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Still,Lizmakesa habitofremaining

ongoodtermswithherexesandArun is

no exception. Last year she and Damian

joined him and his girlfriend on holiday

in Mykonos.

“Arun is Damian’s daddy and a good one

too,” Liz says. “They see each other a lot.”

He reportedly has six godfathers, in-

cluding Hugh (58) and singer Elton John

(72). Damian is also said to talk often

with Brooke, Jackson and Summer, the

kids of Shane Warne (49), Liz’s ex-fiancé.

Liz and the Australian cricketer were

together for four years before splitting

in 2013. In his autobiography, No Spin,

the sportsman said he and Liz are still

friendly and their kids “get along great”.

While it might seem that Liz and her

son are inseparable, Damian spends

weekdays at boarding school and

weekends with his mom.

She wants him to achieve at school to

become a “fully rounded person”, she

told US People magazine, because “you

don’t want to be a bore at dinner.

“You have to know geography, you

need to know history, you need to know

ancient history. It’s interesting.”

Their downtime together is usually

spent “watching something scary on

Netflix” and she admits she spoils him.

“He’sawayallweek so I’m probably

overindulgentwhen he’s around to

makeupforit”

Damian has said he’s ad-

icted to acting and would

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ARLIER this year Damian and

his half-sister, Kira Kerkorian

(20) – Steve’s daughter with

ex-tennis pro Lisa Bonder, who

was married when they had an

affair – were subjects of an in-

heritance lawsuit filed by their multimil-

lionaire grandfather Dr Peter Bing.

The property mogul claimed that be-

causeneitherchildhadlivedwithSteve

asminorshe“doesn’tconsiderthemhis

grandchildren” and therefore they wer-

en’t eligible to the family fortune.

Even Steve branded his father’s actions

“a massive money-grab”. A Los Angeles

judge ruled in favour of Damian and

Kira, saying they have just as much right

to the family trust as any of the other

grandchildren.

Damian is said to consider his mom’s

ex-husband, Indian textiles heir Arun

Nayar (54), to be his father.

They married in 2007 when Damian

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often her son behindthe

lens of many of hersexy

bikini snapshots on Inst

gram, many were outrage

But the actress, who’ssc

role in the upcoming thirdseasonof sci-

fi show Runaways, wasquicktocall the

criticism ridiculous. “When we’re on hol-

iday, sure he’ll take some pictures,” Liz

said. “And you know, he’s got a really

good eye and he’s studying photography.”

She says the two are “just naturally

compatible. Damian’s personality gels

with mine. Friends who have several

children always admit, although they

love them all equally, inevitably there’s

one whose personality mirrors their

own and they ‘get’ each other better. It’s

definitely nature not nurture.”

She’s also stated she and Damian have

“never had a horrible fight” or been rude

to each other. “We’ve got each other’s

backs, always.”

The same can’t be said of the pair’s re-

lationship with Damian’s dad, Steve Bing

(54), an American multimillionaire who

had a brief fling with Liz back in 2001.

It’s safe to say Damian has no relation-

ship with the tycoon – founder of the

Shangri-La Entertainment company–

after Steve refused to accept he was

Damian’s father when Liz fell pregnant.

The two ended up having a highly pub-

licised slanging match, with Steve accus-

ing Liz of sleeping with other guysand

her basically saying he was a jerk.

“Ms Hurley and I weren’t inan l

sive relationship when shebe-

came pregnant. It’s her choiceto

be a single mother,” Steve saidina

statement at the time. “If indeedI

am the father, I’ll be an extremely

involved and responsible parent.”

After Liz demanded a DNAtest

he was forced to admit paternity

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planned to create a yearlytrus

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