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It’s been a few years since fans have heard from Haylie Duff, who is seemingly living her best mom life in Texas, if her Instagram is to be believed. But the singer and actress has actually been staying busy behind the scenes, as a producer and director for a handful of recent Lifetime movies.
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Now, the star steps back in front of the camera in a new Lifetime original movie called Pretty Hurts, that airs this Saturday, June 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
The new movie stars Duff as Julie, a former beauty pageant winner who swore off the toxicity of the pageant circuit, until her teenage daughter suddenly finds herself needing money for college, and the two are drawn right back in. The film is sponsored by pharmaceutical company GSK and also includes a storyline about meningococcal disease (a.k.a. meningitis) to help viewers learn about the growing risk of the illness among 16 to 23 year olds. Per an official description, the film uncovers the “ugly truths behind the glamour of the teen pageant world.”
Pretty Hurts airs Saturday night on Lifetime and you can watch the new Haylie Duff movie on TV with a cable package that includes the Lifetime channel. Want to watch Pretty Hurts online without cable? Stream it live on Philo, a live TV streaming service that includes a Lifetime feed.
Philo normally costs $28/month for 70+ channels but you can grab a seven-day free trial here to livestream Lifetime’s Pretty Hurts online free. Philo’s plans include free DVR so you can record the movie to watch Pretty Hurts on-demand later.
Another live streaming option is DirecTV, which offers Lifetime as part of its “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier” packages. Pricing currently starts at $59.99/month for 120+ channels but you can test out the service with a five-day free trial to DirecTV here.
Both Philo and DirecTV let you watch Pretty Hurts live online without cable, as it airs on Lifetime. The streamers let you livestream the Haylie Duff movie on your phone, tablet, computer or smart TV.
Duff posted a behind-the-scenes video of the Pretty Hurts film set to Instagram earlier this month, telling viewers that the movie is about “beauty standards, pressure and standing up for yourself, even when it’s hard.”
“In hopes of winning scholarship money, Lauren makes a decision that goes against everything she promised herself as a child—she enters the same beauty pageant her mother once dominated in her youth,” reads a synopsis from the Lifetime site. “While Julie is eager to relive the glory of her own pageant days and share one last bonding experience with her daughter, Lauren is thrust into a dark, toxic world of cutthroat competition and psychological manipulation, all hidden behind bleached white smiles and rhinestone gowns. Too preoccupied with the pageant, Lauren doesn’t realize that her best friend Rae is falling seriously ill with a potentially deadly but vaccine-preventable disease — meningitis B – prompting her to turn the pageant platform into a tool for awareness and education.”
Watch the new Lifetime original movie Pretty Hurts Saturday at 8 p.m. on TV or online through Philo. Get a free trial to Philo here.
