Miley Cyrus Reveals Where She Currently Stands with Dad Billy Ray Cyrus amid Their Up-and-Down Relationship

Miley Cyrus is connected bully position pinch dada Billy Ray Cyrus.

The singer, 32, said astir her up-and-down narration pinch her begetter successful a caller question and reply pinch The New York Times published connected Saturday, May 31. When asked by nan publication if she and nan "Achy Breaky Heart" artist, 63, are "estranged," Miley responded pinch a simple, "No."

"I deliberation timing is everything. As I’ve gotten older, I’m respecting my parents arsenic individuals alternatively of arsenic parents — because my mom really loved my dada for her full life, and I deliberation being joined to personification successful nan euphony manufacture and not being a portion of it is evidently really hard," she continued. "And truthful I deliberation I took connected immoderate of my mom’s wounded arsenic my ain because it wounded her much than it wounded maine arsenic an adult, and truthful I owned a batch of her pain."

"But now that my mom is truthful successful emotion pinch my stepdad, who I wholly adore, and now that my dad, I spot him uncovering happiness, excessively — I tin emotion them some arsenic individuals alternatively of arsenic a parental pairing," added Miley, referring to Billy Ray's relationship pinch Elizabeth Hurley and mom Tish Cyrus' matrimony to Dominic Purcell.

"I’m being an big astir it," nan Something Beautiful musician further explained. "At first it’s hard, because nan small kid successful you reacts earlier nan big successful you tin go, 'Yes, that’s your dad, but that’s conscionable different personification that deserves to beryllium successful his bliss and to beryllium happy.' My kid aforesaid has caught up."

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Billy Ray and Tish, 58, divorced aft almost 3 decades of matrimony successful 2022. They welcomed 3 children together — Miley, Braison and Noah — aft they wed successful 1993, and Billy Ray besides adopted Tish's children, Brandi and Trace.

After they called it quits, nan erstwhile spouses recovered caller love. Tish married Purcell, 55, successful August 2023, and Billy Ray wed Firerose that October, though they split little than a twelvemonth later. He started making love Hurley, 59, earlier this year.

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Miley and Billy Ray roseate to world fame together successful 2006, aft they starred successful Hannah Montana connected nan Disney Channel. The father-daughter duo went connected to merchandise euphony together, and collaborate connected various different projects, though they had a bumpy narration complete nan years, particularly aft Billy Ray divided from Tish.

In June 2024, Miley gave much penetration into her family dynamic during a candid question and reply connected Netflix's My Next Guest Needs No Introduction pinch David Letterman. There, she said her mother is her hero, but she added that she learned a batch astir really to grip fame from her father.

Miley squashed "rumors" surrounding her familial relationships earlier this month.

She shared a uncommon nationalist connection connected her Instagram Stories addressing mendacious claims astir her mother, while besides giving an update connected nan position of her narration pinch her father, days aft Tish appeared to unfollow her on Instagram.

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Miley wrote, "I seldom remark connected rumors, but my mama and I are excessively tight for thing to ever travel betwixt us. She's my champion friend. Like a batch of moms, she doesn't cognize really to activity her telephone and someway unfollowed maine — simple, coincidental, and uninteresting."

The "Angels Like You" crooner past addressed her narration pinch her dad, acknowledging that they "have had our challenges complete nan years."

"Now, successful my thirties, family is my privilege supra each else," Miley concluded her message. "I'm astatine bid knowing bridges person been built and clip has done a batch of healing. Grateful for nan bully wellness and emotion that flows done my family."