Hilary Duff reveals she had to go to the emergency room after taking too many COVID tests

The actress revealed to her fans that she ended up getting an infection after having too many COVID tests on set of Younger.

Hilary Duff has revealed to her fans that she ended up at the hospital emergency department over the holidays with an eye infection.

The 33-year-old was recapping her Instagram fans on what she had been up to over Christmas, when she revealed details of the hospital trip.
“My eye started to look weird, and hurt a lot,” she wrote. Moments later, she shared a photo of the emergency room door at the hospital.

It turns out the star’s eye infection was the result of all the COVID-19 tests she had to take while filming Younger in New York.

Hilary revealed to her fans that she had an irritated eye. Picture: Instagram

Hilary Duff got an infection after getting so many COVID tests at work. Picture: Instagram

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“Cuz you know, 2020 and all,” she added in her caption.

Duff has been filming the final season of Younger in New York, along with cast mates Sutton Foster, Peter Mermann and Molly Bernard.

As Duff has been wrapping up with Younger, fans were expecting her to start working on the reboot of Lizzie McGuire with Disney, however, the star recently shared the sad news with her fans that the show had been cancelled.

In a post written on Instagram, the actress said: “Despite everyone’s best efforts, it isn’t going to happen.”

The reboot was first announced at Disney’s D23 Expo in August 2019, where Duff made an appearance.

The original cast had jumped on board for the reboot. Picture: Instagram

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At the time she wrote on Instagram: “I am beyond excited to be home again, back with my girl … and into her 30s.”

Unfortunately, drama seemed to immediately follow the reboot, which was first “put on hold” by Disney in January, despite already filming two episodes.

Duff has now revealed that the “stars just didn’t align”.

“She has made such a lasting impact on many, including myself. To see the fans’ loyalty and love for her, to this day, means so much to me.

“I want any reboot of Lizzie to be honest and authentic to who Lizzie would be today. It’s what the character deserves.”

Disney was able to get the entire McGuire original family on board for the series, which was a huge selling point for the reboot.

Actors Hallie Todd (Jo), Robert Carradine (Sam), and Jake Thomas (Matt) joined Hilary at a table read at the time, posing for a snap shared by Disney Plus last October.

Lizzie’s good friend Gordo (Adam Lamberg) had also joined the cast.

The reboot series was going to follow a 30-year-old Lizzie making her way in New York City as an apprentice for a high-end decorator.

Gordo had even returned to the show’s reboot. Picture: Instagram

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There was speculation about behind-the-scenes drama after Variety reported in February that the original series creator Terri Minsky, who was on board for the reboot, had stepped away from the production over concerns it wasn’t “family friendly”.

At the time, Duff made a public plea to Disney saying it would be a “disservice” to fans if the show was PG, urging Disney to pass it onto their other streaming platform, Hulu.

“I feel a huge responsibility to honour the fans’ relationship with Lizzie who, like me, grew up seeing themselves in her.

“It’s important to me that just as her experiences as a pre-teen/teenager navigating life were authentic, her next chapters are equally as real and relatable.”

Fans have expressed their shock and disappointment online after learning of the shows cancellation.

“I am genuinely so sad reading this, Lizzie is my whole life and I’m so gutted there won’t be anymore of her,” another wrote.

“(Be right back) cancelling my Disney+,” another angry fan wrote.