NEWS OF THE WEEK: Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley make red carpet debut
The debut came on Saturday in the Italian capital Rome, where the couple attended a dinner event together at the Palazzo Barberini art musem. Hurley shared a photo from their night out on Instagram, captioning the moment with "Roma" and several pink heart emojis. Also attending the event, which celebrated the opening of the new Valentino Garavani cultural space in Rome, was Hurley's model son, Damian, who posed with his mum and Cyrus on the red carpet. Cyrus and Hurley made their relationship Instagram official in April, when they shared a photo of a kiss on Easter Sunday.
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