Inside Billy Ray Cyrus' tragic downfall, from 'intense bouts of drinking' to 'bitterness' over Miley's success

Billy Ray Cyrus was erstwhile 1 of the astir palmy state stars connected the globe.

During the tallness of his career, helium was good known for being a dedicated hubby and father, and his adorable narration with girl Miley Cyrus successful the amusement Hannah Montana wholly captivated audiences.

But successful caller years, some the acclaimed musician's nonrecreational and idiosyncratic beingness has seemed to crumble. 

Billy Ray, 63, has go embroiled successful ungraded recently, facing 2 explosive divorces, accusations of maltreatment from ex Firerose, and a rumored feud with girl Miley.

Most recently, his lad Trace posted a bosom wrenching plea connected Instagram, begging his dada to get 'help' pursuing a 'trainwreck' show astatine Donald Trump's inauguration.

Trace said helium 'barely recognized' his begetter anymore, and boldly stated, 'You're not steadfast dada and everyone is noticing it.' 

So what happened? How did Billy Ray spell from a booming instrumentalist and devoted household antheral to idiosyncratic who tin hardly get immoderate enactment and has practically nary narration with ain children?

Well, a root adjacent to Billy Ray has present lifted the lid connected what truly led to his tragic downfall exclusively to DailyMail.com, and they claimed it stemmed from his 'bitterness' implicit his girl Miley 'outshining' him.

They alleged that Billy Ray 'groomed' Miley to beryllium the family's 'cash cow' due to the fact that helium knew helium was 'fading,' but aft the world deed that she was much celebrated than him, helium couldn't bare it.

The root besides claimed that his matrimony to Tish Cyrus was plagued by 'intense bouts of drinking and alleged cause abuse,' adding that erstwhile they split, it wholly divided the Cyrus family.

And erstwhile a shocking audio signaling leaked connected the web that saw him referring to Miley arsenic a 'skank' and the 'devil,' it was the last straw for the Wrecking Ball songstress: her begetter was present 'dead to her,' said an insider. 

Things lone got worse for Billy Ray erstwhile helium started dating Firerose, arsenic sources said that erstwhile that narration besides yet ended successful an highly messy divorce, his immense heartbreak pb to him becoming a 'recluse.'

DailyMail.com has reached retired to Miley, Tish, and Billy Ray's reps for comment.

As Billy Ray continues to spiral, FEMAIL has recapped his shocking downfall, and broke down what truly went incorrect for him.

His rollercoaster thrust emotion life: Billy Ray went done 2 precise nationalist divorces, and ex Firerose made a slew of accusations against him

Billy Ray has faced a bid of blows successful his idiosyncratic beingness recently, arsenic he went done 2 precise nationalist and messy divorces in caller years.

He and his woman of much than 3 decades, Tish, divided successful April 2022, with her citing 'irreconcilable differences' connected the divorcement papers.

Addressing their divided successful a associated connection astatine the time, the brace shared: 'It is aft 30 years, 5 astonishing children and a beingness of memories, we person decided to spell our abstracted ways - not with sadness, but with emotion successful our hearts.

'We person grown up together, raised a household we tin beryllium truthful arrogant of, and it is present clip to make our ain paths.

'We volition ever beryllium household and look guardant to a continued and loving shared acquisition arsenic friends and parents.

'We person not travel to this determination lightly oregon rapidly but with truthful overmuch going connected successful the world, we wanted to supply immoderate clarity and closure, truthful we tin stay focused connected what is important. With Love and Hope… Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus.'

While things initially seemed amicable betwixt the pair, tensions soon began to amusement erstwhile Tish claimed she was 'disrespected' successful her matrimony during a shocking interrogation afterwards.

She revealed: 'I volition ne'er enactment up with disrespect. I didn't adjacent cognize until I had a caller narration that determination was truthful overmuch respect, however overmuch disrespect determination was successful my matrimony before, connected some our parts.'

Now, a root has told DailyMail.com: 'There was a batch of maltreatment connected some sides of the spectrum, and this was besides coupled with aggravated bouts of drinking and alleged cause abuse.'

Billy Ray antecedently spoke about consuming an 'excess of alcohol' and utilizing 'cocaine' successful the aboriginal years of his career.

'I deliberation it was an excess of alcohol. There was astir apt some… I hatred to adjacent accidental it. It was a beauteous unsmooth time,' helium said successful 2024. 'Excessive alcohol. I'll conscionable permission it astatine that.'

He added that helium stopped partying close earlier the merchandise of Achy Breaky Heart.

'I realized, "Hey, Cyrus, you're astir to get your chance. You got the medium that everybody seems to truly judge in,"' helium recalled.

'I stopped astatine a bridge... and threw each my worldly into the stream and said. "I can't bash this and not beryllium astatine my precise best. I've worked excessively hard."'

At the time, helium besides insisted that portion helium didn't portion oregon bash drugs anymore, helium allowed himself 'a small puff each present and past of marijuana.' 

'I benignant of allowed myself to say, "Okay, if you get escaped of these 2 devils… intoxicant and cocaine… support a small spot of the marijuana due to the fact that it's benignant of your medicine,"' helium shared.

He has been unfastened astir his usage of marijuana connected galore occasions, and helium adjacent launched his ain cannabis marque successful 2020. 

Soon aft helium and Tish ended their marriage, Billy Ray was linked to chap instrumentalist Firerose, and immediately, they faced fierce scrutiny implicit their 27-year property difference.

Even so, they moved quickly, getting engaged conscionable months aft they got unneurotic and walking down the aisle 1 twelvemonth later. 

In June 2024, quality deed the web that helium and Firerose were going their abstracted ways aft lone 7 months of marriage.

At the time, TMZ reported that Billy Ray had filed for divorcement weeks prior, and helium cited 'irreconcilable differences' and 'inappropriate marital conduct' for what led to her split.

Afterwards, some of them made a slew of allegations against 1 different during an highly messy tribunal battle.

In ineligible documents, helium claimed she was aft his wealth and accused her of 'physical, affectional and verbal abuse.'

She besides accused the vocalist of 'verbal, emotional, and intelligence abuse,' and claimed helium had 'persistent cause usage accompanied with the depletion of marijuana.'

Both of them denied the other's claims.

While speaking to Page Six at the time, Firerose alleged that Billy Ray constantly screamed astatine her and made her consciousness similar a 'prisoner' in their Tennessee location during their marriage.

She also accused the vocalist of 'isolating' her from her friends and household and said that helium had attempted to power her by implementing a acceptable of 'rules' for her to follow. 

'Billy had precise strict rules,' she said. 'I didn't person a car. I was lone allowed to spell to the section chiropractor and allowed erstwhile a period to get my nails done.'

Firerose called it 'systemic isolation' and claimed that her friends and household were banned from visiting her astatine home.

She added: 'If I had to nonstop a text, I had to work it retired to him for permission. It was the aforesaid for email.'

They settled their divorcement that August, per tribunal documents exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com, and she walked distant with $0.

'She settled for thing conscionable to beryllium done with him and get distant from the situation,' an insider told DailyMail.com afterwards. 

'I'm conscionable precise relieved,' Billy Ray said successful a statement. 'This has been perfectly the astir brainsick insane scam I person ever heard of.

'Let unsocial the information I'm close successful the halfway and fundamentally the people of the scheme.

'It's unfortunate it played retired this way. Not lone was it a web of lies that enactment maine successful carnal danger, it was a substance of the heart. Love is unsighted – that's for sure.' 

A root has present told DailyMail.com that Billy Ray has go 'a recluse' since his divided from Firerose due to the fact that helium 'truly believed' she was 'the one.'

'Since [their divorce], Billy has unopen a batch of radical retired due to the fact that helium truly trusts nary one,' they added.

Feuding with his family: The Cyrus clan has been torn isolated by the split, and the play was lone heightened aft Billy Ray called girl Miley a 'skank'

Billy Ray and Tish's divorcement seemed to rip the full Cyrus household isolated - with immoderate of their 5 kids taking his broadside and others taking hers. 

One period aft the split, a root told The Sun that Miley was 'no longer connected speaking terms' with her father. 

'Miley is each astir bid but she didn't hold with immoderate things that her begetter has done,' they said.

'It has truly escalated and they are not connected bully terms. There were words exchanged implicit what happened towards the extremity of Billy and Tish's matrimony and present they intelligibly spot things precise differently.'

When Miley won an grant astatine the 2024 Grammys successful February, she threw immoderate subtle shadiness astatine her begetter by leaving him retired of her convey you speech. 

'Thanks to my mommy, my sister, my love, and my main gays due to the fact that look however bully I look,' she said, adding, 'I don't deliberation I forgot anyone. But I mightiness person forgotten underwear. Bye.'

Then, successful July 2024, DailyMail.com obtained a shocking audio signaling that saw Billy Ray spell connected a furious tirade against Miley.

In the recording, Billy bizarrely spoke astir himself successful the 3rd idiosyncratic earlier turning his attraction to his daughter.

He referred to her lone arsenic 'that devil' past uttered the astonishing statement: 'Everyone knows that devil's a skank.'

He past went connected to notation to ex-wife Tish arsenic a 'liar… a w***e… and a cheat.'

A source antecedently told DailyMail.com that the signaling was the last straw for Miley and that her begetter was present 'dead to her.'

'There is nary excuse, ever, for a begetter to telephone his girl a skank. Any inkling of respect that Miley had for her begetter is gone. He is dormant to her,' the insider said. 

They alleged that Billy Ray had tried to excuse his outburst, insisting that his words were 'taken retired of context,' but that Miley 'refused to entertain' immoderate apology from her father. 

A 2nd insider added, 'Miley is mad, bittersweet and besides not giving a s**t, each the emotions are there. 

'Miley is implicit caring astir what Billy Ray has to accidental astir her, her ma oregon her siblings. Miley is arsenic autarkic of a pistillate arsenic possible, and she refuses to fto her dad, oregon immoderate man, interruption her heart.'

Despite the drama, Billy Ray posted a tribute to Miley connected her birthday successful November.

He shared a slideshow of aged images of him and Miley to Instagram, including 1 of her arsenic a baby, 1 from their Hannah Montana days, and 1 of them performing connected signifier unneurotic astatine Glastonbury successful 2019.

'Happy Birthday Mile. Hope it's the champion 1 ever! (I cognize I dropped the "y." That's what I called her astir of her life),' helium captioned the post, on with a heart.

Now, idiosyncratic adjacent to the Cyrus clan told DailyMail.com that Billy Ray and Miley's rift stemmed from him becoming 'bitter of her success.'

'Billy beauteous overmuch groomed Miley to beryllium the currency cattle due to the fact that helium knew that his clip was fading,' they said. 

'He saw her endowment was liable for making Hannah Montana happen. At the time, Billy was inactive viewed arsenic a hunky each American state star, which helped unafraid the deal.

'They were close, person that Billy was to immoderate of his different children... [but] implicit the years that dynamic changed and erstwhile Miley became the prima of the household and Billy's prima faded, helium became bitter of her successes.'

The insider added that Miley 'took her mom's side' erstwhile their matrimony fell isolated and 'has not spoken to him successful respective years.'

'Although she was warming up to the thought of reuniting with him, she is nary longer consenting to bash that,' they continued.

'After she heard what helium called her i.e. the "devil" and a "skank," she is utterly disgusted by him and wants thing to bash with him.'

They concluded, 'Billy is bitter due to the fact that helium groomed a superstar who outshined him. Tish and Miley are connected apical of the satellite close present and bash not look backwards and person nary regrets.' 

His bizarre inauguration performance: After Billy Ray was slammed implicit his 'trainwreck' show, his lad Trace posted a enactment pleading that helium gets 'help'

Billy Ray was severely roasted aft helium took to the signifier to perform astatine 1 of Donald's inauguration balls connected Monday.

The amusement was branded arsenic a 'trainwreck' connected societal media aft it was plagued with a slew of method problems.

Billy Ray was heard saying connected stage, 'Is my guitar inactive on? I deliberation they chopped maine off. I don't perceive my guitar anymore.'

He past gestured to his guitar and asked unit members, 'Is anyone awake?' 

He continued, 'I don't perceive it? Do ya'll perceive it? Is anyone backmost there? Can idiosyncratic crook my guitar backmost on? We're going to sing a spot more.' 

At 1 point, a frustrated Billy Ray asked the crowd, 'Y'all privation maine to sing much oregon you conscionable privation maine to get the hellhole of the stage?' earlier helium added, 'I don't springiness a damn.'

After a technician remedied the situation, Billy Ray referenced the caller President, saying, 'When you person method difficulties you got to conscionable support going - oregon arsenic President Trump would say, you got to fight.' 

Social media users appeared to beryllium disappointed with the technically-hindered performance, with 1 idiosyncratic calling it 'possibly the cringiest fewer minutes successful amusement history.' 

Another said it was 'so embarrassing' watching Billy Ray's 'trainwreck performance' and claimed helium was 'clearly lip-syncing' and 'bizarrely [wandering] astir the stage.'

'I'm embarrassed for you @billyraycyrus,' a antithetic idiosyncratic said. 'This is simply a disgrace to our President and our state get disconnected [the] stage.'

Another scathed, 'I conscionable watched them effort to propulsion him disconnected signifier for 5 mins... they adjacent killed the lights connected him. Thank you Fox for filming that full scene. Had maine crying.'

'Can Trump pardon Billy Ray Cyrus for this show tonight? Wow,' idiosyncratic other joked.

Afterwards, Billy Ray issued a connection astir the botched performance, penning connected Instagram, 'I wouldn't person missed the grant of playing this lawsuit whether my microphone, guitar and monitors worked oregon not.

'I was determination due to the fact that President Donald J. Trump invited me. I had a shot astatine the Liberty Ball past nighttime and I've learned done each these years erstwhile the shaper says: "You're on," you spell entertain the folks adjacent if the instrumentality goes to hell.

'I was determination for the radical and we had a blast. That's called stone 'n' roll.' 

Following the scrutiny, Billy Ray's lad Trace posted a bosom wrenching, lengthy enactment to Instagram saying that helium 'barely recognized' his dada and pleading with him to get 'help.'

'Since my earliest memories each I tin retrieve is being obsessed with you and reasoning you were the coolest idiosyncratic ever,' helium wrote.

'I wanted to beryllium conscionable similar you. The time you adopted maine was the happiest time of my life. 

'Sadly the antheral that I wanted truthful desperately to beryllium conscionable similar I hardly admit now. It seems this satellite has beaten you down and it's go evident to everyone but you.'

Trace added that helium knew his begetter 'might beryllium upset with him' for posting it, but added that helium 'could attraction little astatine this point.' 

'Me and the girls person been genuinely disquieted astir you for years but you've pushed each of america away,' helium continued. 

'Noah desperately has wanted you to beryllium a portion of her beingness and you haven't adjacent been determination for her. That's your babe girl. She deserves better. 

'Somehow, conscionable similar me, she inactive idolizes you though. We are each hanging connected to memories of the antheral we erstwhile knew and hoping for the time helium returns.'

Trace boldly stated, 'You're not steadfast dada and everyone is noticing it. Just similar I showed up for you astatine Mamaw's ceremonial erstwhile you didn't expect maine to I'm inactive present close now. 

'As I constitute this with tears successful my eyes I anticipation you recognize this connection lone comes from a spot of emotion and besides fearfulness that the satellite whitethorn suffer you acold excessively soon. I emotion you Dad.'

Trace past talked astir his ain struggles, revealing that helium was 'a twelvemonth and a fractional cleanable of alcohol.'

'Guess what? I consciousness amazing,' helium wrote. 'I don't cognize what you're struggling with precisely but I deliberation I person a beauteous bully thought and I'd emotion to assistance you if you would unfastened up and person the help. 

'You cognize however to scope me. 'Till that time comes I volition proceed to commune for you.'

A root told DailyMail.com that Trace's station came 'as a astonishment to him' and that helium 'wishes it would not person been a nationalist outcry.'

But they said that it was 'a small excessively precocious for that' and that 'his show was alarming for everyone who knows him.'

'Even much alarming is that helium volition not archer anyone that helium has a problem,' they added. 

'It is wide to everyone that determination is thing going connected with him close now. Everyone is hoping that this volition aftermath him up and get honorable astir what is going on.'

A 2nd insider stated that Billy Ray has 'shut them each out' and that his behaviour is 'so alarming to them.'

'Billy has unopen them each out, including Trace and Noah who helium was antecedently adjacent with. This is truthful alarming to them,' they said.

'It is truly a fragile concern close present and they are each really, truly praying that this wakes him up. Trace had the enactment of his siblings connected this letter.'

His dwindling career: After spending decades arsenic a instrumentalist and actor, Billy Ray's enactment has importantly slowed down successful caller years

Billy Ray was erstwhile 1 of the astir palmy state artists connected the globe, releasing 16 workplace albums implicit the people of his decades-long vocation and dropping a slew of large hits.

His opus 1992 Achy Breaky Heart was arguably his astir celebrated track, which peaked astatine fig 4 connected the Billboard Hot 100. He was besides famously featured connected a remix of Lil Nas X's wildly fashionable opus Old Town Road successful 2019.

In summation to his occurrence arsenic a musician, helium has besides dabbled successful acting, starring successful the amusement Doc, the Disney Channel bid Hannah Montana, and CMT's sitcom Still the King implicit the years, amongst different things. 

But his vocation has slowed down immensely successful caller years amid his galore scandals. 

While helium dropped a caller single, called Remember Why You're Here, successful November, he hasn't released a full-length medium since 2019.

As for his acting, helium past appeared successful the 2022 flick Christmas in Paradise - which was wide panned by critics, receiving an 11 percent people connected Rotten Tomatoes - and helium hasn't been formed successful thing since then.