Actress Elizabeth Hurley gives insight into unexpected romance with musician Billy Ray Cyrus
The actress has revealed details about the couple’s relationship, drawing on some of their common threads.
Actress Elizabeth Hurley has opened up about her relationship with Billy Ray Cyrus, drawing on some similarities between the pair.
The English actress and model shared intimate insight into her romance with the Achy Breaky Heart singer, saying the pair’s country roots made the surprising match feel “normal.”
In an interview with Page Six at a charity fundraiser in New York, Hurley was asked if she ever envisaged herself in a relationship with a country artist.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.“I hadn’t really had that foresight to have that, but funnily enough, the farm in Tennessee is very similar to my farm in Gloucestershire, so in a way it kind of feels normal,” she replied.
Hurley, 60, and Cyrus, 64, hard-launched their relationship on Instagram at Easter last year.
Hurley attended the annual Hot Pink Party event, hosted by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, with her son Damian Hurley, 24, who she shared with late producer Steve Bing.
“Well, he does look a lot like me, but he grew into that. Funnily enough, around puberty, he started to look like me — the Irish side of our family,” she said of her son.
“Before that, he was blond and he didn’t look much like me at all.”
Speaking on working with the breast cancer foundation for more than three decades, Hurley said it had been an honour.
“I found that I’ve learned more and more over the years, and I’ve come into contact with people who teach so much and found out so much,” she said.
“I just know in the coming years, I’m just going to keep learning more and more, and the beauty is that you can then share that information with people through our media partners and events like this.
“It just means a lot to spread the word on what the scientists are doing with all the money we raise.”
It’s not the first time Hurley has revealed intimate details about the famous couple’s relationship.
In October last year, Hurley opened up about how they keep the romance alive.
“He’s definitely more romantic than me; he spent the summer strumming his guitar under a tree, composing love songs as I strummed and chainsawed around him,” she laughed at the time.
“Billy and I watch birds of prey through our binoculars most days and see them build nests, hunt to feed their babies and then prepare them to go out into the big, bad world and fly solo.
“While I’m not ripping up squirrels with my talons to feed my son, I would if I had to. There’s nothing like parenthood to bring out the call of the wild.”
