Liz: I just love changing nappies

Elizabeth Hurley says she has turned into a regular "housewife" - who loves changing nappies.

The actress, a 37-year-old single mother, said having a child had changed her beyond all recognition. She said the second that Damian was put in her arms she told her sister Kate: "I want another one."

In a newspaper interview she told how her lifestyle had radically changed from one of glamour and showbiz parties to one where she is desperate to rush home to iron Damian's clothes. "I didn't even know I had an iron," she admitted.

Hurley, who appears with Friends star Matt Perry in a new movie, Sara, told USA Today: "When I am out for dinner, I secretly can't wait to get home so I can run and have a look at Damian. During the day, I want to finish my work so I can go home and cuddle Damian.

"When I wake up in the morning, instead of turning over for another snooze, I'll go see what Damian is up to. It's a remarkable feeling. I never knew I had it. I love it."

She insists the chores most people would expect her to have a nanny for are a joy: "I didn't know I liked changing nappies. I love sterilising his bottles. It's brought out the housewife in me I never knew existed. I love doing his little laundry.

"Oh! I love to iron his little romper suits. I don't think I literally ever ironed anything in my life. I didn't even know I had an iron."

However Hurley admitted she was ready to start dating again - although dismissed any chances of getting back with former long-term love Hugh Grant.

Still her closest friend - and one who lives so close she can see him from her London rooftop terrace when he opens his bedroom curtains - Hurley said of the British actor: "There's been a lot of water under the bridge. I love Hugh. He's the best friend in the world. But life has moved on."

She said of any prospective date: "It's a very brave new world for me, a little different now because I have a baby. It's not good enough to want to love and cherish me. They have to want to love and cherish the baby, too.

"I certainly don't want to leap into anything frightening. Maybe playing the field for a bit might be fun."

Hurley admitted being angered by many of the stories about her bitter battle to get producer Steve Bing to accept he was the father of the baby.

But she refused to discuss the subject, saying: "I'm not going to refute insanely inaccurate, untruthful and very upsetting stories that have been said about me because my life is private. My friends know what's true. I know what's true. Damian will know what's true."

Hurley said she would like another child when the time is right. "I found out that I love children," she said.