Tish Cyrus is finally shedding some light on why she and Billy Ray Cyrus called it quits in 2022. Tish appeared on Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast and revealed the beginning of the end started during the pandemic, when the musician was living in Tennessee while she stayed in California. “I mean, like Molly and Noah are young … They need their mom. And so I stayed in California, and he stayed in Tennessee,” she explained. “And I really, during that period, just took a really good hard look at life, my life and like, what was I going to do?” The distance opened up Tish’s eyes as she realized they didn’t fit in each other’s lives anymore.
Cooper then asked Tish why she didn’t divorce the “Achy Break Heart” singer earlier, and she revealed she was scared of being alone. “I think I did stay so long out of fear, literal fear of being alone, you know,” Tish said, adding that meeting Cyrus in her early 20s meant she’d forgotten how to navigate life solo. Once she was alone, however, Tish realized it wasn’t as bad as she thought, and the “weight of the world” was off her shoulders. And she wouldn’t be alone for long — in November 2022, Tish met Dominic Purcell, and the pair got married the following year. Clearly, even though she might have been terrified to split from Billy Ray, it led her to an even happier ending.
