{"id":2478195,"date":"2026-06-27T11:07:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2478195"},"modified":"2026-06-27T11:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:07:56","slug":"chad-michael-murray-didnt-know-the-weight-of-hilary-duffs-feud-with-lindsay-lohan-before-taking-her-to-freaky-friday-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chad-michael-murray-didnt-know-the-weight-of-hilary-duffs-feud-with-lindsay-lohan-before-taking-her-to-freaky-friday-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad Michael Murray Didn\u2019t Know the \u2018Weight\u2019 of Hilary Duff&#8217;s Feud with Lindsay Lohan Before Taking Her to \u201cFreaky Friday \u201dPremiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a recent interview, Chad Michael Murray admitted he had no idea that inviting Hilary Duff to the <em>Freaky Friday<\/em> premiere in 2003 would stir up headlines due to her feud with Lindsay Lohan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Looking back, the now-44-year-old actor laughed at how little thought he gave the situation as a teenager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Even so, Murray said he remembers the night as a fun time with his <em>Cinderella Story <\/em>costar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/chad-michael-murray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Chad Michael Murray;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chad Michael Murray&quot;}\">Chad Michael Murray<\/a> has built a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/chad-michael-murray-grateful-for-being-humbled-after-2000s-fame-11882353\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:career filled with fan-favorite roles;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;career filled with fan-favorite roles&quot;}\">career filled with fan-favorite roles<\/a>, from charming audiences in <em>One Tree Hill<\/em> and <em>A Cinderella Story<\/em> to appearing alongside <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jamie-lee-curtis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jamie Lee Curtis;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jamie Lee Curtis&quot;}\">Jamie Lee Curtis<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/lindsay-lohan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Lindsay Lohan;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Lindsay Lohan&quot;}\">Lindsay Lohan<\/a> in <em>Freaky Friday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More than two decades after those projects first hit screens, the 44-year-old actor is looking back on one memorable moment from that era with a new perspective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During a recent interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/chad-michael-murray-hilary-duff-freaky-friday-premiere-exclusive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Parade;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Parade&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Parade<\/em><\/a>, Murray reflected on bringing Hilary Duff as his date to the 2003 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/freaky-friday-cast-then-and-now-11786586\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Freaky Friday;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Freaky Friday&quot;}\"><em>Freaky Friday<\/em><\/a> premiere \u2014 a decision that unintentionally landed him in the middle of one of the biggest teen celebrity feuds of the early 2000s, between Duff and Lohan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI didn&#8217;t understand any of the real weight of what was going on,\u201d Murray told the outlet. \u201cI don&#8217;t remember the timeline of when I learned about A, B, C, and D, but I loved hanging with Hil.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray at the 2003 &#8216;Freaky Friday&#8217; premiere.<br \/>Credit: Kathryn Indiek\/Globe Photos\/ZUMA Press Wire\/Shutterstock; Albert L. Ortega\/WireImage<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the time, Murray was juggling two major projects. While promoting <em>Freaky Friday<\/em>, he was also filming <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/a-cinderella-story-red-carpet-premiere-photos-2004-8678593\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:A Cinderella Story;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;A Cinderella Story&quot;}\"><em>A Cinderella Story<\/em><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/a-cinderella-story-red-carpet-premiere-photos-2004-8678593\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:with Duff;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;with Duff&quot;}\"> with Duff<\/a>, and the pair were spending plenty of time together as they worked to build chemistry for the romantic comedy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With that in mind, inviting his costar to accompany him to the premiere seemed like an easy choice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe were spending time together, but I remember everybody saying, \u2018Hey guys, we need you to spend more time together,'&#8221; he reflected. &#8220;We had a big kissing scene, we had the big dance scene, so there were a ton of nerves, and we wanted to be comfortable. So I was like, \u2018Well, let&#8217;s go to the premiere. Come on, we&#8217;ll hang out!&#8217; \u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Lindsay Lohan at the 2003 'Freaky Friday' premiere.Credit: Albert L. Ortega\/WireImage\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"311\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/cePs4IgjepdjVG.xV8prhw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTQyMDtoPTY0ODtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/1534c8bd8655fbe817c85c8056a807a3\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Lindsay Lohan at the 2003 &#8216;Freaky Friday&#8217; premiere.<br \/>Credit: Albert L. Ortega\/WireImage<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What Murray didn&#8217;t fully grasp until the last minute was the attention the appearance would generate because of the well-known tension between Duff and his <em>Freaky Friday<\/em> costar. As he recalled, the realization came only moments before they walked inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI found out right before we went inside that [bringing Duff] was not the greatest idea,\u201d Murray laughed. \u201cBut when you&#8217;re 19, you have no foresight. I didn&#8217;t think anything through. But everybody&#8217;s lovely, I loved them, and I think they have squashed all that junk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray in 'A Cinderella Story.'Credit: Ron Batzdorff\/Warner Bros\/Kobal\/Shutterstock\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/wep8vqJ8FqzNZYIY4LtQ2A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/226b00b40b6b86865a1adcd264671515\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray in &#8216;A Cinderella Story.&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Ron Batzdorff\/Warner Bros\/Kobal\/Shutterstock<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Duff has also since looked back on the same moment herself. During a February <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/hilary-duff-details-drama-childhood-nemesis-lindsay-lohan-11914161\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:appearance on the;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;appearance on the&quot;}\" class=\"link \">appearance on the <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/hilary-duff-details-drama-childhood-nemesis-lindsay-lohan-11914161\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Call Her Daddy;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Call Her Daddy&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Call Her Daddy<\/em><\/a> podcast, the 38-year-old pop star and actress acknowledged that she \u201cintentionally\u201d crashed the <em>Freaky Friday<\/em> premiere during her highly publicized rivalry with \u201cchildhood nemesis\u201d Lohan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cChad Michael Murray invited me,\u201d Duff told host Alex Cooper. \u201cI don&#8217;t wanna start any more stuff, but he was like, \u2018You should come with me.&#8217; And I was like, \u2018Mhmm. Probably I should.&#8217; \u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The feud between the two former teen stars became a defining tabloid storyline of the era, with part of the speculation centering on their overlapping relationships with the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/aaron-carter-death-facts-of-unexpected-passing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:late Aaron Carter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;late Aaron Carter&quot;}\">late Aaron Carter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, while chatting with Cooper, Duff noted that the two buried the hatchet years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLindsay came up to me at a club once and was like, \u2018Are we good?&#8217; And I was like, \u2018We&#8217;re good.&#8217; She was like, \u2018Let&#8217;s take a shot.&#8217; I&#8217;m like, \u2018Okay.&#8217; It was amazing,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite the unexpected drama surrounding the red carpet, Murray remembers that night \u2014 and his time making <em>A Cinderella Story<\/em> \u2014 for far happier reasons. Rather than dwelling on headlines, he looks back on the experience as one of the highlights of his early career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI love Hil. <em>A Cinderella Story<\/em> was one of the most fun sets I&#8217;ve ever been on. It was like a high school field trip,\u201d Murray told <em>Parade<\/em>. \u201cHilary and I would talk about all sorts of things in life. We were hanging out every day. Life was good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/chad-michael-murray-reflects-on-bringing-hilary-duff-to-freaky-friday-premiere-12007508\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW In a recent interview, Chad Michael Murray admitted he had no idea that inviting Hilary Duff to the Freaky Friday premiere in 2003 would stir up headlines due to her feud with Lindsay Lohan Looking back, the now-44-year-old actor laughed at how little thought he gave the situation as a teenager Even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2478196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[342988,315983,342989,326163,22320,28308,23209],"class_list":["post-2478195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-a-cinderella-story","tag-chad-michael-murray","tag-cinderella-story","tag-freaky-friday","tag-hilary-duff","tag-jamie-lee-curtis","tag-lindsay-lohan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Chad-Michael-Murray-Didnt-Know-the-\u2018Weight-of-Hilary-Duffs.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2478195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2478197,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478195\/revisions\/2478197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2478196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2478195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2478195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2478195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}