NEW YORK (AP) - Hilary Duff said goodbye to Disney and the "Lizzie McGuire" empire because, as her mother puts it, "We weren't feeling the love."

Susan Duff tells Entertainment Weekly for its June 13 issue, "They weren't giving Hilary the respect she deserved."

The 15-year-old actress has starred in the hugely popular Disney Channel sitcom "Lizzie McGuire" since 2001 and the spin-off film, "The Lizzie McGuire Movie," which has grossed about $40 million since it opened May 2.

But negotiations broke down last month between Disney and Duff's representatives over how much money she would receive for a "Lizzie McGuire Movie" sequel and a new ABC prime-time series that would follow her character to high school.

Duff reportedly had received offers of six figures per episode from at least two competing networks, while ABC offered $35,000 an episode, the magazine reported. As for the movie sequel, the two sides couldn't agree on terms of a $500,000 bonus for the young star.

Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group president Nina Jacobson said in a statement: "We tried very hard to close a deal on the 'Lizzie McGuire' sequel. We think Hilary is very talented and we very much wanted to stay in business with her."

It's called greed on both parts. Duff needs to find better representation than her mother. Now she'll be known as difficult and those 'six figure deals' may not be six figures anymore. She should have stayed at Disney and made sure she got a chunk of the merchandising on Lizzie. How much money did she need? Where are these big deals? Probably non existant now.

I'm thinking her mother greedy.

Were you saying that Hillary's mom wanted more money than what disney offered? If so, that is greed.:eek:

It looks like Hilary's 15 minutes of fame is about up.

whatever market value she has. If she is getting offers from other networks for six figures, I see nothing wrong in her expecting the same from Disney. It works like that in sport and every other business, so that is how it should work with Hillary.

Now, if they are throwing away an ABC deal without any guarentees from any other network, that would be plain stupid.