Hilary Duff dazzles in an animal print coat and a red suit promoting the second season of How I Met Your Father

Hilary Duff looked predawn glam on Monday in New York City as she headed for an interview at Good morning america.

The 35-year-old actress was stunning in an ankle-length leopard print coat over a red skirt and blouse when she arrived for a chat with GMA host Lara Spencer.

The sitcom star was there to talk about the second season of his Emmy-winning comedy, How I Met Your Father, which premieres Tuesday on Hulu.

She plays Sophie in the cast of a group of single friends in the Big Apple.

“Sophie is… she’s just looking for love in the modern world of dating, which is so hard for so many, especially her, but she never gives up,” she said of her fearless character who is in a different situation. moment with Jesse’s love interest, played by Christopher Lowell.

‘The second season begins with her trying again. And then she gets into some entanglements that start with little white lies that turn into bigger lies and she’s in one big snowball of lies and it was a lot of fun to play.’

The show is a spin-off of the hugely popular How I Met Your Mother, which ran for nine years before concluding in 2014.

At the end of the first season of HIMYF, Cobie Smulders, who played Robin Scherbatsky in the original series, made a guest appearance, much to the delight of fans, and Hilary hinted that there will be more of that to come.

“I think I might lose my job if I told you who, but we have a special guest from the original cast coming this season and it was a dream come true to work on set that day,” he said before adding: “I think our dream would be have all of the full cast at some point.’

The Lizzie Maguire star revealed that she relies on her husband, Matthew Koma, who is a huge HIMYM fan, to help her look for references to the original in her scripts.

‘If I’m reading a script and I don’t understand anything, and I ask: ‘Is this a joke from the original?’ he says, “Yes Hilary, that’s a joke from the original. How did you not know this?” and he’ll tell me how to say it or what a great moment the swords were or whatever else is going on from How I Met Your Mother.

“I think there’s actually more to it than we know, because we do a lot of flashbacks and flashforwards and then sometimes we have to go back and reshoot something because we think this is a moment where something could creep in, I think it will end. at the end of the show he reveals all the ties.

Hilary called her husband, Matthew Koma, her biggest fan, and shared a photo she had taken of their four-year-old daughter Banks on Instagram Stories, pointing to a billboard promoting her hit show.

‘This is a billboard on Ventura Blvd and my husband is so cute, he took it yesterday for a picture with it and yes, it’s a beauty!’

Hilary shares a younger daughter, 22-month-old Mae with the musician, and has an older son, 10-year-old Luca, from her marriage to former hockey player Mike Comrie.

Comparing Sophie’s life to her own, the busy wife and mother said: “My life is much closer than hers, so it’s fun to go to work and fall apart a bit.”

The younger actress wrote about it when she posted some photos leading up to her hotel appearance, wearing the same tomato-red button-down shirt and rectangular AWAKE Mode skirt.

“Early morning poses because this morning I’m ready for @goodmorningamerica and not packing lunches and trying to brush little kids’ hair.”

Her HIMYF co-star Francia Raisa commented with flame emojis, writing, ‘I want you in red.’ Actress Amanda Kloots agreed, writing “So beautiful.”

Hilary tagged her style team in the post, who accessorized the look with drop earrings by jeweler Jacquie Aiche and black high-heeled sandals by Stuart Weitzman.

Even though she was on a work trip, the busy mom took some time to pamper herself, sharing a post-facial photo on social media explaining: ‘You don’t think I’d come to New York without my visit @daphne. Nolita, did you do it?

Hilary said she feels “so lucky that I keep getting jobs and I’m still able to work that long into my career”, adding: “It’s a juggling act.”

The People’s Choice Award winner explained that compartmentalization helps, telling herself, “Okay, I have two more weeks of work left, and then I can put on my mommy hat and really be there for them through everything.”

“It’s rejuvenating to come home and jump into bath time… and then you’re also like, ‘I’ve got nothing left, I’m done.’ It’s hard. It’s very hard.

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