that incorporated their kids, who are “obviously, the biggest part of our life,” Duff told Vogue in 2019. [jwplayer 53FC31To-zhNYySv2] Amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the A Cinderella Story actress announced that she was pregnant with her third child. “Lol quarantine was fun,” the “So Yesterday” singer joked via Instagram that October. In March 2021, Duff gave birth to the pair’s second daughter, Mae James, and praised her husband for his support during her at-home water birth. “My hubby is the most calm anchor in the room when I feel like climbing the walls,” Duff wrote via Instagram in celebration of Mae's 4-month “birth day.” Raising three kids isn’t easy, but the couple have a sense of humor about keeping their romance alive when they aren't changing diapers. In September 2021, Koma praised Duff for balancing her parenting duties while filming Hulu's How I Met Your Father, sharing a photo that he described as “one of my favorite pictures of wifey somewhere between supremely fulfilled, exhausted and why the f–k are you taking my photo.” She joked in the Instagram comments at that time, “This is bound to get him baby No. 4.” Keep scrolling for Duff and Koma’s major relationship milestones. [podcast_block]

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2015

The pair hit it off in 2015 — one year after Duff split from ex-husband Mike Comrie, with whom she shares son Luca — while collaborating on the Lizzie McGuire alum’s album Breathe In. Breathe Out. "They had great chemistry in the studio," a source close to Duff told Us at the time. "Hilary thinks Matt is very talented and cute."

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January 2017

The Younger actress and Koma made their red carpet debut at a pre-SAG Awards party.

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March 2017

Duff and the “Kisses Back” singer briefly split after a few months of dating.

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October 2017

The two rekindled their romance and the Raise Your Voice star started sharing photos of them together on Instagram again. She later opened up about their relationship, telling Us Weekly in December that “it’s going so great.”

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March 2018

Duff and Koma welcomed an elderly dog into their home. “Hey guys! We adopted an old dog,” the actress wrote alongside a sweet Instagram pic at the time. “Thank you so much @loveleorescue #welovelucy.” Koma also shared his excitement on Instagram. “I Love Lucy and she…looks fairly indifferent towards me,” he captioned a pic of the pup. “I will Ricky Ricardo her heart.”

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June 2018

Duff announced that the couple were expecting their first child together in a sweet Instagram post. “Guess what guys! @matthewkoma and I made a little princess of our own and we couldn’t be more excited!!!!!!” she captioned a pic that showed her beau giving her a kiss on the cheek, with her baby bump on full display.

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October 2018

The doting mom revealed she gave birth. “Banks Violet Bair,” she captioned an Instagram pic that showed her and Koma snuggling their newborn daughter. “This little bit has fully stolen our hearts! She joined our world at home on Thursday afternoon and is absolute magic.” 

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May 2019

Koma proposed to Duff after dating on and off for two and a half years. “He asked me to be his wife,” she gushed on Instagram alongside a photo with her new diamond ring. The singer later added, “Thanks for the promotion babe.”

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December 2019

The couple married in a low-key wedding in the backyard of their Los Angeles home on December 21, 2019, in front of a small group of family and friends.

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May 2020

The “Sparks” singer paid tribute to her husband on the anniversary of their engagement in May 2020. “Bubba, thanks for forcing me to go on that walk with you today (last year) I love you so much♥️” Duff captioned her Instagram post. “I will always choose sandwiches and 8 pm bedtimes over fancy date nights …. over and over again. My best friend, lover, and papa bear that cannot be rivaled…it’s always been you.”

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October 2020

The former Disney Channel star announced in October 2020 that the pair are expanding their family. “We are growing!!! Mostly me …” Duff captioned a photo of her baby bump, revealing she is pregnant with baby No. 3, her second child with Koma.

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December 2020

“I love this moment so much,” Duff wrote alongside a photo of her and Koma eating on their wedding day, in honor of their one-year anniversary in December 2020. “Matt and I were both too nervous to eat the day of our wedding .. this is directly after .... we slammed a plate of apps someone brought us before taking pictures and this pretty much sums us up ... Snacking through life, dreaming about dinner at 7 am and wrangling kids. Oh, and dodging covid the first year of marriage😕. Always with you babe. For you. Over and over I choose you and this ♥️ thank you for being a damn good man.”

The New York native celebrated the special day with his own Instagram tribute, writing, “Happy Anniversary Ba ... One year ago today looked a whole lot different. I can’t imagine this last year without you to Clorox groceries and avoid the world with.” He continued: “When I asked you to be my wife, we had no idea our first year would look like this ... They always say, ‘The first year is the hardest,’ but in our case it was for completely different reasons and I’m so in awe of your badassery. How you’re able to be the mom, individual, wife, spirit, and tie dye influencer you are, while making it look so easy is mind boggling and I don’t know what I did right to deserve being on the receiving end of it. Thank you for being the most steady, supportive, empathetic, loving, and passionate. You make me so much better. You make our family what it is. You’re the only thing that makes me cry through the Prozac. I love you.”

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March 2021

Duff gave birth to their second child together, daughter Mae James, at home. “We LOVE you beauty,” she wrote via Instagram at the time.

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April 2021

The Lizzie McGuire alum looked back on her pregnancy sex life with Koma the following month, telling Dr. Berlin: “Sex really was not interesting for me at all. So toward the end, where with Banks, that felt like a really helpful-slash-fun tool [to speed labor along], this time I was like, ‘Nope, not for me.’ And it, like, annoyed me majorly when people would say, ‘You know what really gets things started?’ I'm like, ‘Nope.’ Poor Matt. But maybe not. Maybe he was like, ‘This is for the better right now.’”

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June 2021

"Matthew, My dedications can’t touch yours," the Younger actress began a sweet tribute to her husband on his 34th birthday. "Mostly I just want to say thank you.... For being my best friend. Giving 1000 percent to our kids. Whenever there's a tiny hint of something going on with me you drop everything to make me feel like it's valid and important And that feels really nice(I'm a poet, I know🙄). But it's the humor for me. ..sometimes I don't even feel worthy of your sophisticated trolls, how lucky I am to be the chosen one. 😊."

Duff felt lucky to be "forever surprised/ impressed/ and learning" from Koma. "Thank you for being the coziest safest blanket for us to all rest our head. Nobody else I'd rather go through the trenches with bubba. HBD love you papa 🐻 who's 34!" she gushed. "Oh! And when you sit down and get really serious trying to do Banks’ hair.... I really like that too. Slays right through me 💔."

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September 2021

A day before Duff's 33rd birthday, her husband wrote a sweet tribute that ended with a NSFW message.

"I’m really the luckiest to get to do this life thing with you. The easy days and the absolute s--t storms we’re constantly navigating…You’re never phased and you give so much of yourself to us," he wrote in his lengthy message. Just in case it was too heartfelt, Koma ended it with a bang: “Love you. Also my full body hive is better so we can bone down tonight."

Duff enjoyed her husband's sense of humor. "Swoon. Thank god the FBH are gone because who would ever measure up to these love dedications?" she commented.

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December 2021

Duff commemorated the duo's second wedding anniversary with an Instagram post that included a carousel of photos and videos from their 2019 nuptials. "12.21.19 with the guy of my dreams," she wrote. "Papa bear. Best friend. Good human. That’s all."

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February 2022

The Texas native shared a series of goofy photos via social media with her man in honor of Valentine’s Day.

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May 2022

The pair jetted off for a couple’s trip to Mexico where they attended a Dawes concert.

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June 2022

“Everyday with you is better than the last …. Happy Birthday to the one who makes us laugh the most and the one who has made me utterly and irreversibly complete,” Duff wrote via Instagram in celebration of her husband’s special day. “I love you beyond the moon @matthewkoma this has to be a simulation.”

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January 2023

"I was told it’s National spouse day. You tease and give me hell Matthew and I love you so much. My own personal troll. Keep me please," Duff captioned a sweet selfie with her husband, to which he replied, "Ugh my prozac can’t fight the tears from you being so sweet. I love you."

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May 2023

Koma commemorated his and Duff’s 4-year engagement anniversary by sharing a photo from when he popped the question via his Instagram Story. Duff reposted the proposal pic, which she captioned, “I would say yes again and again.”