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Sorry Hannah Montana followers, Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus don’t seem to have the identical tight relationship that they portrayed on display for years.
Billy Ray and ex-wife Tish Cyrus welcomed daughter Miley (born Future Hope) in November 1992. Whereas Billy Ray had a profession of his personal earlier than his affiliation together with his daughter — “Achy Breaky Coronary heart” topped the U.S. Sizzling Nation Songs chart following its launch — engaged on Hannah Montana launched the singer to a brand new era when starring because the fictional Miley and Robby Ray Stewart on Disney Channel from 2006 to 2011.
After the collection wrapped , Billy Ray claimed that starring on Hannah Montana “destroyed” the Cyrus household. (Billy Ray and Tish separated and reconciled on varied events earlier than breaking up for good in April 2022.)
“I’d take it again in a second. For my household to be right here and simply everyone be OK, protected and sound and blissful and regular would have been incredible,” he instructed GQ in 2011. “Heck, yeah. I’d erase all of it in a second if I may.”
From Miley Cyrus’ rebellious previous to Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cryus’ a number of splits, the Cyrus household has had their fair proportion of controversies through the years. Billy Ray and Tish — who have been wed from 1993 to 2022 — welcomed youngsters Miley, Braison Cyrus and Noah Cyrus collectively. After Billy Ray and Tish tied […]
Miley’s mother, Tish Cyrus, and eldest sister, Brandi Cyrus, later addressed Billy Ray’s previous remark, noting they didn’t really feel the identical method.
“The household’s not destroyed, to start with,” Brandi mentioned throughout a February 2024 look on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “We’re doing nice.”
Hold scrolling to look again at Miley and Billy Ray’s ups and downs through the years:
The ‘Hannah Montana’ Years
Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus Cowl Photos
Billy Ray starred as Miley’s father on Hannah Montana all through the Disney Channel present’s 4 seasons, even releasing the duet “Prepared, Set, Don’t Go” in 2008. Whereas Billy Ray admitted the present “destroyed” her household, Miley by no means precisely acknowledged his feedback.
Their ‘Self-importance Truthful’ Cowl
Miley and Billy Ray posed collectively for the Vanity Fair June 2008 cowl. Hannah Montana followers will recall the picture of the father-daughter duo laying collectively in matching black shirts and denims — or the controversial picture of Miley smiling along with her naked again out as a white sheet coated her chest.
On the time, Miley spoke fondly of her dad and mom when requested if she has to observe what she says and does.
“Not likely. That’s what my dad and mom are for,” Miley mentioned. “They’re there to handle that, and I can simply do what I like.”
Unfollowing Billy Ray
Following Billy Ray and Tish’s 2022 divorce, eagle-eyed followers seen that Miley unfollowed her father on Instagram. This motion ignited feud rumors between the 2. (Us Weekly confirmed that Miley nonetheless doesn’t observe Billy Ray.)
Miley Will get Emotional About Billy Ray
In a collection of TikTok movies to advertise the discharge of her August 2023 single, “Used to Be Younger,” Miley regarded again on her childhood and got “emotional” while talking about her dad.
“My dad grew up the alternative of me, so I believe that’s the place me and my dad’s relationship to fame and success is wildly completely different,” she mentioned on the time. “Him feeling beloved by a giant viewers impacted him emotionally greater than it ever may me. When he feels particular or vital it’s like therapeutic a childhood wound and I’ve all the time been made to really feel like a star.”
Billy Ray’s Marriage Drama
The rift between Miley and Billy Ray appeared to develop as he married Firerose — who’s 27 years his junior — in October 2023.
As an alternative of supporting his marriage, Miley seems to be extra on board with Tish’s marriage to Dominic Purcell. (Miley, Brandi Cyrus and Hint Cyrus have been at Tish’s wedding ceremony whereas their siblings Noah Cyrus and Braison Cyrus didn’t attend.)
Miley’s 2024 Grammys Speech
Miley additional fueled the rift rumors after successful Record of the Year for her tune “Flowers,” when she seemingly left Billy Ray out of her acceptance speech. Miley named her mother, sister Brandi, boyfriend Maxx Morando and collaborators Thomas “Child Harpoon” Hull, Michael Pollack, Brian Rajaratnam and Mark “Spike” Stent.
“Not everybody on this planet will get a Grammy, however everybody on this world is spectacular. So please don’t suppose that that is vital — Although it’s crucial, proper, guys?” she added, naming her mother, sister and boyfriend. “We’re very excited. I wish to thank everybody who’s standing on the stage. I don’t suppose I forgot anybody, however I might need forgotten underwear. Bye.”
Jokes About Inheriting ‘Narcissism’
Throughout Miley’s June 2024 look on My Subsequent Visitor Wants No Introduction, she instructed host David Letterman that mother Tish is “[her] hero,” however she has a extra difficult relationship with Billy Ray.
“He’s nearly given me this map, and it’s a map of what to do and what to not do, and he’s guided me on each,” Miley mentioned. “With out my dad, I do know … who I’m as an individual wouldn’t exist. As a result of my dad as a inventive and like, as an artist, and the best way his mind works has all the time made me really feel safer in my very own thoughts.”
She continued, joking: “I additionally inherited the narcissism from my father. I don’t know something about my very own siblings aside from the half that I used to be doing. … I used to be transferring to L.A., and that’s all I actually knew.”
Miley’s thirty second Birthday
Billy Ray took the time to rejoice his daughter on her thirty second birthday. “Glad Birthday Mile !!! Hope it’s the very best one ever !” he wrote by way of Instagram on November 23. “(I do know I dropped the “y”. That’s what I referred to as @mileycyrus most of her life. ❤️).”
