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Tensions have come to a head between Elizabeth Hurley and her new in-laws. After getting wind of the public criticisms her father-in-law, Vinod Nayar, has been making, Hurley has decided to sever ties from her husband’s father and step-mother. Basically, Vinod claims that he and his wife were “snubbed” throughout the course of the wedding proceedings between Hurley and Vinod’s son, Arun, and were made to feel like “second-class citizens.”

Talking about the Rajasthan ceremony, he said: “I think this elaborate Indian event was Elizabeth’s theatrical dream. It was certainly not a serious attempt to honour our customs.

“In the end it was just nonsense. The magazine wanted a great show, so they could justify the big fee they were charged. I think it was blatant and cynical commercialism.”

He accused his daughter-in-law of being fame-hungry and “desperate”, adding: “I once thought Liz was a lovely, unspoiled woman, but now I see that she is a very hard person.”

His outrage stems most specifically from the £2 million deal in which Hurley had engaged with Hello! magazine for pictures of the wedding, claiming that it was the source of his and his wife’s public humiliation. Liz, in turn, is just as outraged with her in-laws, according to a source that spoke with The Daily Mail:

“Liz was furious and went absolutely ballistic when she found out what Arun’s family had been saying about her.

“She feels that what was the happiest day of her life has been tarnished and doesn’t understand how after everything she has done for them -raising their social standing in India through the roof, for example – they could do this.”

All this fuss over a wedding. That’s really the part about marriage that interests me the least. I think too often, couples are placing such importance on the whole “party” aspect of their union that what is most important gets overshadowed–getting to register for stuff.