Incredible as it may seem, Elizabeth Hurley is turning 60 in just a few weeks — and the actress is excited to spend her big day on June 10 with her new love, Billy Ray Cyrus.
The “Achy Breaky Heart” singer, 63, and Hurley confirmed on Easter Sunday that they were an item, jointly uploading a PDA-filled photo to Instagram. The world was shocked — but now we’re coming to terms with the fact that this is no spring fling: these two are serious.
“I am looking forward to celebrating with Billy Ray,” Hurley, 59 (for now!), told Hello at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Hot Pink Party in New York City on Tuesday, May 13. “He should be in England for my birthday. He’ll be meeting my family – and my dogs – and hopefully, it’ll be lovely.”
Wearing a plunging fuchsia Nedo by Nedret Taciroglu dress, in keeping with the event’s hot pink theme, Hurley also said that she’s feeling positive about turning 60. “I love every birthday,” she said. “I always get overexcited if it’s a big birthday — I think people are even nicer to you, maybe give you more presents, more flowers, and generally spoil you more. I welcome it.”
During Cyrus’ visit to England, he should be guaranteed a warm welcome from Hurley’s son Damian. The 23-year-old model has publicly shown his support for his mom’s new relationship, by liking the social media posts the surprising new couple have been sharing since their eyebrow-raising hard launch on April 20.
Damian was also his mom’s date for the Hot Pink Party, and spoke about how proud he is of the woman who raised him (Damian did not have a relationship with his father, the producer and businessman Stephen Bing, who died in 2020.) “Honoured and insanely proud to support my mama in her 30th year as the Global Ambassador,” he shared on Instagram the day after the event. “Last night’s annual Hot Pink Party in NYC, hosted by my mother, raised over a record breaking $11million for lifesaving breast cancer research. I’ve had the privilege of witnessing this campaign’s vital work firsthand since the day I was born. What a deeply moving and inspiring night.”
As Us previously reported, Hurley was openly gushing about her new love to multiple news outlets at the party. “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.”
Hurley went on to explain that the pair actually have more in common than it first appears. “We both like to laugh a lot, and we both love the country,” she said. “And we both love country music, both love movies. We’ve got a lot in common — and cowboy boots, definitely.”
And in a brief interview with the Daily Mail, she said, “Billy’s a lovely man and we make each other very happy.”
The couple went public with their relationship over Easter weekend when they, seemingly from nowhere, shared a romantic photo on Instagram, with Cyrus wearing bunny ears. A week later, on April 27, Hurley shared another shot of the couple embracing by a tree in Tennessee.
The loved-up duo first met while shooting Father Christmas Is Back in 2021, with Cyrus admitting on The Ty Bentli Show on April 24 that “there was a chemistry there.” He added: “We just laughed, and it was at a time I wasn’t laughing a lot.”
The singer went on to explain that the pair didn’t keep in touch — until Hurley reached out to him in 2024 with a kind text referring to his messy split with ex-wife Firerose, saying “Hey, it looks like life might be a little bit tough and just wanted you to know I’m in your corner; you’ve got a friend in your corner.” At the time, Cyrus didn’t even know who the message was from but, once the mystery was solved, the pair reconnected, and began dating early in 2025.
A source close to Cyrus exclusively told Us Weekly, “Billy Ray and Liz have both been through a lot in life and have bonded over life experiences. Liz is a very compassionate person, which Billy Ray adores.”
Cyrus seemed to approve of the Us exclusive, released earlier this month — on Sunday, May 18, he took to his Instagram to share an image of the magazine in his local Target store, and tagged Hurley.
