‘Afraid to talk’, ‘kicked out of house before mastectomy’: Firerose makes shocking claims

Firerose Cyrus has broken her silence and claimed that she was “isolated” and “afraid” during her short marriage to Billy Ray Cyrus.

Billy Ray Cyrus once told Firerose they were soulmates, and that “One day, we’re going to have an epic love story beyond what anyone could imagine.”

But after just seven months of marriage, the two are embroiled in a bitter divorce with accusations of abuse on each side.

In an exclusive interview with page Six, Firerose, 36, alleged her husband, who is the father of Miley Cyrus, kicked her out of their Tennessee home on the same day she was meant to have a double mastectomy.

She had recently been diagnosed with the BRCA1 gene, which means she is at high risk of developing breast cancer, she said.

Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose (Johanna Hodges) are getting divorced. Picture: Survived

Firerose alleged how Billy Ray, 62, screamed at her and made her feel like a prisoner at their remote farm, located just outside Nashville.

“Billy had very strict rules,” Firerose said. “I didn’t have a car. I was only allowed to go to the local chiropractor and allowed once a month to get my nails done … it was systematic isolation and I couldn’t find the courage to leave.”

Friends and family were banned from visiting, she claimed, adding: “If I had to send a text, I had to read it out to him for permission. It was the same for email.”

“It felt like Firerose was in a prison that she didn’t sign up for,” one of her close friends, a stylist, told Page Six.

Firerose said that she passed out two days before their wedding last October due to stress and had to be taken to hospital.

She claimed Billy Ray would give her the silent treatment for hours and sometime even days.

“I withdrew … I was afraid to talk,” she said.

Billy Ray Cyrus and Johanna Hodges aka Firerose. Picture: Supplied

Firerose — an Australian singer whose name is Johanna Rose Hodges — first met Billy Ray at a Hollywood studio in 2010, while he was still married to his second wife, Tish. She was 22; he was 48 and starring alongside Miley on the Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana.

They became friends and he told her they were “soulmates” and would have a love story for the ages, she said, although they barely stayed in touch.

But 10 years later, Billy Ray tracked down Firerose to duet with him on a version of Tanya Tucker’s “Delta Dawn.”

He also said he had not stopped thinking about her over the past decade.

“Every day, he told me, ‘I’m getting divorced’ but he said it was complicated because of the kids, and they had been married for so long. I just accepted everything he told me to be true,” said Firerose, who was four years sober at the time.

Billy Ray Cyrus accused his Australian wife committed “marital fraud” by lying about her last name. Picture: Supplied

They began dating, but when they released the duet “A New Day” in 2021, Firerose said, Billy Ray told her not to talk about their relationship in public.

When Tish filed for divorce in April 2022, Firerose was taken by surprise — because she believed Billy Ray had done so long before.

“I would never ever have entered into a relationship with a married man, but he was such a great manipulator,” Firerose said.

When she moved from Los Angeles to live with him in Tennessee in 2022, she claimed, he soon isolated her “from every single person in my life” — save for her AA sponsor, whom she insisted on speaking to.

Her family and friends soon began to worry about her, sources told Page Six.

Firerose also alleged that Billy Ray became verbally abusive. Page Six has reviewed evidence of him yelling at her.

“He would rage at me, shout at me at the top of his lungs. He would terrify me, yelling, ‘You stupid dumb f***ing b**ch, crazy w**re,’” Firerose said. “It was illogical and insane and terrifying.

Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose on their wedding day in 2023. Picture: Supplied

In May, Billy Ray filed for divorce citing “irreconcilable differences” and “inappropriate marital conduct”.

Since then, The Sun reported a series of wild allegations from both sides in court documents including the 62-year-old country singer claiming his Australian wife committed “marital fraud” by lying about her last name.

Firerose claimed in court documents filed in Tennessee to have been in “an emotional and psychological prison” due to her partner launching regular “verbal assaults”.

Those remarks were branded “confusing and suspicious” by Cyrus’ lawyers, who have shared a handwritten note and text message Firerose sent “begging Mr Cyrus to forgive her”.

This week, Cyrus was said to be “more relieved every day that he’s done with his marriage” according to a source, who spoke to People magazine.
“He’s convinced that she didn’t marry him for love.”

The Cyrus family in happier days. Tish Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus, and Noah Cyrus. Picture: Getty Images for iHeartMedia

“She isn’t the person he thought he married … He wants her out of his life.”

In her filings, Firerose denied being guilty of inappropriate marital conduct, and instead said Cyrus was the one who’d acted inappropriately.

The duo first teamed up for a musical collaboration in 2021, and Firerose seemingly confirmed their romance in August 2022 when she paid tribute to Cyrus on his birthday.

Firerose and Cyrus sparked engagement rumours when she posted a photo wearing a diamond on her ring finger in September 2022. It later emerged that Cyrus had proposed the month before.

Billy Ray Cyrus was said to be “more relieved every day that he’s done with his marriage”. Picture: Supplied

At the time, Cyrus called the Australian “the real deal”.

In October 2023, the couple married, announcing the news on Instagram. “10/10/23 will always be the beautiful, joyous day that our two souls united as one in holy matrimony,” they wrote.

“It was the most perfect, ethereal celebration of love we could have ever imagined.”

Before Firerose, Cyrus was married to Tish Cyrus for 28 years and the couple share five children: daughters Miley, Noah and Brandi, and sons Trace and Braison. He also has a son, Christopher Cody, with Kristen Luckey, whom he dated before meeting Tish.

WHO IS FIREROSE?

Firerose was born in Sydney to “a family of symphony musicians”.

As a teenager, she attended the Newtown School for the Performing Arts in Sydney and has listed Australian acts INXS, Silverchair and Powderfinger as inspirations.

After finishing school, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music.

On her website she says that she’s had a “lifelong passion for songwriting” since she was young.

Miley Cyrus and parents Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus Photo Instagram

“I always believed that my purpose on earth was fulfilled by music,” she wrote.
“And helping people up with a song I wrote gives everything so much meaning. I write from a place in my soul that’s unexplainable and I’m incredibly grateful for this gift that allows me to touch people so profoundly.”

After releasing a few singles as a solo artist, Firerose got her break when she collaborated with Cyrus on the song, New Day, which she said she “originally wrote to lift herself out of one of the darkest periods of her life”.

While describing her 2021 collaboration with Billy, she called the country star her “longtime pal and mentor”.