Haylie Duff and Matthew Rosenberg’s Love Story: Every Adorable Milestone You Missed
After more than a decade together, Haylie Duff and Matthew Rosenberg have called it quits — years after a 2014 engagement and the arrivals of daughters Ryan (2015) and Lulu (2018). Duff once told Us Weekly she dreamed of a big family, but the couple’s story has taken a different turn.
Haylie Duff and her longtime partner Matthew Rosenberg have gone their separate ways after more than a decade together. They never actually made it down the aisle, but they did build a family of four and a very public timeline along the way. Here’s the quick, no-fuss version of how it all unfolded.
The timeline
- 2012: Duff and Rosenberg start dating.
- 2014: He proposes on April Fool’s Day. Duff gushes on her Real Girl’s Kitchen blog about being totally blindsided in the best way. The timing was extra stacked for her — she’d just announced The Real Girl’s Kitchen TV show — and she wrote about feeling lucky, loved, and ready to jump into the next chapter with support from family and friends.
- May 2015: Their first daughter, Ryan, is born.
- June 2018: Their second daughter arrives on June 5. Duff posts that Ryan is thrilled to be a big sister, and they introduce the baby as Lulu Gray Rosenberg.
- 2020: Duff tells Us Weekly she’s content with two kids and not actively trying for more — even joking that when she checks in with Ryan about it, her kid’s verdict is basically, we’re good.
- 2021: Asked why the wedding never happened, Duff explains on Access Hollywood that life and work took over — kids, shows, his job — and the ceremony kept getting bumped.
- April 2026: A spokesperson for Duff confirms to TMZ that she and Rosenberg have ended their relationship. Duff asks for privacy to protect their daughters.
What they said along the way
Back in 2017, Duff told Us Weekly she always pictured a big, noisy household. That dream was very much on brand for her at the time, and clearly two kids in, she seemed to have found a groove.
"We didn’t plan to not get married, we just have been busy having kids and filming shows and him working. Life kind of got away from us, to be perfectly honest."
That 2021 explanation tracks with the whole arc: long engagement, two kids, careers moving, no formal vows — and then, eventually, a split in 2026. Not the ending fans hoped for, but a clear throughline when you look back at the beats.