Hugh VS Shane: Liz's men at war!

Hugh Grant warns Shane Warne not to cheat… and gets told to rack off!

Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley’s all-too-perfect engagement has hit its first serious bump in the road – and it’s because her ex and best friend, Hugh Grant, doesn’t trust the cricket legend to treat her right. Although Liz and Hugh split up 11 years ago after 13 years together, you wouldn’t know it. They speak to each other almost every day, attend cooking, Italian and guitar-playing classes together, and the English actor continues to play a large part in Liz’s personal life as her best mate and confidante.

At first, Hugh, 51, and Shane, 42, seemed to get along fine, with Liz, 46, even raving that they “often play golf together”. In fact, Hugh was the first person to hear of the couple’s engagement. Although he initially reacted with a beaming smile and hugs for the couple, Woman’s Day earnt his tone changed as soon as he was alone with Shane. A close friend of Hugh’s, who has known the star since his early twenties, tells us, “Hugh had an old-fashioned man-to-man talk with Shane and told him to play things straight with Liz.”

Referring to Hugh’s notorious encounter with Los Angeles prostitute Divine Brown in 1995, the source continues, “Hugh had a moment of madness and he lost Liz forever – and he just wanted to tell Shane not to make the same mistake. “He thought he was well within his rights given that he is godfather to Liz’s son Damian, and because Shane has a reputation as a love-rat.” owever, Hugh’s staunch speech didn’t go down too well with the Aussie sporting icon, who apparently answered with a series of grunts and monosyllabic answers. One of his best mates tells us that Shane is fuming over Hugh’s lecture.

“Shane thought Hugh was a good bloke and they got on fine,” says the friend, speaking exclusively to Woman’s Day.“He’s never understood why Hugh is still so possessive of Liz, even though they don’t have kids together and broke up years ago. But he wasn’t really bothered until Hugh started laying down the law to him. “Like Shane says, this is coming from a guy who cheated on Liz with a Hollywood hooker off the street when he was her boyfriend!” the friend continues. “Shane thinks he’s bang out of order coming on all high and mighty, and he should keep his nose out of other people’s business.”