'Lizzie McGuire' actor says people often ask him if he's as dumb as his character in real life

• On "Where Are We Now? With Rivkah Reyes," Clayton Snyder spoke about his time on "Lizzie McGuire."
• He said people ask him if he's as dumb as his character, Ethan Craft, and he says yes.
• He said some people also ask him if Hilary Duff is nice and if he "banged" her.

Clayton Snyder played Ethan Craft on Disney's "Lizzie McGuire" from 2001 to 2004 - and years later, he's still asked about playing the dreamy but dim love interest of the show's titular character, played by Hilary Duff.

In an interview on the May 7 episode of the podcast "Where Are We Now? With Rivkah Reyes," Snyder opened up about his time on the teen series, which follows Lizzie and her pals as they navigate being preteens in the early aughts.

Snyder, now 33 and working as a realtor in Southern California, said he still gets recognized for his role as Lizzie's goofy, lovable crush.

Craft said fans have compared him to his character by questioning his intelligence and hair-washing habits

Snyder spoke about people commonly questioning his real-life intelligence because he played a famously dumb (albeit popular) teen on the series.

"It's amazing how many times I've been asked point-blank: 'Are you really that dumb?'" he said, joking that he tells people he is "that dumb."

He continued, "You just say yes, 'cause what are they gonna do? They're like, 'Wait, really?'"

He said fans also ask if he does the signature "lather, rinse, repeat" that Ethan Craft often said was the secret to his shiny hair.

"I never really have. I didn't know that was a thing until that show. I don't know too many people who do, really," he said.

When Reyes noted that doubling up on shampoo is "a waste of product," Snyder likened it to rinsing rice or quinoa, which does sometimes need to be done twice for a thorough cleaning.

He said a lot of viewers have also asked him about Duff

He shared that the first question female fans often ask him is if Duff is nice. He said that she is "so nice" and also "amazing" and "so fun to work with."

He said male fans tend to ask him if he had a romantic relationship with Duff.

He said a number of people have asked him about whether he "banged Hilary Duff," but he pointed out that he was 14 and in middle school when the show was filmed.

He added that "not every guy asked me that" but said he could tell based on the energy of the guy approaching him if they were going to ask that question or not.

Though he might have had a higher IQ than Ethan in his schooling years, Snyder shared that he was like him in some ways.

"It's no secret that the characters we play have pieces of ourselves," he said, " ... There is an aloofness about me over some things. And I think if it's not right in front of me, it's sometimes hard for it to grab my attention."

Though the "Lizzie McGuire" reboot has been canceled, some of the cast reunited in 2020 for a virtual table read of the episode in which Lizzie needed to go shopping for a bra.