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Hilary Duff (left), Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Hilary Duff starred as Lizzie McGuire on the eponymous TV series from 2001 to 2004<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The actress and singer, 38, talked about having her own childhood favorites despite growing up in the acting world<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Duff recalls meeting the Olsen twins amid her career and what it meant to her<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Hilary Duff<\/a> may have been an it-girl to a whole generation, but she had her own icons.<\/p>\n On Monday, March 9, Duff, 38, appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>where the two reminisced about the actress’ days as Lizzie McGuire. Fallon noted how obsessed Disney Channel viewers became with the show and character before asking Duff who was the center of that kind of obsession for her growing up.<\/p>\n “I mean, the Olsen twins,” she replied, to applause from the crowd.<\/p>\n “Come on! ‘Brother for sale?’ Brother for sale, only 50 cents!” she continued. “And when they were spies, like twin sister spies.”<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong>PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n Duff recalled her VHS collection featured several classics starring Mary-Kate<\/a> and Ashley Olsen<\/a> and revealed she even got to meet them when she was older.<\/p>\n “I’m about to drop a lot of names here,” she laughed, as she explained, “I met the Olsen twins at Aaron Carter<\/a>‘s birthday party, pre us dating.”<\/p>\n “I was like, ‘I have arrived. I’ve made it. Both of the Olsen twins are here.’ It was crazy,” she shared.<\/p>\n Duff shouted out a few other favorite shows, including Clarissa Explains It All, <\/em>which starred Melissa Joan Hart<\/a>, and The Secret World of Alex Mack, <\/em>which starred Larisa Oleynik<\/a>.<\/p>\n The singer’s daughters also have their own fan favorites, as she revealed during her recent appearance on Call Her Daddy<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Duff shares her daughters \u2014 Townes, 21 months, Mae, 4, and Banks, 7 \u2014 with husband\u00a0Matthew Koma<\/a>, and she’s also mom to son Luca, 13, with ex Mike Comrie.<\/p>\n
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