Their love story captivated us in the 90s but its ending is still up in the air almost 20 years later
One now sees the poster of the movie Rowing with the Wind and thinks, above all, that cliché impossible to get out of our heads "How time has passed." It probably sounds like a Sunday after-dinner movie to you and it surely is because it did not become part of any positive ranking in the history of cinema, but, yes, its filming gave rise to one of the romances that marked the chronicle of social of the 90s: that of Hugh Grant with Elisabeth Hurley.
In that film appeared a very young Grant and an unknown Hurley, for what was his first film role. No one could foresee that those two young British men who started dating at that time would become one of the star couples of the coming years. He, with an outstanding career, full of successes and awards such as the Golden Globe, with titles behind him that -these yes- are remembered by the whole world such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill or Love Actually; She, famous especially in the world of fashion, where she became a true icon at the hands of the Versace house, a pairing that was an absolute win-win for both parties, especially since Hurley wore the mythical black dress with a low neckline interminable and golden pins on the red carpet of the training of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' in London.
THE BEGINNING OF Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley
It was 1994, and the couple had already been together for several years, but that night marked a before and after for them in the media. Grant's success with that film was joined by Hurley's for that sensual, erotic, and original design that became an icon that still inspires both the big firms and celebrities today, and was the definitive springboard for both the career of the British so that her relationship with the London actor began to monopolize the interest of the social chronicle.
Their love lasted 6 more years, just until the turn of the millennium, but they were really intense for both of them, both personally and, above all, professionally. The break was a bombshell among public opinion, especially in the United Kingdom, but also in Hollywood, where Hugh Grant was already an established star but with his public image as the perfect son-in-law damaged by a list of scandals that started in 1995, shortly after the famous night of the Versace dress, when he was caught with a prostitute, as published by People magazine, among other renowned media.
Hurley forgave him for that, although in an interview at the time he acknowledged to journalist Barbara Walters that it was "as if she had been shot" and her image surprisingly successfully withstood the storm despite harsh criticism, which also allowed her to continue. his career in that genre of which he is probably the male king, at least from the 90s, the romantic comedy, premiering shortly after that Nine months.
CHRONICLE OF AN ANNOUNCED BREAKUP
Despite the forgiveness of the Versace muse, it seems that since then everything was different for the famous couple, who ended up breaking up in the year 2000. The years passed and both went their respective ways once separated, although there has always been respect and even a friendship between the two. Of course, they do not think the same about the definitive reasons for their breakup, or at least they did not in 2015, the year in which they sat separately with Andy Cohen on his Watch What Happens Live show, where each one gave their version of what happened.
According to Grant, "the S- part probably went away" - after the prostitute thing, it sounds like an inelegant comment, don't you think? -, hence the friendship did continue. Instead, Hurley told Cohen that his ex-partner was very annoying, expressly referencing his bad temper. In fact, he recognized in public the nickname with which his friends knew him, 'Rumpelstiltskin', the grumpy dwarf protagonist of the tales of one of the Grimm brothers' fables. It is possible that this regular character helped Grant have such an active S- life, which for Hurley herself was a 10 in bed, as she acknowledged to Cohen in the same interview. "I was with him for 13 years!" She exclaimed as if to say that she wouldn't have been like that if she hadn't had that level S-.
Currently, both continue to maintain an excellent relationship, to the point that, for example, she congratulated him with a photo of Mario Testino last September for his last birthday (58), where he left a small statement that is quite a declaration of intent. about what he feels for “one of his best friends” and ex-partner: “As my grandmother used to tell me: make new friends but keep the old ones; Some are silver, others are gold.
But the gestures between the two are not only public there is also personal evidence that demonstrates their excellent relationship. Probably the most important of all is that the actor is the godfather of Damian, Elisabeth's son with businessman Steve Bing, whom the now 17-year-old calls "uncle."
Damian proudly wears his mother's last name, who has just finished the four-year stage in the series The Royals broadcast on the American chain E!, while his godfather accumulates professional and personal projects because just a year ago he was a father for the fifth time, the third time with his current wife, television producer Anna Eberstein.
