For more than a year, Firerose and Billy Ray Cyrus began their relationship after collaborating on a song, and in mid-October, she appeared wearing a diamond ring that raised rumors of an engagement. Finally, Billy Ray, 61, confirms that yes, Firerose, 28, is his fiancée.
It was through ‘People’ magazine that Billy Ray Cyrus revealed that he did ask the Australian singer, his “soul mate”, and that he is currently very well on a sentimental level.
In April 2022, Tish Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus separated, after almost 30 years of marriage, and then, in October, a source close to her daughter revealed that Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray had been estranged since he divorced and began his courtship with Firerose.
Billy Ray told ‘People’ that he is now in a “good” place after a “bad” period, which included his divorce from Tish Cyrus in April and the death of his mother, Ruth Ann Casto, just a few months later.
Reflecting on his breakup with Tish, who cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their split in her divorce filing and noted that they had not lived together since February 2020, Billy Ray said moving on “required a lot of prayer.”
After that hard emotional blow, a light came into the life of Billy Ray, who met Firerose on the set of ‘Hannah Montana’ 12 years ago. According to ‘E! News’, the pair became friends and kept in touch over the years, their bond growing even stronger during the pandemic when they began writing songs together. In July 2021, they released the track ‘New Day’.
"Billy confided in me a lot of what was going on in his life,” Firerose told ‘People.' “I was just the best friend I could possibly be, supporting him.”
After the confirmation of the engagement, it is also known that Firerose officially moved in with Billy Ray during the summer and that, in August, they were already engaged.