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Hilary Duff is sharing her "truth" — no matter how difficult it is.
Weeks after getting real about her "complicated" family dynamics, the "Mature" singer, 38, opened up about the rift she has with her parents Bob Duff and Susan Duff as well as older sister, Haylie Duff, on the March 9 episode of Jay Shetty's On Purpose podcast. She also explained how she channel her personal familial struggles into songs like "The Optimist," from her first album in over a decade, luck... or something, per E! News.
"I think being very vulnerable and open about what it's like to be in a family that your parents aren't together and you don't have relationships with both of your parents," she said. "It's devastating. It doesn't matter what age you are, you want your parents to feel like they care about you. And a big portion of my existence hasn't felt like that."
She continued, "I don't know if that's the truth, but that's how it feels."
Duff added that she has a strained relationship with Haylie Duff and that pair "don't speak" at the moment, calling it a "very raw part of my existence" and one that she hopes is "not forever." She noted that she has also learned that her situation, explored in the track "We Don't Talk," isn't unique to her family, People reports.
"In my adulthood, I've come across more and more people that are having this experience," she said. "And as painful as it feels to share, when I decided to make this record, I could only talk about the things that I've gone through. There would be no purpose to make a record after 10 years than to face what it's been like. So that's my truth. And I really worked hard to lyrically make sure that I'm just speaking about my experience."
Elsewhere in her conversation with Shetty, the mom of four shared the reason behind her children's "unique" names.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty has a focus on mental health and aims to help listeners feel understood in the challenges and hurdles they face in life. The podcast has new episodes each week and often features special guests to "uncover a side of them we've never seen before." Follow along with On Purpose or catch up on past episodes at iHeart.com.