In a June 2006 interview with Elle magazine, Duff was quoted as saying: "...(virginity) is definitely something I like about myself. It doesn't mean I haven't thought about sex, because everyone I know has had it and you want to fit in".[79][80] Duff later told MuchMusic that she did not say the quotes attributed to her in the article and that the subject was "definitely not something that I would talk about..."[81] She denied the quotes again in a 2008 interview with Maxim magazine.[82]
Duff began dating singer Aaron Carter in 2001. They met on the set of Lizzie McGuire, during Carter's guest appearance in a Christmas episode. The relationship lasted two years.[83][84] It was reported that Carter left Duff for Lindsay Lohan, but soon broke up with Lohan and resumed dating Duff. Carter later stated that he also cheated on Duff with her best friend, and that Duff "got her heart broken" and he was "sorry" for his actions.[85]
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Duff began dating Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden in 2004.[84] After a long period of tabloid speculation, Duff's mother Susan announced their relationship in a June 2005 interview for Seventeen magazine.[86] Duff and Madden broke up in November 2006.[87] The same year, Duff's parents separated after 22 years of marriage. She wrote about the pain caused by the separation in her songs "Stranger" and "Gypsy Woman".[88] In 2007, Duff began dating NHL player Mike Comrie. On February 19, 2010, Duff and Comrie announced they were engaged.[89][90] The couple married on August 14, 2010 in Santa Barbara, California.[91]
