Elizabeth Hurley’s country singer boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus is teaching her to play guitar.
The 60-year-old model/actress and the “Achy Breaky Heart” hitmaker went public with their new romance with earlier this year, and now he’s trying to pass on his musical skills, but she’s “appalling” (her words).
“I’ve been in England all summer for the first time ever and have loved every moment,” Hurley tells Hello! magazine. “Billy is teaching me to play the guitar; right now I’m appalling but I’m hoping to improve!”
The actress turned 60 in June and says she spent the day surrounded by family and friends.
“This year has been such a whirlwind that it was wonderful to sit back and be spoiled for a few days,” she admits. “I hibernated at home with some of my best friends and family. My son baked a delicious cake and we all sat around giggling and being silly, which is my favorite occupation.”
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The Bedazzled star says she now makes a more conscious effort to spend more time at home after years of work — she picks her projects carefully to ensure she’s not away for too long.
“I’ve always enjoyed work more than play and have much more fun at work than doing anything social. I’m more relaxed on a film set than anywhere else,” Hurley explains, adding:
“However, without doubt this has meant that I’ve struggled with a work life balance since I started in the industry so I make a conscious effort now to really enjoy spending more time at home with my family and friends and not just skip from job to job.”
This comes after she opened up about her blossoming relationship with Cyrus, admitting the romance “feels nice” because he is so “supportive.”
She tells The Mirror: “Billy and I have had most of the summer off. “We’ve seen both his daughters [Miley Cyrus and Noah Cyrus] play in London, which was great. He’s very supportive, and that feels nice.”
“We’ve adopted two tortoises, and I have become something of a bird watcher. We’ve just seen some goshawks. They’re unbelievable,” she furthers. “Very, very rare. There are only 1,000 nesting pairs in the UK. “
“I have a really interesting life. Wild,” she jokes. “Parties every night.”
How Did Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley Meet?
Cyrus and Hurley met in 2022 while filming the holiday movie Christmas in Paradise, a film that also stars Kelsey Grammer. That same year, Cyrus divorced his wife Tish after 28 years of marriage.
In an appearance on the The Ty Bentli Show, Cyrus said that he and Hurley didn’t have many scenes together, but that when they were in the same spot, there was “chemistry” between them.
“We just laughed, and it was at a time I wasn’t laughing a lot,” he recounted.
He says that Hurley texted him as a supportive friend while he was going through his divorce.
“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,” he recalled.
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