Liz Hurley says dealing with her grief following the death of Shane Warne is ‘still very hard’ (Picture: Getty Images)
Elizabeth Hurley has spoken of her grief over losing her ‘great love’, cricket legend Shane Warne.
The actress, 57, was previously engaged to the Australian cricket star, having been in a relationship with him from 2011 to 2013.
They remained close following their breakup, with the Royals actress heartbroken by the sport star’s sudden death this year.
Warne died in March at the age of 52 from a heart attack, with Hurley saying at the time she felt as though ‘the sun has gone behind a cloud forever.’
Now mother-of-one has shared her grief in an honest and vulnerable interview with The Times, admitting it is still ‘very hard.’
‘Losing Shane was terrible,’ she said.
The former couple were together for three years and remained close (Picture: Getty Images)
The actress admits it took ‘a long time to sink in. (Picture:WireImage)
‘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,’ adding it ‘was very hard and it still is very hard.’
It’s far from the only time Hurley has had to deal with loss, as the biological father of her only son, Stephen Bing, took his own life in 2020.
‘Of the four great loves of my life two are dead – I always say to the other two, you’d better watch your backs,’ she joked.
Losing Warne was ‘terrible,’ Hurley said (Picture: EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
‘Losing Stephen [Bing] was something else completely. We’d been estranged for so long but made up towards the end, and a bright and different future looked as if it was opening up, but of course it didn’t,’ she reflected.
Hurley said Bing’s death was a ‘mental challenge’ for her son Damien, who had never known his biological father and called his stepfather, Arun Nayar, ‘dad’; Hurley was married to the businessman and the pair were together from 2002 to 2010.
Warne, meanwhile, was ‘a fun uncle figure’ to her son.
A massive memorial service was held in Melbourne for the cricket player, which featured messages of support and performances from celebrities (Picture: Getty Images AsiaPac)
Hurley remains close with all her exes, including Hugh Grant, who she was with for 13 years, saying that otherwise ‘breaking up would be like losing a family member.’
The Austin Powers star formed a close bond with Warne’s three children Brooke, Summer and Jackson during their relationship, and sent them support following their father’s death.
She was unable to get to Australia for his funeral, saying it made her ‘heart ache,’ and shared photos of them from happier times as she made the announcement.
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‘These pictures were taken in Sri Lanka to celebrate our engagement- we had all our children with us and it was the happiest time. It still hasn’t really sunk in that he’s gone.
‘It seems too cruel that all the people who loved him will never have another Lion hug, but our memories will live forever. RIP Lionheart, with love your Luna ❤️.’
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‘It was very hard and it’s still very hard.’
