A showbiz journey is incomplete without ups and downs. But what makes A-listers still rally behind fame? The opening salvo of every superstar is a study on its own. Yet, the one who has had a front-row seat to the best of both worlds, Miley Cyrus, prompts one to unlearn the ways of superstardom. Hollywood, in all forms of evolution and existence, remains a slippery slope without a safety net.
Despite grounding herself in pop culture’s consciousness decades ago, Cyrus’ relationship with her family is rumored to be anything but pretty. But what triggered the gossip grapevine to paint such a difficult picture of the Cyrus family?
Rumors of rift between Miley Cyrus and her parents
The rumor mill concerning Miley Cyrus’ family feud picked up momentum after Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus’ official split was finalized in 2022. They tied the knot in 1993, and Billy Cyrus adopted Tish’s daughter and son, Brandi and Trace, from her previous marriage. Miley, Braison, and Noah Cyrus were born to the former couple later on. However, reports of trouble in paradise sneaked in after Braison and Noah Cyrus were no-shows in Tish Purcell’s wedding in 2023.
Billy Ray & Miley developed more of a friends relationship instead of a father-daughter one due to work .
Her mom Tish had to be the one to discipline and put her foot down when either Billy or Miley would cross a line. pic.twitter.com/F37asTHOyQ
— Miley Cyrus Updates (@MileyCyrusBz) September 16, 2024
Tish Cyrus-Purcell got married to Dominic Purcell in August 2023 where the ‘Wrecking Ball’ singer served as her mother’s maid of honor. She walked her mother down the aisle in Malibu, and Brandi and Trace also attended the wedding. While Cyrus assumed an important role for her mother’s big day, she skipped her father’s wedding to Australian singer Firerose after they got engaged in November 2022.
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What raised even more eyebrows were reports of Miley and Billy Cyrus unfollowing each other on Instagram. However, the pop star set the record straight about the relationship she shares with her mother.
What does Miley Cyrus’ relationship with Tish Cyrus-Purcell look like?
Amidst the ongoing beef speculation surrounding the Cyrus family, Miley Cyrus recently took to her Instagram to clarify her stand with her mother, Tish Cyrus-Purcell. She took to her Instagram story and wrote
, “I rarely comment on rumors, but my mama and I are too tight for anything to ever come between us.”
The 32-year-old’s statement comes hot on the heels of conjectures that her mother unfollowed her on social media.
I would never unfollow Miley, her and I are as close as we’ve always been. Period. Love you Little ❤️ @MileyCyrus
— Tish Cyrus-Purcell (@tishcyrus) May 8, 2025
“She’s my best friend,”
Cyrus continued. Cyrus explained that her mom, like every other mom, is a little technologically challenged. “She doesn’t know how to work her phone and somehow unfollowed me,”
Cyrus added. When fans swarmed her comment section, Tish Purcell clarified that the social mishap had been fixed. “I would never unfollow Miley, her and I are as close as we’ve always been. Period. Love you little,”
Tish Purcell wrote in an X post.
While the Hannah Montana
star’s clearance was just what the fans needed to get over the rumored feud, Cyrus also addressed her present stance with her father, Billy Ray Cyrus.
Estrangement between Miley and Billy Cyrus
After Tish and Billy Ray’s split was finalized, speculation swirled about a fallout between the latter and Miley Cyrus. In a 2011 GQ interview via US Weekly, Ray lamented
, “I should have been a better parent.”
He even claimed that the show, Hannah Montana, which made Miley Cyrus a superstar, actually “destroyed
” his family. While he wished he could erase it all in a second, what was done was already done. The pop star never addressed her dad’s remarks or even the speculation surrounding her family’s rift before.
Miley & Billy Ray Cyrus – Butterfly Fly Away
Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) pic.twitter.com/KV2EXpzZtA— pop fairy 🧚♀️ (@popmusicfairy) April 20, 2025
When she stopped following him on Instagram and snubbed him from her dazzling Grammy acceptance speech in 2024, where she made jaws drop
, they only fanned the flames of an invisible fire. Plus, her attendance at her mother’s wedding and absence from her father’s made fans curious. However, those now seem like ghosts in the past. On Miley Cyrus’ Instagram story, she finally broke her silence about her current phase with her father. She acknowledged having had their fair share of challenges through the years, but now, in her thirties, family is the only priority.
“I’m at peace knowing bridges have been built and time has done a lot of healing. Grateful for the good health and love that flows through my family,”
she signed off. On Friday, before Cyrus released the statement, Billy Ray took to Instagram to share a selfie with the Hannah Montana
star and son, Braison Cyrus. Cyrus’ boyfriend, Maxx Morando, also joined the family picture, wishing Braison Cyrus a happy birthday. Before this, on Wednesday, he shared a throwback video of his daughter playing the piano, saying, “Can’t wait to see this young lady. Crazy how time flies.”
While every social media cue tells a tale of a healthy family, Miley Cyrus’ statement clears out the remaining apprehension. It is true that the speculations have persisted for a long time, and her deafening silence only allowed the rumor mill to flourish. However, the Cyrus family has turned a new page with hope and resilience, and all fans can wish is for the family picture to stay the same, no matter the odds. Though Cyrus may not have a well-knit friend circle
in showbiz, at least, she has a family that can make many envious.
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