Firerose Speaks Out After Billy Ray Cyrus Addresses Leaked Audio

Firerose is talking out after a personal dialog between her and estranged husband Billy Ray Cyrus through which he allegedly berated her was publicly leaked on-line.

“This week has been monumental in some ways and I am so appreciative and grateful for the outpouring of assist,” the 37-year-old singer-songwriter (beforehand generally known as Johanna Hodges) started her assertion posted on Instagram on Friday, July 26. “There are such a lot of nice consultants, books & sources on therapeutic.”

The Australian performer wrote to her followers, “I promise there is a gentle on the finish of the tunnel. Maintain educating your self.” She talked about and tagged the Instagram account of Dr. Ramani Durvasula, a medical psychologist and best-selling writer who writes and speaks about narcissistic abuse in relationships. Firerose’s assertion additionally tagged Instagram accounts that target narcissism.

Firerose is within the strategy of divorcing the “Achy Breaky Coronary heart” singer, 62. The previous couple bought married in October 2023.

Within the leaked audio heard by PEOPLE, a person who feels like Cyrus was arguing with Firerose about being late to an occasion, which a supply informed PEOPLE was a Nicki Minaj live performance that Cyrus was invited to carry out at in Tennessee.

“It is 9:15, you fool. I wanted to depart two hours in the past,” the person will be heard saying.

“No, you did not. You may nonetheless go away and get there in time,” Firerose replied. 

Within the audio clip, which is roughly one minute and 30 seconds lengthy, Cyrus informed Firerose, “Shut the f— up,” and known as her a “f—ing egocentric bitch.”

“Please cease screaming at me,” Firerose mentioned at one level in the course of the dialog.

Cyrus launched an announcement addressing the leaked audio clip on Instagram on Wednesday, July 24.

“Hell yeah, I used to be at my wit’s finish. As on daily basis glided by, I began realizing one thing was flawed. And that’s earlier than I knew she was a fraud.” he mentioned in an announcement on his Instagram Tales and thru his consultant.

“I simply knew one thing wasn’t proper. That was earlier than I knew she was David Hodges’ ex-wife. That’s earlier than I knew her dad and mom’ final identify,” Cyrus continued.

The singer claimed “every thing I believed I knew about her, was a lie” and alleged that Firerose “was making an attempt to take over my profession, my life and usurp the Cyrus identify for her personal achieve.”

Cyrus’ attorneys Rose Palermo and Jason Talley of Cheatham Palermo and Garrett, who’re representing the singer throughout his divorce, shared an announcement on the matter with PEOPLE.

They referred to the leak as “an obvious last-ditch effort to squeeze cash out of Mr. Cyrus.”

“Mr. Cyrus beforehand admitted in a courtroom submitting that he had been very vocally annoyed and indignant with Ms. Hodges throughout their 7-month marriage as he started to uncover increasingly more of Ms. Hodges’ true motives for marrying him,” Palermo and Talley mentioned.

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“Close to this recording, Ms. Hodges is the one that made the recording with out telling Mr. Cyrus that she was recording him. In fact, she was deliberately on her greatest conduct since she knew the recording was being made,” the attorneys added.

Cyrus filed for divorce from Firerose in Might, citing irreconcilable variations and inappropriate marital conduct as the rationale for divorce. The paperwork acknowledged that Cyrus was additionally in search of an annulment on the grounds of fraud.