“I Spent Years Being Terrified”: Firerose Leaks Disturbing Audio Of Alleged Verbal Abuse From Ex Husband, Billy Ray Cyrus

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Sharing what happened behind closed doors.

Billy Ray Cyrus and his ex-wife, Firerose, had a short marriage, divorcing only seven months after tying the knot. After finalizing their divorce in August of 2024, it did not take long for Billy Ray Cyrus to move on, hard launching his relationship with the Gossip Girl and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery actress Elizabeth Hurley in April of last year.

Good for him…

It appears that Hurley and Cyrus are happy as can be, frequently sharing images of each other on social media. The two apparently rekindled a friendship when Cyrus was going through his divorce with Firerose, and he reached out to his old friend, Liz Hurley. The two became friends again and later turned that friendship into a romantic relationship.

Once Billy Ray moved on, a representative close to Firerose told  PEOPLE Magazine that she’s focused on herself and has moved on since her divorce.

However, the singer has continued to share glimpses of their relationship online in an exposé-style. This is not the first time Firerose has shared her concerns regarding Cyrus, as she spoke out after his trainwreck of a performance at the Liberty Ball at the start of 2025. Her statement suggested that some of the odd behavior we saw on stage was a common theme in their relationship and that he has some deep issues he needs to work on.

“What’s being seen in public now reflects much of what I experienced in private during our relationship. It’s very sad to see those same struggles continue for him, but I’m glad the truth is coming to light — for his potential good because healing is only possible when you confront the truth and accept there’s a problem.”

As the new year has gotten underway, Firerose has shared quite a bit about her past relationship with Cyrus online, reflecting on how much she has grown and how she has regained her peace since leaving that relationship. In a post at the start of the year, Firerose claimed that she was living a very isolated life because Billy Ray Cyrus would not let her leave the farm, and that she was not allowed to have friends.

Of course, if this is true, we all sympathize with her greatly, as being separated from friends and loved ones can be detrimental to one’s mental and physical health.

But it appears that might have just been one part of the suffering she endured during her relationship with Cyrus. In her most recent social media post, Firerose shared a video she filmed with Cyrus. You can’t see anything in the video, but you can hear her crying and pleading with a man who sounds like Billy Ray as she is being yelled at and berated.

The man is yelling obscenities at her and is saying that if she wants to salvage any part of their relationship, she needs to stop talking, crying, and begin listening to him. In all honesty, the audio is a hard watch and listen. You can hear the terror in the woman’s voice, and the raspiness of the man, who is alleged to be Billy Ray Cyrus, is angry and threatening.

Firerose accompanied the harrowing footage with a caption noting that she lived in fear during this relationship, and she became a shell of a human during this point in her life.

“I spent years being terrified. I was trained to be afraid of what would happen if I even dared to think about sharing a glimpse of the truth I was living behind closed doors. Over the years, my spirit was systematically worn down so that I became a shell of the person I was. That is always what happens with narcissistic abuse. It’s not an accident. It’s very much calculated so that the fear of sharing what’s really happening, overrides the agony of surviving it alone.

I remember so clearly, genuinely believing that it would be the end of me if I ever spoke up, even to my closest loved ones that I’d been forced to distance myself from, because I’d be raged at if I called them.

For every survivor who’s reaching out to me, I’m sharing this for you. You are not alone. I promise, you can survive no matter how unimaginably dark it gets. When the power imbalance is also so extreme, it just amplifies the abuse in a way that’s hard to imagine unless you’ve lived it.

Only by the grace of God did I survive and have I found my voice again. The Bible tells us ‘do not be afraid’ 365 times, one for every day of the year. Thank Christ I’m not afraid anymore.”

While there are two sides to every story, and we don’t know what led to this interaction, I think it’s pretty safe to say that nobody should ever be spoken to in this manner, and especially not towards your own wife. It’s rather heartbreaking to hear, but both parties seem to be doing much better now that they’re no longer together.

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