Elizabeth Hurley: A look into her tragic love life, from Hugh Grant to Steve Bing

Last week Elizabeth Hurley and her son Damian were in the spotlight after news broke that he had directed his mother in intimate scenes for his first ever film.

The actress’ relationship with her son is often analysed and scrutinised. People like to comment on the fact that Damian is the one taking the bikini pictures Elizabeth is known for. But, over the years her love life has also been under scrutiny.

In the 90s, her and Hugh Grantdated for 13 years before splitting up in 2000 in what was called an ‘amicable’ breakup.

But, what happened to the other men in her life?

Elizabeth Hurley and Steve Bing, Damian’s estranged father

Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant's relationship was one of the most iconic of the 90s. The pair were at their peek career wise and each appearance they would make was a sensation. Who doesn't know of Hurley's famous Versace dress?

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When Grant and Hurley broke up, she started dating Steve Bing, a businessman, film producer and screenwriter. The pair stayed together for only 18 months. During this time Elizabeth became pregnant with her only son Damian.

However, while most would consider a pregnancy a happy moment, it ended up being fatal to Hurley and Bing's relationship.

It was reported that when Hurley announced that she was pregnant, Steve Bing accused her 'of being unfaithful and claimed the child was not his.’

But, later on, through DNA testing, it was proven that Bing was indeed Damian’s father.

After this dramatic rejection, Hurley and Bing didn’t speak.

When in June 2020, it was announced that Steve Bing had committed suicide ‘falling 27 stories from a rooftop’ Hurley released a statement.

In it she explains that:

We hadn’t been friends for a very long time, but about a year ago he came back into our lives

However, even though the exes reconnected, it is said that Damian has never met his father.

2022: Shane Warne dies

Two years after the death of the father of her only son, Elizabeth suffered another massive loss.

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Her ex-fiancé, Shane Warnedied of a heart attack. In an interview she gave to Times Magazine, she explains:

It was very hard and it still is very hard. Losing Shane was terrible. It’s taken a long time to sink in. I honestly kept thinking he’d call and it would turn out to be some big Aussie joke

Elizabeth, always the caring mother, highlights how difficult these deaths have been for her son Damian. While none of these men were father figures for him it still is a ‘huge amount for a young person to process’

March 2023, Tom Sizemore dies

Tom Sizemore was known for his role in Saving Private Ryan but he was also known to be a tortured soul.

Throughout his life he admitted to heavy drug use and went to prison for domestic violence.

In 2013, Tom Sizemore released a book in which he claimed that he had an affair with Elizabeth Hurley while she was still with Hugh Grant.

Sizemore also made claims about an affair between Hurley and former president Bill Clinton.

Hurley firmly denied them those claims and she was supported by her fans who rallied together and came to her defense.

She thanked them via tweet:

Thank you very much for your (mostly) very nice comments on what has been a pretty gruesome day x

After Hurley denied the affair with Sizemore, he himself admitted that he had ‘fabricated the story’ blaming his words on his ‘severe drug problem.’

In March 2023, it was announced that Tom Sizemore had passed away from a brain aneurysm after being in a coma since February 2023.

While Elizabeth Hurley and Tom Sizemore were never together, he is still the third man closely linked to her that passes away from a brutal death.

Elizabeth Hurley herself is aware of that pattern and jokes:

Of the four great loves of my life, two are dead – I always say to the other two [Hugh Grant and Damian], you’d better watch your backs

Sources:

Yahoo Life:Elizabeth Hurley reflects on single motherhood and the deaths of her 'great loves' Steve Bing and Shane Warne

Daily Mail: New heartbreak for Liz Hurley, 57, as third former partner dies: Actor Tom Sizemore, 61, suffers fatal brain aneurysm a year after her ex-fiance Shane Warne's death from a heart attack at 52 - while father to her son Damian lost his life to suicide in 2020

News.com.au: Liz Hurley reveals she mended things with her son Damien’s father Steve Bing before he died

Independent: ‘It still is very hard – losing Shane was terrible’: Elizabeth Hurley reflects on death of ex-fiancé and cricket legend Shane Warne

Glamour: Tom Sizemore claims he had affair with Liz Hurley

Irish Mirror : “I have no idea if Hurley and Clinton know each other": Tom Sizemore backtracks on sensational affair claims

BBC News: Tom Sizemore: Saving Private Ryan actor dies at 61 after brain aneurysm