Elizabeth Hurley ‘Cozying Up’ to Billy Ray Cyrus’ Kids Hitting a ‘Nerve’ With ‘Riled’ Ex-Wife Tish

Billy Ray Cyrus‘ girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley has been spending time with his kids.

On Saturday, April 25, the Bedazzled star, 60, took to Instagram to rave about her first trip to Stagecoach and how she got to watch the country music singer, 64, perform “On Our Way Along” with son Braison Cyrus, 31, and daughter Noah Cyrus, 26.

The post isn’t likely to score a ‘like’ from Billy Ray’s ex-wife Tish Cyrus, though.

“Of course it hits a nerve to see her cozying up to Noah and Braison,” a source tells the National Enquirer. “Especially because her own relationship with them has been so rocky since the divorce.”

And now that the Sorry We’re Cyrus podcast host, 58, is “riled up,” it’s getting daughters Brandi Cyrus, 38, and Miley Cyrus, 33, “upset” too, notes the source. “They are very protective of their mom and can’t help but get upset seeing her put through any sort of pain.”

Billy Ray and Hurley began dating last year but they “first got close” in 2022 while filming Netflix’s Christmas in Paradise together in the Caribbean, notes the source. “And almost as soon as Billy Ray got back from being on location with her, Tish filed for divorce.”

While the now-couple are “very clear that nothing went on between them at the time” and that theirs was “nothing more than a good working relationship,” the source stresses, “Tish is never going to forget how it made her feel.”

It doesn’t matter how happy she is with husband Dominic Purcell either, adds the source. “She’s still going to see Liz as the other woman in her marriage.”

As the Enquirer previously reported, it’s unlikely Miley will be inviting Hurley to her upcoming wedding to Maxx Morando. “Tish is number one in [Miley’s] world,” a source shared at the time, “and anything that is going to make her feel the least bit uncomfortable is just not going to happen.”