Elizabeth Hurley and her son Damian were supported by her ex-husband Arun Nayar as they attended a glitzy screening of her directorial debut Strictly Confidential at New York’s Robin Williams Center on Wednesday.
The actress, 58, stunned in a metallic silver dress as she posed for photos with the model, 22, ahead of the film’s US premiere on Prime Video on April 5.
Businessman Arun, 59, split from Elizabeth in 2011 after four years of marriage, but in recent years he has built an even closer relationship with his son Damian, who calls him “dad”.
Arun is not Damian’s biological father, but Elizabeth has previously said she always considered him her father after the former couple married when Damian was five.
Elizabeth said of Arun during an interview with the Daily Mail’s YOU magazine in 2018: “Arun is Damian’s dad and he’s also very good, they see each other a lot.”
Elizabeth Hurley and her son Damian were supported by her ex-husband Arun Nayar as they attended a glitzy screening of her directorial debut Strictly Confidential on Wednesday.
Arun split from Elizabeth in 2011 after four years of marriage, but has remained close to their son Damian, who calls him “dad”.
The actress stunned in a silver metallic dress as she posed for photos ahead of the film’s US premiere on Prime Video on April 5.
In recent summers, Elizabeth and Arun have enjoyed holidays together with Damian, whose biological father is the late Steve Bing.
Damian’s biological father, Steve, committed suicide in 2020, and the model admitted that his passing and the death of Elizabeth’s ex-fiance, Shane Warne, partially inspired her Mystery thriller set in the Caribbean.
Despite the end of their marriage due to alleged “unreasonable behavior”, Elizabeth and Arun maintain a good relationship and celebrate the New Year together in January.
Posting a photo of his mother and Arun from the night out, Damian captioned his post: “Mom and Dad.”
In 2022, she also offered a sweet birthday tribute to Arun, writing on Instagram: “Happiest birthday to my beautiful father (heart emoji).”
On June 22, 2020, Damian’s biological father, Steve, committed suicide at the age of 55.
Damian was born after an 18-month relationship between millionaire businessman Bing and Elizabeth in the early 2000s.
The couple split amid a bitter paternity dispute and a subsequent DNA test confirmed Bing was Damian’s father.
Arun is not Damian’s biological father, but Elizabeth has previously said she always considered him her father after the former couple married when Damian was five.
Despite the end of their marriage due to alleged “unreasonable behavior”, Elizabeth and Arun maintain a good relationship and celebrate the New Year together in January.
While it was claimed that Bing had 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’s been great to connect again. We hadn’t been friends for a long time, but about a year and a half ago he came back into our lives.
‘It’s very sad… just terrible. “It was horrible that it happened, but it comforts me to know that we had reconciled and that there was no bad feeling.”
Three years ago, details of Damian’s late father’s will emerged, including the claim that Bing had disinherited his two children, Damian and Kira Kerkorian, because it was drawn up before their birth.
Steve, who received a $600 million inheritance from his grandfather when he turned 18, had his will drawn up in 2001, before he knew Kira had been born and while Elizabeth was pregnant.
Damian previously spoke about the inspirations for his directorial debut, which included the death of his biological father.
The star, whose ‘close friend’ also committed suicide in 2019, said Eastern Time on Tuesday: “I had been through a lot of loss, a lot of pain.”
Damian also defended his decision to direct his mother in the film’s raunchiest moments, revealing that they didn’t even have an intimacy coordinator on set while filming a steamy lesbian sex scene.
The model insisted that while it may seem “strange” to normal people, for those who have grown up in the industry as children of celebrities, it is routine.
speaking to Sunday weather Of filming her mother’s saucy scenes, she admitted: “I hate to say it felt totally normal. I don’t know what that says about us.
Damian’s biological father, Steve Bing, committed suicide in 2020, and Elizabeth revealed that after years of estrangement, he and Damian had become closer in recent times.
Damian also defended his decision to direct his mother in the film’s raunchiest 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,” told ET: “What’s going on between me and the actress, which people are making a fuss about, was an integral part of the story.” It was important. There is nothing free
‘I was talking to a lot of my friends who are also second generation parents in the industry. They say exactly the same thing: that things that to outsiders may seem totally strange and extraordinary, to us we have simply learned them in everyday life.’
Damian added that there was no need for intimacy coordinators on set, stating that “everyone was very comfortable.”
He added that Elizabeth taught him about sex when he was “ridiculously young”, insisting that it is a “beautiful and natural” act, but forbidding him to watch violent films.
The drama follows Mia, played by CBBC star Georgia Lock, as she is drawn into a “world of sex, duplicity and betrayal” while trying to uncover 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 discovering old passions, she promises to learn the truth about her friend’s death.
Strictly Confidential will be released in cinemas and Prime Video on April 5 in the US, before arriving in the UK on May 13.