Elizabeth Hurley has spilled all about the ‘ordinary life’ she enjoys with boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus, six months after stunning fans by revealing their romance on Instagram.
The actress, 60, gushed that she and the country singer, 64, are ‘very happy’ and revealed that despite their fame, their day-to-day lives together aren’t as glamorous as fans might expect.
She insisted that rather than spend their time hanging out at A-list parties and events, the couple are often found doing relaxed and ordinary activities together, like grocery shopping and bird watching.
Billy Ray spent his first UK summer at Elizabeth’s sprawling £6M country home in Herefordshire, which he is said to ‘love’, while she has also spent much time at his home in Tennessee – calling it ‘so beautiful’.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, the model said: ‘Obviously [Billy Ray] loves England. The weather is nicer here in the summer than it is in Tennessee.
‘He lives 40 minutes outside of Nashville. It’s so beautiful. Funnily enough, it actually looks a lot like England. Probably the equivalent of Surrey.’
Elizabeth Hurley has spilled all about the ‘ordinary life’ she enjoys with boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus, six months after stunning fans by revealing their romance on Instagram
The actress, 60, gushed that she and the country singer, 64, are ‘very happy’ and revealed that despite their fame, their day-to-day lives together aren’t as glamorous as fans might expect
And revealing what they spend their time doing in the area, she admitted that she cuts the musician’s hair for him.
She quipped: ‘I cut his hair the other day. We do have a lot of hair between us. We’re in constant danger of choking on hairballs. He has got very fuzzy hair. So we’ve actually got contrast hair, which we aim to make look the same in the end.’
They even go to the supermarket together and though Billy Ray opts to stay in the car while Liz does the shopping, she insists this is not to avoid being mobbed by fans, but ‘because he would be annoying’.
Like us ordinary folk, they also spending times with each other’s families – though admittedly most couples aren’t parents to the likes of pop star Miley Cyrus and model Damian Hurley.
Elizabeth explained that their famous offspring have met and get along, gushing: ‘Damian and Miley have met, Billy’s kids are great and Billy has spent a lot of time with Damian. Everyone loves everyone, it’s lovely.’
The Bedazzled star has also revealed that one of the couple’s favourite hobbies is bird watching, while they have even adopted pets together.
Previously admitting that their relationship ‘feels nice’ because Billy Ray is so ‘supportive’, she told The Mirror: ‘We’ve adopted two tortoises, and I have become something of a bird watcher.
‘We’ve just seen some goshawks. They’re unbelievable. Very, very rare. There are only 1,000 nesting pairs in the UK.’
She insisted that rather than spend their time hanging out at A-list parties and events, the couple are often found doing relaxed and ordinary activities together, like grocery shopping and bird watching
And revealing what they spend their time doing in the area, she admitted that she cuts the musician’s hair for him
Like us ordinary folk, they also spending times with each other’s families – though admittedly most couples aren’t parents to the likes of pop star Miley Cyrus (left) and model Damian Hurley (right)
Acknowledging the couple’s less than stereotypically showbiz life, Elizabeth joked: ‘I have a really interesting life. Wild. Parties every night.’
While during an appearance on This Morning earlier this month, she added: ‘I really wanted to stay at home in the country this summer, I stayed home with my new boyfriend and we ate well, relaxed, bird watched.
‘We’re both into birds of prey. We have a lot of long lenses and binoculars, and go to exhibitions with people showcasing off their birds of prey.’
The campaigner added the Achy Breaky Heart hitmaker had been giving her guitar lessons, admitting: ‘I’m terrible at the guitar but I’m trying, he’s teaching me.
‘He has written a song, I don’t know if it’s about me, but it’s for me. It’s about finding happiness. He’s always sitting under a tree with a guitar.’
The odd couple originally met in 2022 while filming Philippe Martinez’s Caribbean-set comedy, Christmas in Paradise.
Elizabeth later confessed that ‘the opportunity to work with Billy Ray’ was one of the main reasons she shot the Lionsgate sequel to the 2021 flick Father Christmas is Back.
She gushed to MovieWeb in 2022: ‘I’ve long been a fan of him. My son was the age where he used to watch Hannah Montana all the time, so of course, I used to watch it with him.
Acknowledging the couple’s less than stereotypically showbiz life, Elizabeth joked: ‘I have a really interesting life. Wild. Parties every night’
‘I knew Billy Ray really well from that, and of course, some of his music. That was a big plus.’
Elizabeth welcomed 23-year-old son Damian during a 2001 fling with the late financier, Steve Bing.
The model – who is the spitting image of his mother – has an eye-popping seven godparents including her ex-boyfriend Hugh Grant, pop legend Elton John, soccer legend David Beckham, and comedian Denis Leary.
While Billy Ray is famously dad to singer Miley, 31, as well as adopted daughter Brandi, 38; adopted son Trace, 36; son Braison, 31; and daughter Noah, 25 – with ex-wife Tish Cyrus-Purcell and son son Christopher, 33 with ex Kristin Luckey.
