Billy Ray Cyrus' ex-wife Firerose still has something to say about her messy divorce with the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer.
The Sydney-born musician, whose real name is Joanna Rosie Hodges, looks back on her short marriage and subsequent divorce and says one thing she wishes she had done differently. Interview with Stella Magazine, Australia's Sunday Telegraph Published on Saturday.
“When I think back to what I just went through, I would have told my 22-year-old self, 'Run in the opposite direction and never look back,'” she said of her first encounter with Cyrus.
Firerose met Cyrus more than 10 years before their October 2023 wedding at a Hollywood audition venue where the movie “Hannah Montana,” starring Billy Ray and his daughter Miley Cyrus, was being filmed. I was on my way home.
“At the time, I was just a starving artist,” Firerose, 36, told Stella. “I didn't have a TV because I couldn't afford one. I knew about him, that once upon a time he had a song. But I didn't know much about him.”
After a quick exchange, Billy Ray invited her to the set.
“He said, 'I'm just going to introduce you to everyone else and you can spend the rest of the day with me,'” she recalled. “Honestly, my instinct was, ‘What does this guy want?’ Maybe I should have had better boundaries.”
At the time, Billy Ray was still married to his second wife, Tish Cyrus, who filed for divorce in April 2022.
Billy Ray and Firerose began a romantic relationship during the coronavirus pandemic after the Grammy Award winner got in touch. The then-couple married last year after bonding over their shared love of music and collaborating on several projects.
“All I tried to do was love and trust this person, and this person didn't know me at all. I really thought he was a better version of the man I fell in love with. I wanted to believe it,” Firerose said.
But the honeymoon phase quickly turned into a turmoil when Billy Ray, 63, filed for divorce in May, seven months after their marriage, citing irreconcilable differences and inappropriate marital behavior as grounds for separation. I got on board.
It also sought cancellation on the grounds of fraud.
Shortly after, he accused Firerose of charging $96,000 to his credit card and requested a temporary restraining order to prevent her from spending his money.
She responded to his claims in a counterclaim, accusing Billy Ray of “unpredictable and erratic” behavior that amounted to “extreme verbal, emotional and psychological abuse.”
In June, Firerose told Page Six that she was blindsided by Billy Ray's divorce filing, saying he forced her out of the marital home on the same day she was scheduled to undergo a double mastectomy. insisted.
“Billy had very strict rules,” she claimed at the time. “I didn't have a car, I was only allowed to go to the local chiropractor, and I only had my nails done once a month. … It was an organized isolation that gave me the courage to leave. I couldn't find it.
Their divorce was finalized on August 5th. As part of the settlement, Firerose received no money from his ex-girlfriend, but Billy Ray was required to hand over credits and royalties on songs they wrote and published together.
