Friendly Exes! Hilary Duff and Joel Madden Enjoy a Group Date Night With Their Significant Others

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No hard feelings. Hilary Duff and ex-boyfriend Joel Madden enjoyed a group date night with their respective spouses, Matthew Koma and Nicole Richie, and friends.The Younger actress, 34, and the Good Charlotte frontman, 42, went to dinner at Scratch|Bar & Kitchen in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 6, and the evening was documented on Instagram by music executive Josh Abraham.

The couples were also joined by Abraham’s wife, Gina, as well as Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz and his girlfriend, Meagan Camper.In one snapshot from the night, Duff and Richie, 40, smiled at the camera with their husbands’ arms wrapped around them.

Later in the evening, Koma, 34, goofily showed off his culinary skills by welding a knife alongside Wentz, 42, who held a butane torch. “New band alert,” Abraham captioned the picture, which also showed Madden throwing his arms around his fellow musicians’ shoulders.Duff dated the “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” rocker when she was a teenager from 2004 until 2006.

Shortly after their split, Madden told People that the pair remained on good terms and continued to keep in touch.“Every girl I’ve ever dated I have respect for, and I always try to leave them in good terms,” the “Girls and Boys” singer told the outlet in March 2007. “I don’t see the necessity to be friends with anyone you’ve dated but definitely out of respect of the time, you have to be kind of respectful and that’s what I try to do.”He also appeared to address the controversy over the couple’s ten-year age gap, telling the outlet that he “ignored” what people had to say about his romance with Duff. “People can say or think whatever they want … so in my reality, it’s kind of irrelevant.