{"id":3024,"date":"2026-05-21T17:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/hilary-duff-shocked-as-audience-doesnt-know-jonathan-taylor-thomas\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T17:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:49:11","slug":"hilary-duff-shocked-as-audience-doesnt-know-jonathan-taylor-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/hilary-duff-shocked-as-audience-doesnt-know-jonathan-taylor-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilary Duff shocked as audience doesn&#8217;t know Jonathan Taylor Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/128411319.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hilary Duff was left speechless after nearly an entire studio audience admitted they didn\u2019t know her childhood crush, Jonathan Taylor Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you remember JTT?\u201d the Disney alum asked a fan who inquired about her childhood crush on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wGx4B8teEcw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wednesday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Jennifer Hudson Show.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, you\u2019re too young. You\u2019re too young,\u201d she added, before then asking the entire crowd, \u201cPlease raise your hand if you know who I\u2019m talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Hilary Duff (seen here on May 14) was in disbelief when a studio audience admitted they didn\u2019t know her childhood crush, Jonathan Taylor Thomas. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cDo you remember JTT?\u201d the actress asked a fan on Wednesday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Jennifer Hudson Show.\u201d Seen here: Thomas in 1999. <span class=\"credit\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not even half,\u201d Duff said in shock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay, guys. He was on\u00a0\u2018Home Improvement,&#8217;\u201d the \u201cLizzie McGuire\u201d alum explained, referring to the 1990s sitcom starring Tim Allen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was also in\u00a0\u2018The Lion King.\u2019 He was a kid. He was the voice of Simba, right?\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cLook, you\u2019re too young. You\u2019re too young,\u201d Duff added. Seen here: Thomas in 1996. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cPlease raise your hand if you know who I\u2019m talking about,\u201d the Disney alum (seen here on May 14) asked. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for SiriusXM<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thomas\u2019 best-known role was Randy Taylor in \u201cHome Improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old actor also portrayed Tom Sawyer in the 1995 film \u201cTom and Huck\u201d and voiced Pinocchio in the 1996 film \u201cThe Adventures of Pinocchio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He later took on smaller roles on TV, with his last credit being as a recurring guest star on another Allen-led sitcom \u201cLast Man Standing\u201d from 2013 to 2015.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Duff then realized that not even half of the audience knew who Thomas (seen here in 1998) was. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Thomas was in the 1990s show \u201cHome Improvement.\u201d Seen here: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Tim Allen, Zachery Ty Bryan, Taran Noah Smith, Patricia Richardson. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Touchstone Television\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thomas, however, slowly made his exit from Hollywood and studied history and philosophy at Harvard University.<\/p>\n<p>He later graduated from Columbia University in 2010 and attended St. Andrews University in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the former \u201990s heartthrob got candid about his decision to step away from the limelight,<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/jonathan-taylor-thomas-opens-up-about-walking-away-from-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> telling People<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019d been going nonstop since I was 8 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>He was also the voice of Simba (left) in \u201cThe Lion King.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Thomas (seen here in 2013) left Hollywood in the early 2000s. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to go to school, to travel and have a bit of a break,\u201d Thomas continued. \u201cI never took the fame too seriously. It was a great period in my life, but it doesn\u2019t define me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas\u2019 last public appearance was when he <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/12\/01\/entertainment\/home-improvement-alum-jonathan-taylor-thomas-spotted-for-first-time-in-2-years\/\">stepped out of a convenience store<\/a> in Southern California in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Two years before that, he was photographed <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/07\/01\/jonathan-taylor-thomas-photographed-for-first-time-in-years\/\">walking his dog.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/21\/celebrity-news\/hilary-duff-shocked-as-audience-doesnt-know-jonathan-taylor-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hilary Duff was left speechless after nearly an entire studio audience admitted they didn\u2019t know<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128411319.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}