Billy Ray Cyrus appeared to confirm engagement rumors with his much younger girlfriend Firerose on Tuesday when the Australian singer showed off a diamond ring in a social media post.
The pair were first romantically linked in August, reportedly a year after their collaboration song New Day.
But a resurfaced interview from 2021 shows that they have known each other as friends for more than a decade.
Billy Ray Cyrus, 61, and the much younger singer Firerose have confirmed they’ve known each other for more than a DECADE in a new interview after apparently confirming engagement rumors this week.
Speaking on the talk show Live with Kelly and Ryan in August last year, the 61-year-old hitmaker Achy Breaky Heart and his lady love, who appears to be in her 20s, revealed they met as friends on the set of the Miley Cyrus’ Disney hit. Channel series, Hannah Montana.
“We actually met 10 years ago on the set of Hannah Montana,” Firerose said.
“Billy Ray has been phenomenally supportive of my music ever since,” he added.
The pair were first romantically linked in August, reportedly a year after their collaboration song New Day, but a resurfaced interview from 2021 proves they’ve known each other as friends for more than a decade.
“We actually met 10 years ago on the set of Hannah Montana,” Firerose said in the Live with Kelly and Ryan interview, referring to the hit Disney Channel series that starred Billy Ray’s 29-year-old daughter Miley Cyrus. years.
This comes after reports that Billy Ray is “believed to be engaged” to the singer, who “was spotted wearing a huge diamond ring” recently, according to The US Sun.
Billy Ray and Firerose, whose age is unknown, have been seen spending time together in various posts on their Instagram accounts.
The country music star publicly announced his split from Miley’s mother, Tish Cyrus, 55, in April after almost 29 years of marriage.
The Achy Breaky Heart hitmaker hugged his sweetheart, who appears to be in her 20s, who flashed a huge diamond sparkler in an Instagram snap posted on Tuesday.
The couple looked very happy as they snuggled up for sweet selfies.
Billy Ray is the father of five children with Tish: daughters Brandi, 35, Miley, 29, and Noah, 22, and sons Trace, 33, and Braison, 28.
The romantic relationship could affect Billy Ray’s relationship with superstar singer Miley, according to the outlet, which reported that the father and daughter had unfollowed each other’s Instagram accounts amid the tension.
Adding to the tension is “confusion” as to the timeline as to when he and Firerose first started seeing each other. In her divorce filing earlier this year, Tish said that she and Billy Ray had not cohabited in more than two years.
“Billy is happier than he has been in a long time with Firerose,” a source said. ‘There had been problems in her marriage for a while. He and Tish have been on and off for the better part of a decade, but things had been over for some time before the announcement in April.
The post comes after reports that Billy Ray is ‘believed to be engaged’ to the singer, who ‘was spotted wearing a huge diamond ring’ recently, according to The US Sun.
“However, not everyone views his decision to move forward so quickly in the same way. There has been some tension with Miley, which is sad to see, but everyone is hopeful that they can get over it soon enough. Fortunately, his other children have no problems with him and he has just collaborated with his youngest child, Noah, on a song.
Firerose was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 19, according to a 2021 report from Main Street Nashville.
She told the outlet that she had long felt an inclination towards singing and songwriting.
“Honestly, I can’t tell you where it came from, but my spirit and soul connected to the world through music and helped me make sense of it all,” he told the outlet. “I’d come home from school and write a song about my day and think it was normal.”
Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus announced they had split in a joint statement in April after nearly 29 years of marriage; They are photographed in Los Angeles in February 2019
The romantic relationship could affect Billy Ray’s relationship with superstar singer Miley, as the father and daughter had unfollowed each other’s Instagram accounts amid the tension.
A source told The Sun: “Billy is happier than he has been in a long time with Firerose.”
She said she taught herself to play the piano: ‘It just felt good to sit on the keys. I didn’t know the names of the chords but I felt it and played it by ear.’
Firerose spoke about moving to the United States after finishing high school, saying, “There was a very strong calling in me that I felt it was my destiny to be in America.”
She said that she and Billy Ray wrote their song New Day via Zoom during the pandemic, calling it “a song of hope for a new day for any human who is searching, reaching and praying for a new day.”
‘Here we are with this promise of a new day that we were all praying for. We are all ready to turn the page. I hope that the song we wrote together can bring a ray of joy to people’s days, even if it’s not completely a new day for everyone yet.”
Billy’s new relationship has caused a falling out with superstar daughter Miley as The Sun reported that the pair had some sort of falling out and things escalated to the point where they cut off communication with each other, even unfollowing each other on Instagram.
‘Miley is all about peace, but she didn’t agree with some things her father has done. She has really stepped up and they are not on good terms,” a source told the publication.
“There was an exchange of words about what happened towards the end of Billy and Tish’s marriage,” the source said, and since then “they clearly see things very differently.”
Their relationship has reached the point where neither father nor daughter are willing to make the first move and offer an olive branch to mend their differences.
“Neither of us is particularly eager to make amends right now without an apology,” the person close to the situation shared.
In fact, both father and daughter sound as if they have sunk their feet deep enough that they are unwilling to budge on the matter.
“The rest of the family is hoping it will all blow over soon and they can reconcile, but both Billy and Miley are upset,” the source explained.
“The rest of the family hopes that the breakup between Miley and Billy Ray ‘will be over soon and they can reconcile,'” the source explained.
