Matthew Koma shared how he and wife Hilary Duff first met in honor of their sixth wedding anniversary, saying that he knew he wanted to marry her shortly after their meeting.
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Matthew Koma instantly knew Hilary Duff was the one.
On the couple’s sixth wedding anniversary on Dec. 21, the Winnetka Bowling League singer shared a screenshot of a calendar event from his first meeting with the Lizzie McGuire alum.
The event was titled “Hilary Duff Meeting” and took place on Jan. 21, 2015, at a local coffee shop in Los Angeles. Matthew posted the screenshot from the fateful encounter to his Instagram Stories Dec. 21, tagging Hilary and writing, “The meeting went well!”
The 38-year-old also shared a look at an email he sent to a friend that same day when the friend asked if Hilary was “cool.” Matthew responded, “I wanna get marriedb [sic].”
He also posted a loving tribute to his wife—with whom he shares kids Banks, 7, Mae, 4, and Townes, 19 months—joking about how many people doubted their relationship at first.
“6 years my wifey. And they said we wouldn’t make it,” he posted to Instagram Stories. “Literally everyone said ‘they won’t make it.’ OK just that guy in the Just Jared comment section but f–k him we’re crushing.”
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Matthew then compared being married to the “Mature” singer to “eating Taco Bell in the late 9O’s.”
“I never know which you I’m gonna get but it’s largely the same ingredients and the euphoria outweighs the tummy discomfort,” he joked. “And you always look cool and I get really excited when someone says ‘we’re going to get a Meximelt.’”
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- Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary on Sunday, Dec. 21
- They marked the occasion with social media tributes, including one poking fun at their relationship
- The singer and actress and the musician share four children together
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The couple celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary on Sunday, Dec. 21, and Koma, 38, poked fun at his relationship with the actress and singer, also 38, in an Instagram Stories tribute.
Sharing a photo of the pair, Koma wrote, “6 years my wifey. And they said we wouldn’t make it. Literally everyone said ‘they won’t make it.’ “
“Okay just that guy in the Just Jared comment section but f— him we’re crushing,” the musician continued, then jokingly comparing his marriage to Duff to “eating Taco Bell in the late 90s,” explaining, “I never know which you I’m gonna get but it’s largely the same ingredients and the euphoria outweighs the tummy discomfort. And you always look cool.”
Koma also shared a series of screenshots from when his relationship with Duff began, and, for her part, the “Mature” songstress marked the occasion with a selfie of the couple. “6 years into forever,” she wrote with the snapshot on her Instagram Stories.
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Duff and Koma first met when they collaborated on the Lizzie McGuire alum’s 2015 album, Breathe In. Breathe Out.
The pair were then linked romantically in early 2017, and they dated on and off for several years. Duff and the musician eventually tied the knot a few days before Christmas in 2019.
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Duff and Koma are parents to three children together: daughters Banks Violet, 7, Mae James, 4, and Townes Meadow, 19 months.
The How I Met Your Father star is also a mom to her first child, son Luca Cruz, 13, whom she shares with ex-husband Mike Comrie.
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Duff opened up about her relationship with Koma through an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in 2021.
“We knew we just had to be together because we tried a bunch of times to be apart, and that didn’t work out for either one of us,” she admitted.
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Koma, who has a tattoo in honor of his kids, also has some ink dedicated to Duff — a tattoo of his wife’s name on his butt.
“Good luck winning a fight with your wife when her name’s tattooed on your butt cheek. #squats #gainz #laseraway,” he hilariously captioned a photo of the tattoo.
Duff, meanwhile, wrote in the comments section of the post, “Finest tiniest booty around #youstucknowboy.”
