Celebrity | Elizabeth Hurley Elizabeth Hurley's Rumored Boyfriend Leaves His Wife Shane Warne admits they 'split up a while ago' By Evann Gastaldo Posted Dec 13, 2010 10:56 AM CST Copied Australian cricketer Shane Warne leaves London's Heathrow Airport, Friday Dec. 10, 2010, on a flight bound for Australia, via Abu Dhabi. (AP Photo) Shane Warne, the Australian cricketer rumored to be having an affair with Elizabeth Hurley, responded to a British tabloid's report of their romance in the same way Hurley did yesterday. "Hey guys been a long day," he tweeted. "I have posted a short factually correct paragraph to clarify situation on my website." There, he revealed that he and wife Simone "split up a while ago," and that only "close friends and family were informed at that time." Warne, who the Daily Mail calls a "notorious philanderer," and Simone actually divorced in 2007 after a series of affairs, but reunited last year and were living together with their children. Hurley and Warne met in July and have been flirtily tweeting since: Hurley has called Warne "Angel" and her "favorite Australian." They allegedly spent two nights in a hotel together this week. Click for Hurley's announcement of her split from her hubby. Read These Next Mid That 'buy now, pay later' loan may soon hit your credit score. Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. The DOJ just fired 3 prosecutors tied to Capitol riot criminal cases. Report an error