Firerose Cyrus believed country star Billy Ray Cyrus when he told her: “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 nightmare divorce with accusations of abuse on each side.
In an exclusive interview Firerose, 36, told Page Six how the “Achy Breaky Heart” star — and 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 being diagnosed with the BRCA1 gene, which means she is at high risk of developing breast cancer.
Her voice cracked as she alleged how Billy Ray, 62, continually screamed at her and made her feel like aonce before, when she was 21, and the divorce was amicable. She said she tried “numerous times” to tell Billy Ray about her previous relationships and that he didn’t want to know.
“When Billy decided to discard me it was [in] a brutal way,” said Firerose, “I would never treat another human being so cruelly.”
She lost the agents that she shared with her husband, who has accused her of fraudulently using credit cards they shared. As a result, Firerose said, she has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of work, including a role in a Hallmark movie.
One of Billy Ray’s divorce-related court filings included a note Firerose allegedly left him after leaving their home. It reads, “I am so sorry” and “Please give me a chance to make this right. I can explain everything but I need you on my side.”
“He’s attempting to use my loving notes as proof that he could not have been abusing me because I love him,” said Firerose, “But it’s because you love them that you tolerate this behavior.”
She freely admits she had some “very dark years” in her 20s that led her to get sober. “I think he will use every single thing against me,” she said. “He’s an evil man.”
There will be another court hearing on Monday, Page Six is told.
Firerose is now living with a friend in Tennessee and said she is starting to feel brighter, which is why she’s speaking out.
“Knowing so many other women and so many other people who are, unfortunately, survivors of domestic abuse — and have to face all of this, every day, behind closed doors — makes me realize I have to find courage,” she said, “I don’t think I have it — but I have an obligation. If I can’t use my public platform, then what chance does anybody have?”
