HUGH ERROR
Hugh Grant says he cheated on Liz Hurley with a prostitute because he was in a bad mood after watching one of his films
HUGH Grant has spoken about the time he cheated on Liz Hurley with LA prostitute Divine Brown - saying he was in a bad mood after watching one of his own films.
The Love Actually star, 60, was arrested in 1995 after being caught in a car with Brown in Los Angeles.
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Hugh, then 34, was arrested for indecent conduct and did not contest the charges.
He was sentenced to two years' probation and ordered to pay £760 and complete an AIDS education programme.
When he met Brown, Hugh was promoting his role in film Nine Months and said he felt awful after watching the flick – which also starred Julianne Moore and Robin Williams.
He told Marc Maron's WTF podcast: "The film was about to come out a week or two after that, and I had a bad feeling about it.
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"I went to see a screening. Everyone in it was brilliant, but I was so atrocious that I was not in a good frame of mind."
He added that "one thing led to another" after a boozy lunch.
He said: "I had a Ken Russell kind of lunch – and one thing led to another. I just was disappointed in myself. I don't know what was going on. It was called Nine Months."
Despite his fears the movie was a hit in Hollywood, debuting at number three at the US box office and raking in $138.5 million worldwide.
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And it seriously boosted his career.
He added: "The film did alright at the box office, in fact I think it did quite well, and that’s all Hollywood really cares about.";
Hugh was in Hollywood to promote Nine Months when he decided to cruise down LA’s notorious Sunset Strip at night.
He met local sex worker Brown – real name Estella Marie Thompson – and paid her $60 (£37) to perform oral sex on him in a nearby street.
She was sentenced to 180 days in prison for engaging in lewd conduct in a public place, and had also violated her probation for previous prostitution charges.
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In a statement at the time Hugh said: "Last night I did something completely insane.
"I have hurt people I love and embarrassed people I work with. For both things I am more sorry than I can ever possibly say."
Hugh and Liz, now 55, stayed together after the scandal, before ending their 13-year romance in 2000.
They've remained friends and Hugh is godfather to her 18-year-old son Damian.
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