Elizabeth Hurley has been searching for love — and he or she’s apparently discovered it within the flannel-clad arms of Billy Ray Cyrus.
The mannequin and actress, 59, went public together with her new romance with the nation singer, 63, on Easter Sunday.
“She’s been ready a very long time for love. I feel she likes the entire cowboy factor,” a Hurley good friend instructed Web page Six, including that the actress flew out to be with Cyrus at his multi-million greenback Nashville property for the vacation.
However there are some in Hurley’s life who’re greater than a bit of trepidatious about this new relationship — together with, we’re instructed, one in every of her greatest pals, Elton John.
“Liz’s pals assume it have to be a joke or insanity, however they aren’t saying it to her,” stated a supply within the know. “Elton could not perceive this relationship, and is a bit bemused by it. However for all his faults, Elton is actually loyal to Liz.”
The famous person is so protecting that, 23 years in the past, he gave his dwelling to Hurley to get well following the beginning of her son Damian. John can be the budding movie director’s godfather.
“They’re genuinely as tight as household,” stated the supply.
However, John, 78, can be tremendous near Miley Cyrus — the Grammy-winning daughter of Cyrus who’s reportedly estranged from her father.
We’ve reached out to reps for Cyrus, Hurley and John.
Hurley took to Instagram once more Tuesday to share a video of herself and Cyrus using off into the sundown in an off-road automobile with an American flag on the again.
The 2 met once they starred within the 2022 vacation movie “Christmas in Paradise,” alongside Kelsey Grammer.
Whereas the flick received a miserly 11% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes, Hurley appeared to have loved working with Cyrus.
She instructed Movieweb that she wished to do the film partly for “the chance to work with Billy Ray, whom [she’s] lengthy been a fan of.”
Whereas a few of Hurley’s pals are scratching their heads over the connection, one insisted: “This isn’t a hoax. Liz just isn’t a hoaxy individual; she’s very honest, very shiny and I feel she likes him.”
Referring to the loved-up picture the couple posted on social media, the good friend added, “Simply have a look at the photograph of them collectively — she seems to be pleased! Individuals are so fast to be imply.”
Hurley, who was married to businessman Arun Nayar from 2007 to 2010, additionally famously dated Hugh Grant, and was engaged to the late Australian cricketer Shane Warne. She launched into a contentious battle together with her the late movie producer Steve Bing to get him to confess to Damian’s paternity.
She just lately starred in Damian’s directorial debut, “Strictly Confidential,” which got here out final 12 months.
“Damian may be very shiny and good. They’re a really loving mom and son — they respect one another they usually pay attention to one another,” stated the Hurley good friend.
Hurley hinted at her new romance on April 9 when she posted a video of herself frolicking within the Maldives, set to Cyrus’s 1992 hit “She’s Not Cryin’ Anymore” and blowing a kiss to somebody off-camera.
Cyrus, in the meantime, has been onerous at work in Tennessee together with his son Braison, who’s producing the singer’s album that’s slated to return out this summer time.
The daddy-son duo co-wrote the songs. He additionally labored with Braison, daughter Noah Cyrus, 25, and stars together with Billy Idol, Il Divo, and Richard Marx on a charity single benefiting the Stop Most cancers Basis.
However Cyrus doesn’t, reportedly, have an important relationship together with his different youngsters in the intervening time.
Certainly, Hurley is doubtlessly wading right into a messy household dynamic with him.
Sources aware of the scenario instructed Web page Six in January that Miley hasn’t had a relationship together with her father “for a very long time” and has “no curiosity” in repairing issues with him.
Son Hint Cyrus, 36, penned a prolonged open letter after his dad’s weird efficiency at Donald Trump’s Inaugural Liberty Ball in January, when Cyrus wandered awkwardly across the stage and melted down over technical difficulties, saying, “Y’all need me to sing extra otherwise you simply need me to get the hell off the stage? I don’t give a rattling.”
Hint wrote that he and members of their household had been “genuinely frightened” concerning the patriarch and “barely” acknowledged him within the efficiency.
“Me and the women have been genuinely frightened about you for years however you’ve pushed all of us away,” he wrote of his sisters Miley and Noah, in addition to Brandi Cyrus, 37.
Hint later claimed that his father had threatened him with authorized motion.
“I’ll all the time love you however I now not respect you as a person. Everybody near you is terrified to let you know how they actually really feel. I’m not. Get assist,” Hint wrote on Instagram as he inspired followers to “Ship my dad some phrases of encouragement guys!! I’ve religion the person all of us as soon as knew remains to be in there someplace. We gotta get him again.”
Cyrus has by no means publicly commented about his son’s remarks, although he did publish a message days later that learn: “Praying for my household. For my youngsters … little children…and their mom.”
The rumored household rift that allegedly started shortly after Tish, 57, filed for divorce from Cyrus in April 2022.
He walked down the aisle with Firerose Cyrus (néeJohanna Rose Hodges) in October 2023, then filed for divorce from the singer in Might 2024, citing inappropriate marital conduct. Their divorce was finalized in August.
Firerose later instructed Web page Six that Cyrus was unbearable to her throughout their transient marriage and virtually saved her imprisoned at their Tennessee dwelling. “I used to be afraid to speak and needed to ask permission to textual content,” she stated.
Cyrus denied this and accused Firerose of making an attempt to “isolate” him from his household by blocking communication with a minimum of one in every of his daughters. She ended up with no cash of their divorce settlement.
However the singer’s previous apparently isn’t scaring off Hurley, who lives in England — greater than 4,000 miles away from Nashville.
“Liz wouldn’t have come out with these photographs if this was not for actual,” stated the Hurley pal.
