Elizabeth Hurley’s son, Damian Hurley, made his modeling debut this week in an advert for Pat McGrath’s new foundation range.
In the advert, created by acclaimed fashion photographer Steven Meisel, the 17-year-old rocks a bouffant hair style and gives the cameras his best blue steel.
Damien appears to be following in the footsteps of his mother by pursuing a career in fashion. Here's everything you need to know about Elizabeth Hurley's son.
Who is Damian Hurley?
Damian is Elizabeth Hurley’s 17-year-old son. He’s both an actor and model, but had to convince his mother to let him have a public Instagram account because of his line of work.
“I’ve always said absolutely not, it has to be private because you’re putting up—as you should be—silly pictures of you and your friends at school and they’re private,” Liz told W Magazine in 2017. “You don’t want anybody just looking at that. But because he’s now had his first professional job, he’s going to have a public profile different to his personal one... and those are ones that people who will employ him or fall in love with him in the future are allowed to see. His private pictures would most likely not be suitable for the public to see because he’s young.”
Now that his account is public, Damien has gained over 34k followers. Despite the fame, he’s still a normal kid when he’s not working and reportedly attends boarding school.
Who are Damien's parents?
His parents are English actress Elizabeth Hurley and American billionaire businessman Steve Bing. Bing, 54, does not appear to be a big part of Damian’s life and even initially denied he was Damian’s father.
A paternity test later proved him wrong. Now he pays £1.8 million in annual instalments of £100,000 to support his son but is otherwise reportedly uninvolved.
Liz, on the other hand, appears to have an incredibly close relationship with her teenage son. The two have allegedly even referred to each other as ‘soul mates.’ The mother/son duo splits time between their two homes in London and reportedly spend most of their spare time together. Damian is even said to be the master behind the camera for most of his mother’s Instagram pictures.
How did he get into modeling?
It’s not entirely clear how the young model got started with his career, but considering he is signed to the same agency as his mother – TESS Management – it’s safe to assume Liz had something to do with it.
What work has he done so far?
In 2016, Damian made his TV acting debut on his mother’s show, The Royals. He played Prince Hansel Von Liechtenstein, and according to W, his mother was quite proud of her son. “He’s a real prince, but… he’s [on a] reality TV show,” she told W. “He’s been such a supporter of the show and indeed of me for his whole life. and to have him actually be in costume, mic-ed up, doing his lines, I was proud.”
This week, Damian made his entrance into the modeling world with an ad for Pat McGrath’s makeup. Regardless of some of the negative comments he received, the ad certainly got people talking, guaranteeing that the teen's career is sure to only take off from here.
