Hugh Grant’s Dating History Over the Years

by James · March 13, 2023

From bachelor to family man! Hugh Grant he once said he didn’t believe in monogamy – but that was before he got married Anna Eberstein.

THE True love star tied the knot in 2018, but his love life has been a topic of conversation since the eighties. Grant made headlines in 1987 when he and Remando Al Viento costar Elizabeth Hurley started dating – and again in 1995 when he cheated on her.

The pair were one of England’s hottest couples before they called it quits in 2000 after 13 years together. However, their relationship was not without flaws. In 1995, Grant was caught having an affair with a sex worker Divine brunette, which he later attributed to his lack of self-confidence as an actor. (She and Hurley weathered the cheating scandal, but eventually called it quits in 2000.)

“I was preparing to release my first Hollywood film – my timing was impeccable. My problem was that it was my first Hollywood movie and I was new to it Rewrite explained the actor during an appearance in March 2021 Marc MaronHis “WTF” podcast. “The film came out a week or two after that and I had a bad feeling about it. I went to see a screening. Everyone was brilliant in it, but I was so terrible that I wasn’t in the right frame of mind.”

Despite Grant’s indiscretions — and their breakup — the U.K. native “remains my best friend to this day, but … he used to annoy me a lot,” Hurley said on the show in March 2015. Watch What Happens With Andy Cohen live. “I love him, but he’s really annoying.”

Grant echoed his ex’s sentiments during a 2018 interview The Jess Cagle lecture. “We’re like brothers and sisters,” he admitted. “I think it’s partly because we went from nothing to somewhere together, and we went through some terrible years at the beginning, when neither of us had a job, we lived in a tiny apartment. I was quite impressed.”

While Grant and Hurley’s relationship has remained intact over the years, the road to marriage was a little more complex. THE Notting Hill The actor raised eyebrows in the mid-2000s when he welcomed three children back-to-back with two different women.

The two-time Emmy nominee fathered his daughter Tabitha with his girlfriend for the first time in the fall of 2011. Tinglan Hong. A year later, she and Eberstein welcomed their son, John. A few months later, Grant and Hong became parents to son Felix in February 2013.

Despite being in his 50s, a Gentlemen actor has decided to embrace fatherhood and all that it has to offer.

“It made me a lot nicer,” Grant said Us Weekly He became a parent in February 2015. “One of my children is very obsessive about saying goodbye – he’s only 2 years old – to everyone, including the man who delivers the groceries, whoever he is. He has to hug and kiss me and I find that very charming.”

Until the Paddington star was excited to be a father, he still wasn’t sure if he would say “I do” to partner Eberstein, with whom he had two more children between 2015 and 2018.

“If you ask me, ‘Do I think human beings should be in monogamous, committed relationships for 40 years?’ No, no, Grant said Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show in August 2016. “Who said they were? I think there is something romantic about marriage. You shut yourself down.”

Two years later the Withdrawal alum sze Eberstein. He confessed in June 2018 Today they show that marriage is “really beautiful. I can’t pretend it isn’t.” Grant added: “I should have done it earlier! But I’m just lucky, I’m lucky. I have a great wife. I love him, yes.”

Scroll down to relive all of Grant’s high profile connections:

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Elizabeth Hurley

The British actress dated Grant from 1987 to 2000. They were known as one of the ‘it couples’ of the 1990s until he cheated on her in 1995. While the couple got over the cheating scandal, they officially broke up in 2000. Despite going their separate ways, the two remained close and Glass onion is the godfather of actor Hurley’s son Damian.

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Jemima Khan

The pair dated for three years before calling it quits in 2007. Amidst their romantic relationship, Grant and Khan sparked engagement speculation, but never confirmed the rumors.

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Tinglan Hong

THE Four weddings and a funeral The actor dated Hong from 2011 to 2013. The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Tabitha, in September 2011. Their son Felix was born in February 2013.

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Anna Eberstein

Hugh was first linked to Eberstein in 2012 amid his relationship with Hong. THE About a boy The actor welcomed his first child with the producer in September 2012, named John. After a brief split in 2013, the British star reunited with Eberstein and the couple had two daughters, one in 2015 and one in 2018. The couple married the year their youngest child was born.

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