{"id":12949,"date":"2026-07-21T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12949"},"modified":"2026-07-21T22:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:00:33","slug":"elizabeth-hurley-details-billy-ray-cyrus-relationship-long-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12949","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Hurley Details Billy Ray Cyrus Relationship, Long-Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><strong>Elizabeth Hurley<\/strong> and <strong>Hugh Grant<\/strong> were both up-and-comers when they met making the 1988 Spanish film <em>Rowing With the Wind<\/em>, in which Grant portrayed\u00a0Romantic icon Lord Byron.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hugh did look particularly fine in those cream britches,&#8221; Hurley jested in an interview. &#8220;But I think I might have liked him anyway. 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