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

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."

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."

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."

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.

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."

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."

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.' "

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."

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. 

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!"

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