The Duff Family Laundry Comes Out
Kevin Perkins, Pacificcoastnews.com
Even the most private of celebrities can’t hide the dirty laundry when it comes to their families, and it sounds like Hilary Duff is just one of those. She has made it very clear in the past that her laundry, or her family’s, is none of anyone’s business and she will be one of the first celebs to shy from the personal questions spotlight. But when your own daddy lands in jail in a rather public manner, it’s not that easy to hide. Hilary’s family is caught in the middle of an ugly ex husband ex wife money fight, and the end result was just that – Daddy Duff in the slammer. It all started out when Mommy Duff, Susan, asked her ex hubby to fork over $25 grand for Hilary’s 21st birthday party. She thought it would be a simple go considering he had done as much for big sister Hilary’s party. Daddy Duff, Bob, wasn’t too thrilled about the idea considering he is paying Susan $10,000 in child support a month. Which is odd considering both Hilary and Haylie are self sufficient, but *whatever*. So Susan decided to take Bob to court to rake some funds from him, and some dirty laundry came out showing that Bob had sold almost $370 thousand dollars worth of stock without permission from his ex, Susan. I am guessing they must have been jointly owned, or something, but the charges for the stock sales ended him in the slammer for 10 days. Oh that, and he was ordered to pay half the funds for the birthday party, which by this point, seems almost moot, doesn’t it? But Hilary’s feelings about her dad aren’t that vague, if you have heard her recent ‘Gypsy Woman’ single off her Dignity album:
“got no shame/loves the fame/bringing down the family name”
Guess that pretty much calls where her family feelings lie. But again, why can’t Hilary pay for her own party? Considering she’s making more than her own MOTHER, evidenced by the fact that Hilary’s income of $12 million made the Forbes top earners list in 2007…it leaves me more than a little curious….You know, if you have to take someone to *court* to get a gift from them, perhaps they just don’t wanna give it? Non?
