Hilary Duff points to ‘gray hair’ after celebrating son Luca’s birthday

Shed every color? Hilary Duff wasn’t happy to find a “gray hair” after celebrating son Luca’s 11th birthday at Disneyland.

“If that gray hair is stronger than the rest ????,” the How I met your father actress, 35, wrote via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, March 21, alongside a wide-eyed selfie. The “Come Clean” singer, who wore her blonde locks in a wavy updo, added an animated arrow to the photo, pointing directly at a section of hair sticking straight up.

The Lizzie McGuire alum shared the upload just hours after posting a series of photos and videos from her son Luca’s 11th birthday at the Happiest Place on Earth. “A day for the books,” she captioned the images, which showed Luca – who Duff shares with ex-husband Mike Komrie – having fun in the park with friends and family. The husband of the Hulu star, Matthew Koma, and their eldest daughter, 4-year-old Banks, were also captured while riding a carousel in the sweet series. (Duff and the music producer, 35, who tied the knot in 2019, are also the proud parents of daughter Mae James, who turns 2 on March 24.)

Duff has regularly changed her hair color over the years. Though best known for her blonde hue, she famously dyed her locks chocolate brown in the early 2000s and opted for even more vibrant hues — including electric blue and lilac — more than a decade later.

In April 2020, Duff debuted what she called a “murky green” — a color she accidentally stumbled upon while trying to cover up her “gray tones” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Guys…next time she decides to dye her hair green during a pandemic…be someone a friend and hold her back,” the “Why Not” singer wrote on her Instagram Story at the time. “Love, cloudy green girl discovering her gray day by day.”

Duff was not only candid about her ever-changing hair tones, but was also real about the criticism that comes with being a mother in the spotlight.

In November 2021, she defended her decision to get Mae’s ears pierced when she was less than a year old. “Yes! I pierced her ears today,” the Disney Channel alum wrote via her Instagram Story at the time. “Can’t wait for the internet to call me a child molester again. Go less.”

Three months later, she told Romper how frustrating it is when mom-shamers don’t have the full “context” of the photos they’re responding to.

“It’s not like I’m riding the 405 with my kids in the back seat without a car seat,” she told the outlet in February 2022 when discussing a highly criticized photo of Banks sitting on actress Molly Bernardon your lap in the car.

“Do you know how many times I let my kids sit in my front seat once we get there [close to our driveway] to pretend they’re driving home? the younger said alum. “You’re telling me you’ve never put your kid in the backseat to drive a block with an adult behind?”