Elizabeth Hurley, 60, puts on a loved-up display with boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus, 63, in Covent Garden as they support his daughter Miley
Elizabeth Hurley put on a loved-up display with her boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus in Covent Garden on Saturday.
The actress and model, 60, and country singer, 63, jetted to London for the weekend to watch The Miley Cyrus Something Beautiful theatrical experience at the Odeon Theatre in London.
The couple, who debuted their romance on Instagram in April, looked smitten as they strolled through London hand in hand.
Elizabeth and Billy had flown to London to watch his daughter Miley's theatrical experience at the cinema.
They were joined by Elizabeth's son Damian and Miley also made an appearance, alongside supermodel Naomi Campbell - who features on a single released by the Hannah Montana star.
Elizabeth oozed glamour for the evening as as she donned a glitzy multicoloured patterned wrap mini-dress featuring a racy plunging neckline and shoulder pads.
Meanwhile Billy also made a bold colour statement in a red and star print oversized shirt.
Elizabeth's director son Damian sported a black ripped mesh long sleeved top and leather trousers as he joined the pair.
The couple first met when they were working on 2022's Christmas in Paradise surprised their fans when they went Instagram official with their relationship in April this year.
In a recent interview Breast Cancer Research Foundation's Hot Pink Party in New York City Liz addressed what many may consider an odd coupling.
'I think people found Billy and I being together a little surprising,' she told Page Six.
'It's not surprising to me because we're actually quite similar and get on extremely well. There has been quite a reaction.'
Explaining the things they have in common, Hurley revealed, 'We both like to laugh a lot, and we both love the country. And we both love country music, both love movies. We've got a lot in common — and cowboy boots, definitely.'
Billy has been married three times and is father to six children, but is reportedly estranged from several, including daughters Miley, 32 and Noah 25, whom he shares with ex-wife Trish Cyrus.
Elizabeth oozed glamour for the evening as as she donned a glitzy multicoloured patterned wrap mini-dress featuring a racy plunging neckline and shoulder pads
Upon marrying in 1993, he also became stepfather to Trace as well as Brandi, 38, from Tish's previous relationship.
Billy is also father to another son named Christopher, 33, whom he welcomed with ex Kristen Luckey.
Born into the spotlight thanks to being Billy's daughter, Miley grew up to be a global pop star in her own right, though she revealed on an episode of Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky, her road to fame was filled with family strife.
She teased the whole family went through a, 'really difficult, dark decade' but they were able to get through it.
Miley revealed on the podcast that the family was able to mend their fences without therapy.
We're so messy, we didn't even do any of that,' Miley joked of her family struggles, revealing the reason a therapist wasn't involved.
'Just to get each other into a room to get to counseling would have been a war,' Miley admitted.
She told Lewinsky that at one point of the 'dark decade,' half of her family members were not speaking to each other.
Miley admitted she, ' had a lot of loyalty' to her mother Tish, who split with father Billy Ray back in 2022 after nearly 30 years of marriage.
Before their official split and divorce that was finalised in 2023, Miley said that her parents were on-and-off, as she revealed how that affected her.
'I watched what happens when you don't clean things up as they're happening,' Miley said.
'They really do stack. And then all of the sudden you go, "Oh my God, it's been 10 years and this is a mess I barely even know how to start. This is emotional hoarding,"' she admitted.
Ultimately, the singer, 'cleaned all that up,' during a, 'really important part of [her] year … putting those lines of communication back together.'
'I just kind of busted through the pile that stacked and just [went], "I'm here, you're here, let's start by having a good time together and then as we start bringing some happiness and joy into each other's life, then we'll be in a better place to have these conversations,"' she admitted.
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