A Dramatic Timeline of Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan's Iconic 2000s Feud

Hollywood was completely different in the early 2000s, but juicy celebrity feuds were still a thing. If you were a teenager growing up in the year 2003, then you probably vividly remember the infamous love triangle between Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, and Aaron Carter. At the time, the young women were at the height of their careers: Hilary was playing the lead on Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire and Lindsay was getting ready to star in the teen comedy Mean Girls. So, how exactly did the infamous feud go down? In the words of Hilary Duff herself, "Let's go back, back to the beginning."

December 2000
Disney Channel

December 2000

Aaron guest-starred on Lizzie McGuire's Christmas episode. The two started dating on his 13th birthday.

2002
Getty | Frederick M. Brown
Getty | SGranitz

2002

After dating Hilary for nearly two years, the singer started a relationship with Lindsay — at the same time. "I was dating [Hilary] for like a year and a half, and then I just got a little bored so I went and I started getting to know Lindsay," Aaron told CNBC in 2005. Damn.

April 2003
Getty | L. Cohen

April 2003

The "I Want Candy" singer got back together with Hilary and showed up to her big Lizzie McGuire Movie premiere. A few months later, Hilary and Aaron officially called it quits when he allegedly cheated on her (again) with someone else, but that was just the beginning of the actress’s feud with Lindsay.

December 2003
Getty | Lee Celano

December 2003

The girls had a silent red carpet war when they kept popping up at each others' movie premieres. While Hilary attended the Freaky Friday red carpet in April, Lindsay retaliated by showing up to the Cheaper by the Dozen premiere in December.

2004
Everett Collection

2004

When Hilary was filming A Cinderella Story, Lindsay reportedly called her Freaky Friday costar Chad Michael Murray — who was playing Hilary's onscreen love interest at the time — to talk trash about her.

February 2004
Getty | Theo Wargo

February 2004

During an appearance on TRL, Lindsay was put on the spot when she was asked to confess one thing about herself she wanted to get out in the open and she boldly proclaimed, "I love you, Hilary Duff."

June 2004
Access Hollywood

June 2004

Hilary was not impressed with Lindsay’s SNL stunt. “I’m not here to talk bad about her like she talks bad about me all the time,” she told Access Hollywood while filming the “Our Lips Our Sealed” music video for the A Cinderella Story soundtrack.

July 2004
Getty | Kevin Winter

July 2004

Hilary reportedly banned Lindsay from attending the premiere of A Cinderella Story.

October 2004
Getty | Scott Gries

October 2004

Hilary publicly responded to the feud in Blender magazine saying, "Sometimes, I really hate Lindsay Lohan."

December 2004
Getty | Gregg DeGuire

December 2004

Joel Madden, who was dating Hilary at the time, refused to give Lindsay’s 8-year-old brother Cody an autograph at a Good Charlotte concert until she publicly apologized to Hilary.

2005
Getty | Chris Polk

2005

Lindsay claimed she called Hilary to put the feud to rest, but her sister Haylie answered the phone and hung up.

April 2007
Getty | Marsaili McGrath
Getty | Michael Loccisano

April 2007

After letting things simmer down for a few years, the ladies finally put their feud to rest, once and for all. “We are both adults, and whatever happened, happened when we were young,” Hilary told People at the time. “It’s over.” Lindsay was even on hand for the release of Hilary’s album party for Dignity. “She’s really fun,” she said about Lindsay. “We were hanging out the other night, and she’s a nice girl.”