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If you spent your early 2000s glued to Disney Channel, Hilary Duff<\/strong><\/a> just gave a major update on the question that has haunted our generation: Will the Lizzie McGuire reboot ever actually happen?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The answer is complicated, a little bittersweet, and honestly? Kind of perfect.<\/span><\/p>\n The 38-year-old Duff appeared on the March 9 episode of the <\/span>On Purpose with Jay Shetty<\/span><\/i><\/a> podcast and addressed the reboot question directly.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI can say that, right now, it\u2019s not in the cards,\u201d she said, alluding to her busy schedule. \u201cI have a world tour to go on and that\u2019s going to take me a few years, I think.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n She hasn\u2019t shut the door completely, though. Duff said she was always \u201creally excited\u201d to think about Lizzie in her 30s \u201cand going through 30-year-old things,\u201d but now she \u201ccan\u2019t really see her at 40.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Her alternative timeline? Much further out than anyone expected.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMaybe I could start to see her around 55 (or) 60, and I think that\u2019s interesting,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n Quick math puts a potential return somewhere around 2042 at the earliest. That\u2019s a long wait.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For anyone who needs one (though, let\u2019s be real, you probably don\u2019t): <\/span>Lizzie McGuire<\/span><\/i><\/a> ran for 65 episodes on Disney Channel from 2001 to 2004. It also spawned <\/span>The Lizzie McGuire Movie<\/span><\/i><\/a>, released in 2003.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The animated alter ego, the Rome trip fantasies, the feeling that someone on TV actually got what it was like to be an awkward kid trying to figure things out \u2014 the show had all of it.<\/span><\/p>\n After the original run, Disney wanted to transition the series into an ABC spinoff following Lizzie into high school. That fell through, becoming the first of what would turn into a frustrating pattern of almost-but-not-quite Lizzie revivals.<\/span><\/p>\n The biggest heartbreak came at the turn of the decade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At the 2019 D23 Expo, it was revealed that Duff was in talks to <\/span>reprise her role<\/span><\/a> for a Disney+ show about Lizzie McGuire in her 30s, with original creator <\/span>Terri Minski<\/b> returning as showrunner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Grown-up Lizzie navigating adulthood felt tailor-made for the generation that had aged right alongside the character.<\/span><\/p>\n Then? The series only lasted two episodes before being canceled in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n Duff <\/span>announced the cancellation<\/span><\/a> in an Instagram post on Dec. 16, 2020. If you were online that day, you remember the collective disappointment. We were so close.<\/span><\/p>\n Beyond the reboot talk, Duff has been remarkably candid lately about the emotional weight of being the person behind such an iconic childhood character.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Show That Shaped an Entire Generation<\/h2>\n
Hilary Duff Opens Up About Making Peace With Lizzie<\/h2>\n