After Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus officially divorced in 2022 — for good this time — and the “Achy Breaky Heart” found love again shortly after. The country singer started dating Australian singer Firerose and the pair later got engaged. Despite their nearly three decades of age difference, Billy Ray says he found his soul mate. Coincidentally, the “Hannah Montana” actor met her over a decade ago while filming the hit Disney series.
The singer told People that he met his future fiancée while walking his dog during filming takes for “Hannah Montana” and was taken aback immediately. “Firerose came out of the front door. There was almost a moment of, I don’t know, recognition. I was like, ‘This girl’s a star,” he said of meeting her on the set of the show 12 years ago. While Billy Ray had no idea who Firerose was, the Australian artist had grown up listening to Billy Ray. “I’ve known his music since forever,” she admitted.
Billy Ray explained that he attempted to share his contacts with Firerose and they ended up bonding. “And so, off me and her and Tex went back to the studio and I think she met a lot of the cast and met the producers, writers. And, in some ways, well, in a lot of ways, we became friends,” he admitted. Years later, after several divorce filings and an official separation from his ex-wife Tish, the pair reconnected romantically in 2022.
