Hilary Duff: Cigarette Belonged To A Friend

Hilary Duff swears the cigarette she was caught holding outside Rock & Reillys Irish Pub on Friday belonged to a friend, but most people arent buying it.

For some reason, the idea that Duff might be a smoker is causing an uproar online, especially on Twitter. Perhaps its because shes a new mom, or that shes so young. Or maybe its because we cant look at her and not see the adorable Lizzie McGuire she used to be.

Whatever the reason, fans arent happy about it and caused Hilary to apologize via Twitter:

Duff has been in the news recently for various reasons; as a new mom, of course everyone is interested in when shes going to lose that five pounds of baby fat shes got going on. But more importantly, Duff is being sued for a car accident that occurred in 2010.

A woman by the name of Rachel Owens says that Duff plowed into her car in December of 2010 and the accident caused her physical and mental anguish, keeping her from earning a paycheck as well. Why shes choosing now to file a suit is not known.

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