Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley Make Their Purple Carpet Debut as a Couple in Rome

Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley are having a Roman vacation!

The nation music star, 63, and the actress, 59, made their crimson carpet debut as a pair within the Italian capital on Saturday, Might 24 — and so they did it in model. The pair stepped out to a dinner celebrating the opening of the Orizzonti/Rosso exhibition, staged by the Fondazione Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti, at Palazzo Barberini.

They have been each glamorously dressed for the event, with Hurley making a hanging assertion in a brilliant pink, curve-hugging robe that includes a plunging neckline and dramatic trailing sleeves. Maybe giving a little bit nod to her Austin Powers function, she wore ’60s-inspired silver platform sandals. She wore her hair down, styled in gentle waves, and accessorized with a pair of assertion earrings.

Cyrus, in the meantime, sported his signature rocker edge in a pair of tight-fitting black pants detailed with silver medallions alongside the leg and a black jacket with leather-based accents. He topped off his look with a western hat, sun shades and boots.

The couple was joined by Hurley’s 23-year-old son Damian, who wore a crimson go well with and sun shades.

Hurley shared a photograph from the couple’s evening out on her Instagram on Saturday, together with the straightforward caption “Roma 💞💞💞💞.”

The pair’s crimson carpet debut comes simply days after a supply advised PEOPLE that Hurley “doesn’t care” that fans don’t understand her romance with the “Achy Breaky Coronary heart” singer.

“Liz doesn’t care that skeptics don’t get it. She’s centered on the particular issues that they’ve in frequent, like nation music,” the supply mentioned. “She loves his Southern vibes. He’s very calm and pleased round her.”

“They’ve nice vitality collectively. She very a lot enjoys his firm,” the insider added, noting that Hurley and Cyrus plan to spend her sixtieth birthday collectively on June 10.

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The 2 stars first sparked romance rumors in April when Cyrus posted a photo on Instagram of them kissing as they celebrated Easter collectively in Tennessee.

A supply later advised PEOPLE that Hurley “spent a wonderful couple of weeks in Tennessee with Billy Ray” earlier than returning to the U.Okay. “She cherished being surrounded by nature in a extra laid-back atmosphere. She had a good time with Billy Ray,” the insider mentioned.

The pair first met whereas filming the 2022 vacation film Christmas in Paradise on the Caribbean island of Nevis, and not too long ago reconnected. Whereas showing on Apple Nation Music’s The Ty Bentli Present final month, Cyrus confirmed their romance and recalled how “there was a chemistry there” when he and Hurley have been filming scenes collectively.

“We simply laughed, and it was at a time I wasn’t laughing lots,” he mentioned.

“The oddest half was first, how a lot we laughed. Second, I figured we have been so completely different, however in some very unusual approach we had far more in frequent than we had completely different,” Cyrus added.

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The musician mentioned Hurley reached out to him throughout a tough time when he discovered himself questioning, “Wow, can life get any more durable? Can it get any more durable?” He was coping with a number of hardships, together with his divorce from Firerose.

“And on this second… a pal reached out,” Cyrus recalled, referring to Hurley, whom he described as a “nice human being.”

“It’s a very long time since I’ve been this pleased,” he famous.