Miley Cyrus’ heartbreaking family feud laid bare

The devastating feud splitting the singer’s famous family down the middle has been laid bare following her big Grammys win.

Miley Cyrus. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Billy Ray Cyrus has reportedly tried to make amends with daughter Miley Cyrus amid their ongoing feud — but the Flowers singer allegedly has no desire to reconnect with her father.

An insider told Us Weekly on Thursday that the country star, 62, has “tried reaching out to Miley many times” and even “congratulated her” on her two Grammys wins earlier this month despite the 31-year-old notably leaving him out of her acceptance speeches.

“Miley and Billy Ray are on the outs,” the source told the outlet. “Miley’s very close with her mum and is standing by her.”

“The kids have chosen sides, but friends are hoping the rift doesn’t last forever.”

The rift runs right through the famous family, according to reports. Picture: Larry Busacca/Getty Images

Reps for Billy Ray and Miley did not immediately return Page Six’s requests for comment.

Rumours of a Cyrus family feud hit the internet in August 2023 after Miley’s younger siblings — Noah and Braison Cyrus — “opted not to go” to mum Tish’s nuptials to Dominic Purcell despite being invited.

“It’s no secret neither of them approves of Dominic, and that’s created tension with their mum,” another source told Us Weekly.

Tish Cyrus and Dominic Purcell tied the knot last year. Picture: Instagram

She filed for divorce from Billy Ray in April 2022. Picture: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Miley and older siblings Trace and Brandi Cyrus, however, were there to support their mother on her big day, which came just over one year after Billy Ray and Tish split for good.

While Miley and her mum are attached at the hip, Noah, on the other hand, has “always been close with Billy Ray.”

“It’s caused a rift between her and Miley,” the source told the outlet.

After years of ups and downs, Tish officially filed for divorce from the Achy Breaky Heart singer in April 2022 after 28 years of marriage.

“There’s nothing left to say, and they both harbour resentment,” the insider said of the former couple, noting that they also aren’t on speaking terms.

While the mother of five has since moved on with Prison Break star, Billy Ray got engaged to Australian singer Firerose, who is 27 years his junior, just five months after his split from Tish.

The couple wed in October 2023, yet it’s unclear which of his kids were there to witness the “ethereal celebration of love.”

“The family dynamics haven’t been the same since the divorce, and now that Tish and Billy Ray are with other people, there’s even more division among them all,” the second source told Us Weekly.

Meanwhile, a third insider claims that “Miley hasn’t gotten over the disrespect she feels Billy Ray showed Tish and the family.”

Although it’s unclear exactly what went down, Tish hinted at that “disrespect” during a recent appearance on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast.

Tish told Cooper that she dealt with “disrespect in every form” during her nearly 30-year marriage to Billy Ray.

Tish Cyrus, Miley Cyrus and Brandi Cyrus at the Grammys earlier this month. Picture: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

“Disrespect just lays it out in so many ways. I [didn’t] even know — until I had a new relationship [where] there was so much respect — how much disrespect there was in my marriage before,” she said. “Honestly, on both our parts.”

Elsewhere in the episode, Tish explained that she and Billy Ray had actually been separated since 2020, the same year that her mother died.

While Tish, who briefly split from the country singer in 2010 and 2013, stayed in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic, Billy Ray was locked down in Tennessee.

“I could not eat. I could not sleep. I could not stop crying. I literally weighed, like, 130 [pounds],” she told Cooper. “I don’t have my mum, and then I don’t have my husband that’s been my husband for 30 years. Like, holy crap, I’m scared.”

However, the new-found solitude proved to be “hugely transformative” for the blond beauty, who came to the conclusion that she was only with Billy Ray due to “fear” of “being alone.”

“[I was just] looking at myself and going, ‘What in the heck are you doing?’” she remembered. “And so I literally just had made that firm decision and was like, ‘I’m moving on with my life.’ And, you know what, girl? It worked out for the best.”

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission.