Tish Cyrus, the mom of pop star Miley Cyrus, dished out loads of dust about her divorce from ex-husband Billy Ray Cyrus throughout an look on the favored podcast Call Her Daddy.
In the podcast episode, launched Wednesday, Tish, 56, appeared alongside her daughter Brandi Cyrus, 36.
At one level within the over-one-hour dialog, Tish talked about how difficult it was to divorce musician Billy Ray in 2022. The pair had a tumultuous marriage — and had earlier filed to divorce each other on separate events — however Tish stated she for years stayed within the marriage over a “fear of being alone.”
Though she stated she determined to go away Billy Ray in 2020, the dying of her mom worsened her loneliness fears, and he or she didn’t file for divorce till two years later.
“It was so crazy because, honestly, my two biggest fears in life were always being alone and my mom passing away,” Tish stated. “I was like, ‘I just don’t know if I’ll survive when my mom dies. I had one month of, honestly, a complete psychological breakdown.”
She revealed she’d even requested superstar psychiatrist Daniel Amen to ship her to a psychological hospital, although he didn’t assume it will be “the best thing for either of us,” in keeping with Tish.
Tish stated she weighed about 103 kilos and couldn’t eat, sleep or cease crying throughout her month-long breakdown.
“I don’t have my mom, and then I don’t have my husband that’s been my husband for 30 years. Like, holy crap, I’m scared,” she recalled.
Tish was visibly relaxed throughout the interview — maybe to do with the marijuana she smoked on digital camera — and likened the expertise being interviewed by host Alexandra Cooper to “therapy.”
Looking again, Tish stated she wished she’d “walked away” from her marriage sooner. She stated she skilled “disrespect in every form” from Billy Ray however added that the disrespect went each methods throughout their marriage.
Brandi stated she started to note adjustments in her mother and father’ marriage over 10 years in the past. Though she didn’t specify what was taking place behind the scenes, Brandi stated it was “hurtful” to see the best way her father handled Tish.
Tish met Billy Ray, who’s six years her senior, when she was 24. The couple married in 1993. She stated he was a “huge part” of her life for a few years, although the pair would finally start residing individually towards the top of their marriage. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tish stated Billy Ray, now 62, lived in Tennessee, whereas she lived in Los Angeles.
Though she by no means wished a divorce, Tish stated her marriage to Billy Ray “fell apart” after she stopped making an attempt to alter herself to raised swimsuit him.
Both Tish and Billy Ray have since remarried.
Over a yr after Tish filed for divorce, Billy Ray married Australian musician Joanna “Firerose” Hodges.
The couple first met 12 years in the past on the set of the Disney Channel collection Hannah Montana. Firerose, 34, appeared in an episode as Billy Ray’s companion and Miley’s new stepmother.
Cyrus has stated he and Firerose stored involved through the years after that.
Tish herself married Prison Break actor Dominic Purcell, 53, in August 2023.
She appears to be fairly content material in her new marriage and stated on Call Her Daddy that she loves waking up within the mornings beside her “hot, frikkin’ ass husband.”
Tish stated “there’s not one second” that she doesn’t really feel beloved by Purcell.
Despite the newfound married bliss for the divorcees, the break up seems to have brought on some rigidity within the Cyrus clan.
As Miley accepted her Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance for her music Flowers at the award ceremony Sunday, she thanked Tish, however made no point out of Billy Ray.
“I don’t think I forgot anyone,” Miley jeered, including, “but I might have forgotten underwear!”
Billy Ray and Tish share 5 kids: Brandi, 36, Trace, 34, Miley, 31, Braison, 29, and Noah, 24.
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