Firerose Didn't Think She Would "Survive" Split From Billy Ray Cyrus

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Billy Ray Cyrus’ Ex-Wife Firerose Would Tell Her Younger Self to "Run" From Him

Firerose is opening up astir a hard twelvemonth aft her divided from Billy Ray Cyrus.

Two months aft her divorcement from the Hannah Montana prima was finalized, the Australian singer—whose existent sanction is Johanna Rosie Hodges—discussed undergoing a preventative treble mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, which she opted for aft learning she carried the BRCA1 bosom crab gene.

“There’s been a fewer times I wasn’t definite that I would survive,” Firerose told Us Weekly successful an interrogation published Oct. 17. “It was a precise humbling acquisition that enactment everything into perspective.”

The vocalist added that she besides developed pulmonary embolisms successful her lungs, which are blockages caused by humor clots.

She added, “It’s a precise superior happening that tin hap and easy tin beryllium fatal.”

The comments travel conscionable days aft Firerose shared what she would archer her younger aforesaid astir the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer, whom she archetypal met successful 2010.

“When I deliberation astir what I conscionable went through,” she told the Australian Sunday Telegraph's Stellar magazine, “I would person told my 22-year-old aforesaid to tally successful the other absorption and ne'er look back.”

Although Firerose, 36, fell retired of interaction with Billy Ray, 63, aft their clip connected the Disney Channel show, they reconnected successful 2020 and went connected to marry successful October 2023. However, the narration rapidly soured, with the “Old Town Road” vocalist filing for divorcement successful May aft 7 months of marriage.

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In the filing, the Grammy victor accused his then-wife of isolating him from his family—including daughters Miley Cyrus, 31, and Noah Cyrus, 24,—as good arsenic lying astir her identity.

Upon settling the divorcement successful August, a root told E! News that Firerose opted for a colony due to the fact that it was “important to her that this continuous smear run end, and the affectional turmoil halt truthful she tin adjacent the doorway connected this chapter.”

As for Billy Ray—who successful summation to Miley and Noah shares Trace Cyrus, 35, Brandi Cyrus, 37, and Braison Cyrus, 30, with ex Tish Cyrus—he told E! News helium was “very relieved” to person settled the ineligible proceedings.

“This has been perfectly the astir brainsick insane scam I person ever heard of,” helium said successful a connection astatine the time. “Let unsocial the information I'm close successful the halfway and fundamentally the people of the scheme. It's unfortunate it played retired this way.”

For much details connected Firerose and Billy Ray’s relationship, support reading.

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2010

Billy Ray Cyrus' archetypal brushwood with Firerose came erstwhile helium was taking a interruption with his canine connected the acceptable of Hannah Montana, the deed Disney Channel bid helium starred connected with his girl Miley Cyrus from 2006 until 2011.

"On that fixed day, Firerose came retired of the beforehand door," the "Achy Breaky Heart" vocalist told People. "There was astir a infinitesimal of, I don't know, recognition. I was like, 'This girl's a star.'"

While Cyrus had nary thought who Firerose, past 22, was astatine the time, his aboriginal fiancé decidedly knew who helium was. "Growing up successful Australia, my emotion of euphony was predominant implicit everything," she said. "I've known his euphony since forever."

There for an audition, Cyrus offered to present Firerose to the Hannah Montana unit and invited her to ticker the show's rehearsal. 

"She met a batch of the formed and met the producers, writers," helium said. "And, successful immoderate ways, well, successful a batch of ways, we became friends."

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2020

While the duo stayed successful touch—"Our relationship was truthful coagulated implicit the years," Firerose told People—their enslaved grew erstwhile they became songwriting partners during the pandemic. 

"She plays each of her ain instruments and writes her ain songs," Cyrus explained. "We began sharing music, and it conscionable evolved."

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July 2021

Cyrus and Firerose released their archetypal opus unneurotic "New Day," which they collaborated connected amid Cyrus' backstage marital strife. Tish Cyrus filed for divorcement for a 2nd clip successful April 2022, citing "irreconcilable differences" arsenic the crushed for their divided and noting they hadn't lived unneurotic since February 2020.

"Billy confided successful maine a batch of what was going connected successful his life," Firerose explained. "I was conscionable the champion person I could perchance be, supporting him."

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April 2022

After finalizing his divorcement with Tish and "a batch prayer," Cyrus was acceptable to determination connected and asked Firerose to beryllium much than friends.

"When we began sharing the music, it conscionable evolved much into, arsenic philharmonic soulmates, to soulmates, happy, axenic emotion that to me, I didn't cognize could exist," Cyrus said. "Again, we're musicians, archetypal and foremost, some of us. And we recovered this harmony, and this rhythm, this melody to life."

Soon aft they began dating, Firerose moved to Cyrus' Franklin, Tenn., farm.

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August 2022

Cyrus officially confirmed his narration with Firerose erstwhile helium posted the archetypal selfie of the mates connected his Instagram page. 

"Wishing everyone a superb clip astatine the @vmas tonight!" helium captioned the pic. "Music changes everything."

Firerose besides shared the photograph connected her page, utilizing it to wage tribute to her boyfriend. "The satellite is simply a amended spot with you successful it," she wrote connected Aug. 25. "Happy Birthday Billy."

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October 2022

The brace celebrated the autumn play with a cozy drawback successful beforehand of a histrion with orangish and reddish leaves, but each eyes were connected the diamond ringing connected Firerose's finger, fueling speculation that the mates was engaged. 

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November 2022

The mates released their 2nd collaboration "Time," with Cyrus describing the tune arsenic a "reckoning."

"I've spent my beingness disquieted astir things that are beyond my control," he told People. "But astatine this spot successful my life, [I know] that each you truly person is the happiness that you consciousness wrong your caput and your heart."

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November 2022

After months of speculation, Cyrus' rep confirmed to E! News that helium was engaged to Firerose. 

"Together ideate magic everyday," Cyrus captioned a Nov. 22 selfie of the couple. "…that's what emotion is."

Firerose aboriginal elaborate Cyrus' proposal, which happened successful August astatine their Tennessee home. 

"Billy looked astatine maine and said, 'Do you, bash you wanna wed me?' And I was conscionable like, 'Of people I do. I emotion you,'" she recalled. "He said, 'I emotion you. I wanna marque this official. I wanna beryllium with you forever.' "

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December 2022

The singers were "dreaming of a achromatic Christmas" portion celebrating the holidays together. To commemorate the season, the mates teamed up for a screen of "Silent Night."

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February 2023

While Cyrus captioned this drawback "Sunsets were made for this," helium and Firerose lone had eyes for each other. 

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June 2023

Despite reports of hostility with his children pursuing his divorce, Cyrus posted a photograph with Firerose and his girl Noah Cyrus after she announced her engagement to Pinkus.  

As for however Miley Cyrus feels astir her father's romance with Firerose, a root adjacent to the "Wrecking Ball" vocalist previously told E! News, "The divorcement betwixt her parents person enactment a strain connected her narration with her dada and it's been hard to link with him successful the past year. She hopes they tin yet enactment connected their relationship."

The insider added that portion Miley "doesn't person a relationship" with Firerose, "she, of course, hopes [Billy Ray] is happy."

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August 2023

The engaged mates teamed up with songwriter Diane Warren for the romanticist ballad "Plans," which Cyrus described arsenic "the communicative of our lives" connected Instagram.

The tune finds Cyrus and Firerose singing "Have you got plans for forever?" unneurotic successful the chorus, with the euphony video featuring the brace successful wedding attire. 

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August 2023

The crooning mates made their authoritative reddish carpet debut astatine the 16th Annual Academy of Country Music Honors connected Aug. 23, successful Nashville. After posing for photos, Cyrus and Firerose took the signifier unneurotic to execute with Travis Denning during the show. 

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October 2023

Billy Ray and Firerose confirmed they tied the knot successful October 2023 by sharing photos from their wedding day.


"10/10/23 volition ever beryllium the beautiful, joyous time that our 2 souls agreed arsenic 1 successful beatified matrimony," they wrote connected Instagram. "It was the astir perfect, ethereal solemnisation of emotion we could person ever imagined.For some of america to perceive the preacher say, 'Billy Ray and Firerose Cyrus… I present pronounce you hubby and wife' that was the ineffable infinitesimal our caller everlastingly began. Long Live Love!"

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May 2024

Seven months later, Billy Ray officially filed for divorce from Firerose.

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August 2024

The mates finalized their divorcement aft a two-month ineligible battle, their lawyers told TMZ.

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