Highlights
- Hugh Grant's relationships have been highly publicized and sometimes controversial.
- Despite a scandal involving soliciting a sex worker, Hugh remained in a relationship with Elizabeth Hurley and they remained close friends.
- Hugh has five children with two different women, and he and his wife, Anna Eberstein, are careful to keep their children's lives private.
Hugh Grant might be a beloved Hollywood personality, but his personal life hasn't always been the stuff of rom-coms. Since the 1990s, Hugh's relationships have made headlines, and some of them have not been very flattering.
Ultimately, Hugh wound up married in his upper 50s and with five children, something that was unexpected from the actor in his earlier years. Though Hugh and his wife appear happy together today, looking back, his life may be more complicated than it seems.
Hugh's Public Relationship History Started With A Bang
Hugh's first majorly publicized relationship ended after a scandal
Hugh Grant's most noteworthy relationship was eventually dragged through the press after some misbehavior on Hugh's part. To date, his Wikipedia profile only calls out a specific partner (other than his wife): English actress Elizabeth Hurley.
Hugh dated Elizabeth from 1987 to 2000, but the headlines were made in 1995 when Hugh admitted to soliciting the services of a sex worker. Of course, the couple didn't split right away — and Hugh did admit his mistakes and ask for forgiveness — but ultimately remained friends.
What could have been a very awkward situation apparently wasn't for Hugh and Elizabeth; they stayed together following Hugh's scandal, and the breakup wasn't attributed to Hugh's cheating at all.
After their split, Elizabeth Hurley has only ever had positive things to say about Hugh Grant. Hugh is the godfather of Elizabeth's son, and the two have remained very close over the decades.
Elizabeth also attributes their ultimate breakup to a lack of intimacy in the bedroom, not Hugh's cheating.
Hugh also found love again after the breakup, and this time, he wound up becoming a dad.
Hugh Grant Has Five Children With Two Different Women
Hugh's first three children were born close together
Hugh Grant welcomed his first child in 2011 with a previously unknown woman named Tinglan Hong. Though Hugh tried to keep their relationship, and her pregnancy, under wraps, the media reportedly began stalking and harassing Tinglan to get information for a story.
Court documents submitted by Hugh outlined the harassment his child's mother faced, as well as refuted claims that Hong was his girlfriend (or that he was seeing someone else shortly after their child was born).
Hugh Grant's Relationship With Wife Anna Eberstein Is Vastly Different Than His 13 Years Of Dating Elizabeth Hurley
How does Hugh Grant balance his family life with Anna Eberstein while being close friends with his ex, Elizabeth Hurley?Though Hugh defended Tinglan's privacy (and their child's), he did not claim to be in a relationship with her and was quite clear that they were not together during the media firestorm.
Things were a bit different with the arrival of Hugh's next child in 2012; his first child with his now-wife was born in September. Yet a third child also arrived in December of that year, Hugh's second with Tinglan Hong.
There was a scandal for a whole new reason, with many assuming that Hugh Grant had cheated on his partner again, though it wasn't immediately clear whom he might have stepped out on. Though Eberstein has never made a public comment about Grant's cheating past, it's believed that he was dating Tinglan Hong and cheated on her with Anna Eberstein, a producer and director. This is due to paperwork that apparently proves Hugh wasn't 'registered' as his son's father until the year after his birth.
Eventually, however, Anna and Hugh ended up together after meeting at a media party in London — and had two more children in 2015 and 2018.
Hugh's oldest child is Tabitha (with Tinglan Hong), then John (with Anna Eberstein), Felix (with Hong), and finally two more daughters whose names have never been revealed (both to Anna Eberstein).
Today, Hugh's Wife Is Anna Eberstein
Hugh and Anna married in 2018
Whatever happened between Hugh Grant and Tinglan Hong over the few years they were involved, Anna Eberstein does not seem hung up on the past. Despite being pregnant with Hugh's child at the same time as his other presumed partner, Anna went on to have more children with Hugh and married him in 2018.
It would seem that the two are still happily married today, and are very careful to keep their children's lives private.
Drew Barrymore And Hugh Grant's Awkward Encounter Caused Confusion About Their Relationship And Whether They Ever Dated
Among the highlights of Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant's decades-long friendship is a bizarre encounter that could've ignited a romantic connection.After the media circus stemming from the birth of Hugh's first child, it seems that he and both his children's mothers are adamant about keeping their kids' identities under wraps.
In most paparazzi photos of the family, the children's faces are blurred out, and though Hugh often brings his wife to industry events, his children don't generally make an appearance.
Hugh has been photographed with his children, but given that the youngest would have turned five in 2023, most photographs of the family are quite out of date. Hugh is sometimes photographed with his ex's family and her son, however.