After spending 30 years together, Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish, who were both living together for 30 years, opened up about being caught in the middle of their union and relationship.
Miley Cyrus has explained why she left her parents’ challenging relationship, which Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus, for good. The 32-year-old singer and actress has stated that she now understands her parents’ lives and actions differently.
After two years of marriage, Miley claims she experienced some of the pain her mother experienced as Tish and Billy Ray struggled in their marriage. In 2020, she divorced her husband, Australian actor Liam Hemsworth, 35. Billy Ray, the achy Breaky Heart singer, and Tish, the manager, tied the knot in 1993.
However, Miley believes the music industry may have contributed to the romance’s demise. The marriage ended in 2023. Miley’s family allegedly became distant from her father after the marriage ended, according to records.
After years of separation, the Flowers singer now feels like she can examine her father’s actions in a new light because he has since reconnected with her after years of separation. The actress revealed in a recent interview how her thoughts are evolving.
She told the New York Times, “I respect my parents as individuals rather than as parents because my mom really loved my dad her entire life, and I think it’s really difficult to be married to someone in the music industry and not to be a part of it.”
Miley continued to explain how her mother’s sympathy for her caused her to “take on” some of her feelings. She said, “I owned a lot of my mom’s pain because it hurt her more than it hurt me as an adult, and I took on some of her pain.”
The actress from Hannah Montana continued to say she is happy to see her father moving on as well as that she has a strong bond with her mother’s new husband, Dominic Purcell. In April, Billy Ray made headlines when he revealed that he had started dating Elizabeth Hurley.
Miley also explained that she isn’t fazed by the fact that her family drama can lead to headlines. She said: “The thing I like about the new way that the world works is that everything is so fast. In the ’90s, when something happened in a tabloid, remember how it would happen for a year? Now it’s just gone.”
She explained she has “gotten so used to it that I’m like, ‘ If this is the symptom — that sometimes we deal with these embarrassing or difficult public opinions — then that’s something I’m willing to take to have the life that we have. ‘”
Billy Ray and Tish divorced after 30 years in 2023 and went on to find new love, with Tish marrying Dominic that same year. While Billy Ray is said to be happy with British acting icon Elizabeth, he did endure a difficult relationship in the intervening years.
He was married to Australian singer Johanna Rose Hodges, who performs under the name Firerose. The pair tied the knot in October 2023 after a year of dating, and had also reportedly known each other for 10 years.
Firerose had worked on the set of Hannah Montana, with Billy Ray meeting her through the fact that his daughter was the star of the show. But the marriage collapsed last year, and they filed for divorce in May 2024. The divorce was finalised in August last year.
