Hugh Grant takes a jibe at 'high-maintenance' ex girlfriend Liz Hurley as he reveals the pair were friends with fashion designer Gianni Versace after THAT safety pin dress
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Hugh Grant took a playful jibe at his ex girlfriend Liz Hurley as he called her 'high-maintenance' during his latest interview with Vogue. The Heretic actor, 64, dated the model, 59, from 1987 until 2000 and the couple made headlines when they stepped out for the 1994 Four Weddings And A Funeral premiere with Liz dressed in her famous safety pin dress.
![[As Hugh chatted with his Bridget Jones co-star Renee Zellwegger he revealed the former couple would lunch with Gianni Versace himself]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/09/94157241-14291251-image-a-2_1737019138113.jpg)
The daring garment put the star on the map, and as Hugh chatted with his Bridget Jones co-star Renee Zellwegger he revealed the former couple would lunch with Gianni Versace himself. He explained: 'I used to go backstage and have lunch with Gianni Versace before his shows in Milan,' before adding 'but I did have very high-maintenance girlfriends who liked all this.'.
![[He explained: 'I used to go backstage and have lunch with Gianni Versace before his shows in Milan,' before adding 'but I did have very high-maintenance girlfriends who liked all this']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/09/94157093-14291251-He_explained_I_used_to_go_backstage_and_have_lunch_with_Gianni_V-m-6_1737019495125.jpg)
Renee then joked: 'Oh, it was the girlfriends. You liar.'. Liz became a household name overnight thanks to he extravagant couture gown, manufactured from a mix of black silk and Lycra, held together with oversized safety pins and borrowed from the Versace flagship store on Old Bond Street.
![[The daring garment put the star on the map, and as Hugh chatted with his Bridget Jones co-star Renee Zellwegger he revealed the former couple would lunch with Gianni Versace himself]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/09/94157261-14291251-The_daring_garment_put_the_star_on_the_map_and_as_Hugh_chatted_w-a-7_1737019538230.jpg)
Hugh Grant took a jibe at 'his high-maintenance' ex girlfriend Liz Hurley as he reveals the pair were friends with fashion designer Gianni Versace after THAT safety pin dress (pictured 1994). As Hugh chatted with his Bridget Jones co-star Renee Zellwegger he revealed the former couple would lunch with Gianni Versace himself.
![[Hugh chatted with his co-star Renee Zellwegger for their most recent Vogue interview ahead of the new Bridget Jones film (pictured in 2004 for Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/09/94157285-14291251-image-a-19_1737019825447.jpg)
Speaking in a Disney+ Vogue documentary last year, Liz shared how she came to wear such a risque dress for the evening - and how she dealt with the huge reaction. She said: 'I must have been photographed 800,000 billion times that night. The next day we were on the front page of every newspaper, we were like "What the hell is this?".
![[The Heretic actor, 64, dated the model, 59, from 1987 until 2000 and remained friends after their split (pictured in 1999)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/16/09/94157709-14291251-image-a-20_1737019835199.jpg)
