Hilary Duff Reunited With Ex Joel Madden Onstage 20 Years After Their Breakup, and Both Their Spouses Were in the Crowd

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Two decades after they split, Hilary Duff and Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden shared a stage again — this time with both of their spouses watching from the audience.

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MIAMI – AUGUST 28: Hilary Duff and Joel Madden of Good Charlotte pose in the press room during the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards at the American Airlines Arena on August 28, 2005 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

The song was “The Anthem,” the Good Charlotte hit that soundtracked half of 2003. Twenty years ago, Duff dated the man singing it beside her.

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MIAMI – AUGUST 28: Hilary Duff and Joel Madden (L) and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte pose in the press room during the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards at the American Airlines Arena on August 28, 2005 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

Now his wife and her husband were both in the crowd.

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