Elizabeth Hurley and her son Damian were joined by her ex-husband Arun Naya on Wednesday as they attended a glitzy screening for his directorial debut Strictly Confidential at the Robin Williams Center in New York.
The actress, 58, stunned in a plunging silver metallic dress as she posed for photos with the model, 22, ahead of the film’s US release on Prime Video on April 5.
Businessman Arun, 59, split from Elizabeth in 2011 after four years of marriage but remained close to her son Damian, who calls him ‘daddy’.
Arun is not Damian’s biological father, but Elizabeth has previously said that she always considered him his father after the former couple married when Damian was five.
Damian’s biological father Steve Bing died by suicide in 2020, with the model admitting that his passing and the death of Elizabeth’s former fiancée Shane Warne partially inspired him. Mystery thriller set in the Caribbean.
Elizabeth Hurley and her son Damian were joined by her ex-husband Arun Naya on Wednesday as they attended a glitzy screening for his directorial debut Strictly Confidential.
Arun split from Elizabeth in 2011 after four years of marriage, but remained close to her son Damian, who calls him ‘daddy’
The actress, 58, stunned in a plunging silver metallic dress as she posed for photos ahead of the film’s US release on Prime Video on April 5.
Despite the end of their marriage due to alleged ‘unreasonable behaviour’, Elizabeth and Arun remain on good terms and celebrate the New Year together in January.
Elizabeth said of Arun during an interview with the Ny Breaking’s YOU magazine in 2018: ‘Arun is Damian’s father and a very good one too, they see each other a lot.’
The pair have a close relationship and have spent some summers holidaying together alongside Damian, whose biological father is the late Steve.
On June 22, 2020, the film producer died by suicide at the age of 55.
Damian was born in the early 2000s after an eighteen-month relationship between millionaire businessman Bing and Elizabeth.
The pair split amid a bitter paternity row and a subsequent DNA test confirmed that Bing was Damian’s father.
Although it was claimed that Bing never met his son, Elizabeth confirmed after his death that father and son had become close in recent times and had spoken on Damian’s 18th birthday.
She told YOU magazine in 2020: ‘It was great to be in touch again. We hadn’t been friends for a long time, but about a year and a half ago he came back into our lives.
Arun is not Damian’s biological father, but Elizabeth has previously said that she always considered him his father after the former couple married when Damian was five.
Despite the end of their marriage due to alleged ‘unreasonable behaviour’, Elizabeth and Arun remain on good terms and celebrate the New Year together in January
‘It’s very sad… just terrible. It’s terrible that it happened, but there’s some comfort in knowing that we made up and there was no bad feeling.”
Three years ago, details emerged about Damian’s late father’s will, including the claim that Bing had disinherited his two children, Damian and Kira Kerkorian, because it was made before their birth.
Steve, who received a $600 million inheritance from his grandfather at the age of 18, had his will drawn up in 2001 – before he knew Kira had been born and while Elizabeth was pregnant.
Damian previously discussed the inspirations for his directorial debut, including the death of his biological father.
The star – whose ‘close friend’ also committed suicide in 2019 – spoke out AND on Tuesday: “I’ve suffered quite a bit of loss, a lot of sadness.”
Damian has also defended his decision to direct his mother in the film’s raciest moments, revealing they didn’t even have an intimacy coordinator on set while filming a steamy lesbian sex scene.
The model emphasized that while it may seem “strange” to ordinary people, to those who grew up in the industry as the offspring of celebrities, it is routine.
Speak with The Sunday times Speaking about filming his mother’s racy scenes, he admitted: ‘I hate to say it felt completely normal. I don’t know what that says about us.
Damian’s biological father Steve Bing died by suicide in 2020, with Elizabeth revealing that he and Damian had become close in recent times after years of estrangement.
Damian has also defended his decision to direct his mother in the film’s racier moments, revealing that they didn’t even have an intimacy coordinator while filming a lesbian sex scene.
The Piper actress — who felt “very safe in his hands” — emphasized to ET, “What’s happening between me and the actress, that people are concerned about, was so integral to the story.” It was important. There is nothing unnecessary’
“I spoke to many of my friends who are also second-generation parents in the industry. They say exactly the same thing: that things that may seem very strange and extraordinary to outsiders have simply grown up for us in everyday life.’
Damian added that there was no need for intimacy coordinators on set, claiming that “everyone felt very comfortable.”
He added that Elizabeth taught him about sex when he was “ridiculously young,” insisting it was a “beautiful and natural” act but forbidding him from watching violence in films.
The drama follows Mia, played by CBBC star Georgia Lock, as she is drawn into a ‘world of sex, duplicity and betrayal’ as she tries to unravel the mystery surrounding her best friend Rebecca’s suicide.
The trailer shows Mia returning to the exotic Caribbean island where Rebecca died, and in addition to uncovering old passions, she vows to learn the truth about her friend’s death.
Strictly Confidential will be released in cinemas and on Prime Video in the US on April 5, before arriving in the UK on May 13.
