Protective: Liz Hurley and her son Damian who cannot watch any of his godfather Hugh Grant's films because of the swearingLiz Hurley has banned her seven-year-old son from watching films starring her ex-boyfriend Hugh Grant - because they contain too much bad language.
Yet the 43-year-old says that Damian loves watching all of her movies, especially Austin Powers - which was given a 15 certificate in Britain for its risque innuendo.
Ms Hurley said, modestly, that she would not normally watch her own films, but that her son could recite all her lines from the 1997 spy spoof. Another of his favourites is Bedazzled, also rated 15, in which Hurley plays the Devil, dressed in a red PVC catsuit
But movies starring her ex are out of bounds for Damian, despite the fact he is Grant's godson.
'We're always trying to find something that Uncle Hugh has done that he can see, but they're full of swear words,' she said. 'We can't find any!
'He can't watch Four Weddings And A Funeral. He can't watch About A Boy. It's quite difficult trying to find stuff for kids.
Banned: Hugh Grant with Andie McDowell in Four Weddings and a Funeral which Damian is banned from watching'I wouldn't really watch anything that I'm in, but because of Damian, I've seen Austin Powers thousands of times.
'He knows all my lines, he can describe all my costumes, all my hairstyles - he knows which ones are wigs; he knows the lot. And Bedazzled he loves. He loves me being the devil. Of course he knows all those lines as well. I don't know any of them.'
Hurley has remained close to Grant despite their split ten years ago after a 13-year relationship. Grant even went on holiday to the Seychelles with Damian, Liz and her husband, Indian businessman Arun Nayar, two years ago.
And when Hurley's short-lived relationship with Damian's father, Hollywood film producer Steve Bing, ended, it was Hugh she turned to for support.
'We see an awful lot of him,' she said. 'We still live next door to each other in London.'
The pair set up a production company together - Simian Films - with credits including Mickey Blue Eyes, in which Grant plays a bumbling Englishman embroiled with New York mobsters. However Grant is no longer a director of the company.
Damian's other godfathers include Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish.
Hurley added: 'Damian's very lucky, actually, because he's got a lot of godfathers, and they all spoil him rotten. Hugh adores him and it works very well indeed.'
Former lovers: Liz and Hugh at the height of their romance as she shows off THAT dress at the Four Weddings and a Funeral premiere in 1994source: dailymail