Elizabeth Hurley is a beautiful woman. She always has been. At 55 she takes very good care of herself, runs a successful career, which includes her beachwear collection, Elizabeth Hurley Beach, that she models herself. She is also huge in breast cancer fundraising, picking up the cause after her grandmother died of it in the 90s. At the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s Virtual Hot Pink Event, Elizabeth talked to Extra TV about her fundraising and her beach line, mainly why she appears so much in bikinis on Instagram. She said it’s to sell her swimsuits. But she said people aren’t always kind in the comments. She also said that some trolls just liked being mean to women online.
Liz is living a healthy lifestyle — and it shows! The 55-year-old is turning heads every time she posts bikini photos on social media. She pointed out, “I have my own swimwear line. I wouldn’t ordinarily be prancing around in quite so much beachwear, so there is a reason behind prancing around in so many swimsuits.”
She added, “We haven’t been allowed to go on vacation in 14 months… I have a beachwear company and haven’t been on the beach… Hence, we have been selling what we can. We’ve been improvising. So, yes, we’ve been on hay bales, we’ve been in the snow, we’ve been in the shower.”
Speaking against those who make negative comments about her photos, Hurley said, “I think people are mean to women and I don’t think it’s how people should be, so I can’t say I am a fan of those comments, really.”
I’ll say it before anyone else does, men get crappy comments too and sometimes, it’s just for the sake of being crappy. But I absolutely agree with Elizabeth that women get more meanness online. I feel like when a man posts an obvious thirst trap, he and/or his commenters maybe poke fun at the intent behind it, but mainly the responses are good natured and complimentary. When a woman does the same, inevitably a swarm shows up to shame her – either for her appearance, what she’s wearing or her audacity to post a flattering photo of herself. Elizabeth flipping Hurley does not have to justify to anyone why she is posting photos of herself on Instagram in swimsuits, whether it’s to sell her line or because she likes to post them. I constantly see the women I follow saying they posted a selfie simply because they loved how their hair looked or the way their makeup turned out. We should celebrate ourselves when we want to. And I hope Elizabeth continues to, unapologetically. Hateful comments be damned.
Photo credit: Instagram
Honestly she looks more or less the same. These pics could be from 90s or early naughts. She is someone who sticks with what works for her.
Botox and fillers. “Healthy lifestyle” my ass….
Way to prove her point
Without a doubt one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen. If I looked like her I’d wear a bikini everywhere. Even to Costco.
LOL LOL love it!
Right? I’d be in a bikini constantly.
55 or 35? She looks incredible.
Pretty rich coming from the woman who said she’d kill herself if she was as fat as Marilyn Monroe.
I came to say the same thing. I remember the nasty comment she made about Marilyn. A friend of mine, a former fan of hers cannot stand her now, because she is a big Brexit supporter. He was devestated, his big crush. I laughed at him all the time about that.
Yup. My very first reaction.
I remember that, too. And, please, can we remember that she is probably the best editor of photos out there.
I never understood the entitlement of people who complain about this kind of thing, you don’t like to see her on a bikini all the time? Then stop looking at her Instagram, she’ll post whatever she wants.
Hmm some of her detractors are not because she looks good in a bikini but that her son takes a lot of her photos. Not really sure I’d like to be taking pics of my mother squeezing her boobs together. But hey if it sells swi.wear why not?