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Culture May 25, 2025

Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley make red carpet debut as a couple

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Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley made a stylish red carpet debut as a couple over the weekend.

The country star and the actress, who recently confirmed their relationship, turned heads with their glamorous looks attending the Orizzonti | Rosso Exhibition Opening Dinner at Palazzo Barberini in Rome, Italy, on Saturday.

Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley attend the "Orizzonti | Rosso" Exhibition Opening Dinner on May 24, 2025 in Rome, Italy.
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Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley attend the "Orizzonti | Rosso" Exhibition Opening Dinner on May 24, 2025 in Rome, Italy.

Hurley wore a curve-hugging hot pink gown, statement earrings and silver platform heels, while Cyrus kept it cool in an all-black outfit, sunglasses, boots and a feather-accented hat.

Hurley's son, model Damian Hurley, joined them for the evening.

The actress also shared a photo from the event on Instagram, captioning it simply, "Roma 💞💞💞💞."

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Fans were first surprised by the couple's romance when they posted a cozy Easter photo together on Instagram last month, marking the first public reveal of their relationship.

"Happy Easter ♥️," read the caption of the joint post at the time.

Cyrus has since opened up about their connection, revealing they met while filming the 2022 movie "Christmas in Paradise" on the Caribbean island of Nevis.

"We did very few scenes together but the couple times we were in the same scene there was a chemistry there," he said during an interview with on Apple Music Country's "The Ty Bentli Show." "We just laughed, and it was at a time I wasn't laughing a lot."

He added, "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."

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Cyrus also described Hurley as "a great human being."

"If all we ever were [is] the friends that we are, I would take that," he said at the time. "She's so impressively brilliant. She reminds me a lot of Dolly Parton. She's a very smart businesswoman."

"If you can laugh together, you can make it through everything," he added.