Shane Warne has rubbished reports that his relationship with actress Elizabeth Hurley is over, but the social media savvy couple’s tweets all but confirm all is not well with their romance.
Speculation over the cricket star’s relationship with Liz, 48, began when it was noticed when Twitter chat between the pair went through an uncharacteristic lull in the past three weeks.
Hurley was also spotted without her engagement ring, prompting a possible break-up to become front page news.
The actress, who became engaged to Warne, 44, almost two years ago broke her silence last night — fittingly, on Twitter.
“Apologies to loyal Twitter silence on recent events. Too raw & personal to share right now,” she said.
Apologies to loyal followers for Twitter silence on recent events. Too raw & personal to share right now.
Thirty minutes later, Warne retaliated, echoing Hurley’s indication that all was not well, but rubbishing split rumours in the same tweet.
“Some of the reports re EH & me r absolute rubbish,” he said.
“Yes we’re sorting through some (private) issues. But we’re not throwing the towel in yet.”
Some of the reports re EH & me r absolute rubbish. Yes we’re sorting through some (private) issues. But we’re not throwing the towel in yet
The couple, who used Twitter to announce their previous relationship break-ups and their engagements, have so far received an outpouring of sympathy from their followers.
While the pair have made no further comments over whether they have parted ways, British paper The Sun says the romance is definitely over and cites Warne’s ex-wife Simone Callahan, with whom he has three children, as the cause.
“Liz found out he had been over at Simone’s house a lot,” a friend reportedly told the paper.
“It is felt now the kids are getting older, they need their dad around. Liz couldn’t ever handle Shane and Simone still being best friends.”
Warne further fuelled speculation over the split by cancelling a Cricket Victoria press conference, scheduled to take place yesterday, at the last minute.
