Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose's short-lived marriage is officially over.
The singers have reached an agreement on their divorce after more than a month of tension and allegations of abuse and fraud, The Times has confirmed. A representative for the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer said the former spouses reached an agreement on Friday, but did not reveal further information about the terms of their separation.
In a statement shared with The Times, Cyrus’ rep said the singer “is relieved to put this nightmare behind us,” while Cyrus called his marriage to Firerose an “insane scam.” Additionally, Grammy winner Miley Cyrus’ father and her rep also claimed that Firerose, 36, legally changed her last name from Hodges to Cyrus “a couple weeks ago” and that the surname was her “sole impetus to marry” the 62-year-old singer.
“It’s unfortunate… it all came out like this… it wasn’t just a web of lies that put me in physical danger… it was a matter of the heart. Love is blind… that’s for sure,” Cyrus said.
A source close to Firerose denied the name change allegations, claiming that the Australian singer requested to change her surname shortly after her marriage to Cyrus in the fall of 2023. The source also told The Times in a statement that Firerose and her legal team “have reportedly provided significant evidence to prove [Cyrus] invented a narrative that would benefit his public image” if his case had gone to trial.
“It was much more important [Firerose] “Let this ongoing smear campaign end and the emotional chaos cease so she can close the door on this chapter,” the source said.
Cyrus announced her engagement to Firerose, whom she met while working on Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana” in the early 2000s, in November 2022. They married in October 2023 but were headed for divorce less than a year later.
In June, Cyrus filed for divorce from her Australian girlfriend, accusing her of racking up more than $96,000 worth of purchases on her personal and business credit cards. Shortly after Cyrus’ fraud allegations, Firerose accused her now ex-husband of “extreme verbal, emotional and psychological abuse.”
The divorce proceedings reached a new level of tension in late July, when the Daily Mail published a two-minute audio clip of what appears to be a heated argument between Cyrus and Firerose. In the clip, Cyrus can be heard berating Firerose, calling her an “idiot” and “selfish.” Firerose can be heard asking her to tone it down and saying that she wants her to be happy.
With the drama of their divorce and marriage behind them, both Firerose and Cyrus seem to be looking forward to starting a new chapter, albeit without each other. On Monday, Firerose shared a post on her Instagram story that read, “The best is yet to come.”
Cyrus, on the other hand, shared a cryptic video on his profile on Tuesday. “Yeah, this is where something bad happened and we fixed it,” he can be heard saying in a video that shows a grass field. While he doesn’t exactly name that “bad thing,” the field does look similar to where he and Firerose posed for photographs on their wedding day.
“The truth prevails,” Cyrus said.
