Hilary Duff Calls Having Kids Before Getting Married “Absolutely Psycho” And Still Recommends It

Hilary Duff is opening up about the decision to have children before marrying husband Matthew Koma, a choice she now says she would still recommend.

The actress appeared on a new episode of the SiriusXM podcast The Morgan Stewart Show ahead of her recent SiriusXM Small Stage Series concert on May 14, where she spoke about her relationship timeline with Koma and how quickly their lives changed after reconnecting following two breakups.

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“[We] got back together, we were like, ‘We should have a baby,’” Duff said. She added that becoming pregnant before marriage felt “absolutely psycho.”

“We had the baby, got married, which was actually so fun,” she continued. “She walked me down the aisle… It was really, really fun and cute. And like Luca walked Matthew Koma down the aisle, which was, I would recommend it to people.”

Hilary and Koma first met in 2015 while working on her Breathe In. Breathe Out. album. Their relationship later went through two separations before they reunited.

Duff was also asked how long she and Koma were separated during their breakups.

“Okay. The first time, I feel like maybe he would be like, ‘No, that’s not correct.’ But he remembers things a little bit better than I do,” she said. “I feel like maybe we were broken up for like a year and then the second time we were broken up for like six months. Not that long. [Not talking through that time], but weirdly, he would Words With Friends me or something. And he’d always kick my ass, too, which was so annoying.”

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The couple welcomed their first daughter together, Banks Violet Bair, in October 2018. More than a year later, they married in an intimate ceremony at their Los Angeles home in December 2019.

Looking back on the wedding, Duff shared that their children played a major role in the ceremony. Their daughter Banks walked her down the aisle, while Duff’s son Luca, whom she shares with former husband Mike Comrie, walked Koma down the aisle.

Duff and Koma now share three daughters together: Banks, Mae James, and Townes Meadow.

Watch the interview below: