Actress and model Elizabeth Hurley has shared her thoughts on her romance with Billy Ray Cyrus, after the couple confirmed their relationship earlier this month
Elizabeth Hurley has expressed her excitement about her budding relationship with Billy Ray Cyrus, hoping they’ll craft a “great life” together. The 59-year-old actress recently left fans surprised with her revelation of dating the ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ singer. Despite finding their romance “unexpected” she’s optimistic about what lies ahead.
Speaking with E! News, she shared: “It was unexpected. But we’re very happy together. And hopefully we’ll have a great life.” With her 60th birthday on the horizon, Elizabeth is keen to celebrate the significant occasion with her new partner by her side. She explained: “I always leave things to chance, I like birthdays though.
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“I like getting presents, I like getting flowers, I like everyone being nice to me for a day. So, whatever we do will be fun.”
These sentiments come after the 63-year-old musician Billy Ray hailed Elizabeth as a “great human being”.
He spoke warmly about their connection in an excerpt from The Ty Bentli Show, reflecting how they bonded during the shooting of their 2022 film, Christmas in Paradise.
Billy Ray remarked: “We did very few scenes together but the couple times we were in the same scene there was a chemistry there. We just laughed, and it was at a time I wasn’t laughing a lot.
“The oddest part was first, how much we laughed. Second, I figured we were so different but in some very strange way we had way more in common than we had different.”
Billy Ray couldn’t help but share his admiration, saying: “If all we ever were [is] the friends that we are, I would take that. She’s so impressively brilliant. She reminds me a lot of Dolly Parton. She’s a very smart businesswoman.”
He then added, with a note of wisdom: “If you can laugh together, you can make it through everything.”
The duo first crossed paths on the film set, but after production wrapped up, they didn’t exchange words for two years. Yet it was Elizabeth who rekindled their friendship at a time when Billy Ray needed companionship the most during his separation from his wife, Firerose.
Billy acknowledged the tough times, sharing: “I felt like, ‘Wow, can life get any harder? Can it get any tougher?’ For me, at a certain point it was like, you can’t get knocked down any flatter than laying on your back when life is kicking you. And in this moment … a friend reached out.”
Originally unsure who was contacting him, Billy responded to an unknown number, only to find out it was Elizabeth Hurley reaching out.
He recalled vividly: “I text back, I go, ‘Who is this?’ And it’s like, ‘Elizabeth Hurley.’ Of all the people to reach out to me in that second that maybe I needed most … this friend who made me laugh.”
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