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- Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley made their red carpet debut as a couple on Saturday, May 24
- The country music star, 63, and the actress, 59, stepped out to a dinner celebrating the opening of the Orizzonti/Rosso exhibition at Palazzo Barberini in Rome, Italy
- The pair first sparked romance rumors in April when Cyrus posted a photo on Instagram of them kissing as they celebrated Easter together
Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley are having a Roman holiday!
The country music star, 63, and the actress, 59, made their red carpet debut as a couple in the Italian capital on Saturday, May 24 — and they did it in style. 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 were both glamorously dressed for the occasion, with Hurley making a striking statement in a bright pink, curve-hugging gown featuring a plunging neckline and dramatic trailing sleeves. Perhaps giving a little nod to her Austin Powers role, she wore ’60s-inspired silver platform sandals. She wore her hair down, styled in soft waves, and accessorized with a pair of statement earrings.
Cyrus, meanwhile, sported his signature rocker edge in a pair of tight-fitting black pants detailed with silver medallions along the leg and a black jacket with leather accents. He topped off his look with a western hat, sunglasses and boots.
The couple was joined by Hurley’s 23-year-old son Damian, who wore a red suit and sunglasses.
Hurley shared a photo from the couple’s night out on her Instagram on Saturday, along with the simple caption “Roma 💞💞💞💞.”
The pair’s red carpet debut comes just days after a source told PEOPLE that Hurley “doesn’t care” that fans don’t understand her romance with the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer.
“Liz doesn’t care that skeptics don’t get it. She’s focused on the special things that they have in common, like country music,” the source said. “She loves his Southern vibes. He’s very calm and happy around her.”
“They have great energy together. She very much enjoys his company,” the insider added, noting that Hurley and Cyrus plan to spend her 60th birthday together on June 10.
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The two stars first sparked romance rumors in April when Cyrus posted a photo on Instagram of them kissing as they celebrated Easter together in Tennessee.
A source later told PEOPLE that Hurley “spent a beautiful couple of weeks in Tennessee with Billy Ray” before returning to the U.K. “She loved being surrounded by nature in a more laid-back environment. She had a great time with Billy Ray,” the insider said.
The pair first met while filming the 2022 holiday movie Christmas in Paradise on the Caribbean island of Nevis, and recently reconnected. While appearing on Apple Country Music’s The Ty Bentli Show last month, Cyrus confirmed their romance and recalled how “there was a chemistry there” when he and Hurley were filming scenes together.
“We just laughed, and it was at a time I wasn’t laughing a lot,” he said.
“The oddest part was first, how much we laughed. Second, I figured we were so different, but in some very strange way we had way more in common than we had different,” Cyrus added.
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The musician said Hurley reached out to him during a difficult time when he found himself questioning, “Wow, can life get any harder? Can it get any tougher?” He was dealing with several hardships, including his divorce from Firerose.
“And in this moment… a friend reached out,” Cyrus recalled, referring to Hurley, whom he described as a “great human being.”
“It’s a long time since I’ve been this happy,” he noted.
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