Days after 62-year-old Billy’s vitriolic criticism of his popstar daughter, 31, was made public, insiders have alleged that the recording was the final straw for Miley, whose relationship with her father was already on rocky terms as a result of his marriage to estranged wife Firerose, 37.
Sources tell DailyMail.com that Billy – who was also caught on audio recording unleashing an expletive-filled rant against Firerose – is now ‘dead to Miley’ who has not spoken to her father since her mom Tish, 57, filed for divorce from him in 2022 after 28 years of marriage.
‘There is no excuse, ever, for a father to call his daughter a skank. Any inkling of respect that Miley had for her father is gone. He is dead to her,’ the insider said.
In the recording, which was heard by DailyMail.com, Billy bizarrely speaks about himself in the third person before turning his attention to his daughter, Miley, referring to her only as ‘that devil’ and uttering the shocking statement: ‘Everyone knows that devil’s a skank.’
Miley Cyrus’ dad Billy Ray may have permanently destroyed his relationship with his daughter after branding her a ‘skank’ in a shocking audio tirade (seen together with Tish Cyrus in 2019)
Shocking audio recordings obtained by DailyMail.com feature Billy Ray unleashing a vile rant against now-estranged wife Firerose (seen in February), before calling his daughter a ‘devil’
He then goes on to refer to ex-wife Tish as a ‘liar…a w***e…and a cheat’.
‘Honestly, Miley is not surprised that these words came out of his mouth,’ the insider went on, which a second source adding, ‘Miley is mad, sad and also not giving a s**t, all the emotions are there.
‘Miley is over caring about what Billy Ray has to say about her, her mom or her siblings. Miley is as independent of a woman as possible, and she refuses to let her dad, or any man, break her heart.’
The first insider alleged that Billy has tried to excuse his outburst, insisting that his words were ‘taken out of context’, but that Miley is ‘refusing to entertain’ any apology from her father.
‘He is trying to say that what he said about Miley, calling her a skank, was taken out of context,’ they claimed.
‘But Miley is not even entertaining any of this. She won’t be accepting any apologies.’
The source said that Miley was all the more hurt by the fact that her father was also revealed to have lashed out at her mother Tish, whom Billy never refers to by name, but instead calls ‘s**t’.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Billy, Miley, and Tish for comment.
Billy shares three children with Tish – Miley, Braison, 30, and Noah, 24. He also has a son from a previous relationship and adopted Tish’s two children, Brandi, 37, and Trace, 35, when they married.
However, in a text exchange between Billy and his manager Scott Adkins, Billy again took aim at his former spouse and the mother of his kids, writing, ‘She is a liar…a w***e…and a cheat. Complete skank. Scum of the earth. A fraud.’
A source told DailyMail.com that Billy Ray ‘is dead’ to Miley (seen in June) – adding that any chances of a reconciliation between the estranged duo ‘went out the window’
‘There is no excuse, ever, for a father to call his daughter a skank. A ny inkling of respect that Miley had for her father is gone. He is dead to her,’ the insider said
Billy shares three kids with Tish (seen in 2019) – Miley, Braison, 30, and Noah, 24. He also has a son from a previous relationship and adopted Tish’s two children, Brandi, 37, and Trace, 35
Comparing her to Lindsay Lohan’s mother, Dina, 61, Billy wrote, she ‘Makes Deanna [sic] Lohan look like Mother Theresa.’
Another shocking audio strongly backs claims from Billy’s soon-to-be ex-wife Firerose that he subjected her to months of abuse.
The tape reveals the appalling treatment which Firerose claims she continually faced during her seven-month marriage to Billy.
During one confrontation between Billy and Firerose, which appears to have been sparked by the country star’s fury at being made too late to go on stage for a show, he warns her: ‘If you had just left it the f**k alone, now I’m really f**king p***ed, once again showing you will not listen.
‘I don’t know who the f**k you think you are, but you will not listen… this ain’t about nothing this is about you being a selfish f**king b***h.’
Continuing his hateful rant, Billy sneers: ‘I don’ think you’re real smart, I’ve changed my mind on that s**t. What I think you are is a selfish f**king b***h. That’s what you are.’
Shortly after Billy’s audio went viral, he took to Instagram Stories to admit that it was his voice in the recording, before attempting to offer an excuse for the rant.
Comparing her to Lindsay Lohan’s mother, Dina, 61, Billy wrote, she ‘Makes Deanna [sic] Lohan look like Mother Theresa.’
Another shocking audio strongly backs claims from Billy’s soon-to-be ex-wife Firerose that he subjected her to months of abuse.
The tape reveals the appalling treatment which Firerose claims she continually faced during her seven-month marriage to Billy.
In one shocking text exchange with his manager and publicist Scott Adkins, Billy Ray says of Tish: ‘She is a liar, w***e and a cheat. Complete Skank. Scum of the earth. A fraud’
Hours after the shocking toxic rant – which also featured the country singer belittling his ex-wife Firerose , 37 – came to light, Miley shared a photo of herself embracing her mother
During one confrontation between Billy and Firerose, which appears to have been sparked by the country star’s fury at being made too late to go on stage for a show, he warns her: ‘If you had just left it the f**k alone, now I’m really f**king p***ed, once again showing you will not listen.
‘I don’t know who the f**k you think you are, but you will not listen… this ain’t about nothing this is about you being a selfish f**king b***h.’
Continuing his hateful rant, Billy sneers: ‘I don’ think you’re real smart, I’ve changed my mind on that s**t. What I think you are is a selfish f**king b***h. That’s what you are.’
Shortly after Billy’s audio went viral, he took to Instagram Stories to admit that it was his voice in the recording, before attempting to offer an excuse for the rant.
‘Hell yeah I was at my wit’s end,’ he wrote. ‘As every day went by, I started realizing something was wrong. And that’s before I knew [Firerose] was a fraud.
‘I just knew something wasn’t right. That was before I knew she was David Hodges ex-wife. That’s before I knew her parents last name. I had no idea she was arrested for felony residential burglary.
‘I saw before my very own eyes, everything I thought I knew about her, was a life. She was trying to take over my career, my life and usurp the Cyrus name for own gain.’
He ended the statement by writing: ‘See you in court.’
His social media post did not include anything about his beratement of Tish and Miley, which was recorded at a completely separate time than his argument with Firerose.
The source added, ‘Miley is standing with Tish on this. His words about Firerose pale in comparison to how he used to treat Tish while Miley and her siblings were around. The way that he treated Tish was so awful.’
Hours after the shocking toxic rant came to light, Miley shared a photo of herself embracing her mother Tish as an apparent show of support for her other mom.
Firerose and Cyrus met over a decade ago on a Los Angeles film lot while she was attending an audition. The two were longtime friends before confirming their relationship in 2022
Firerose and Cyrus said ‘I do’ in October 2023, which the Hannah Montana alum called a ‘beautiful, joyous day’ in an Instagram post
Billy Ray initiated the divorce proceedings last May, and Firerose clapped back with a counter complaint last June. Among other things, she alleged that he was ‘abusive’
The Wrecking Ball singer took to X to upload a behind-the-scenes photo of herself and Tish from a recent Gucci party in Los Angeles.
Miley has reportedly been estranged from Billy Ray in the years that followed his and Tish’s 2022 divorce.
Miley famously left her father out of her acceptance speech — only mentioning mom Tish, sister Brandi and her team — as she won her first-ever Grammy Award earlier this year.
More recently, Miley spoke candidly about her relationship with Billy Ray during a sit-down interview with David Letterman.
She told the host of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction that she ‘inherited narcissism’ from Billy Ray while lauding Tish as her ‘hero.’
Though she acknowledged both her parents helped steer her towards her successful career, Miley said the roles they played in helping her achieve fame ‘can’t be weighed on the same scale.’
She did credit her father for providing a roadmap on how to navigate her career.
‘My father I’m grateful for being able to watch him ahead of me,’ she explained.
‘He’s almost given me this map, and it’s a map of what to do and what not to do, and he’s guided me on both,’ she said.
‘Without my dad, I know … who I am as a person wouldn’t exist. Because my dad as a creative and like, as an artist, and the way his brain works has always made me feel safer in my own mind.’
The interview was released amid Billy Ray’s super sloppy divorce from his much-younger wife Firerose.
A source previously told DailyMail.com in June that Miley felt ‘vindicated knowing that she was right about Firerose the whole time.’
Billy Ray confirmed in an Instagram statement on Wednesday it was his voice in the recording, admitting he was at his ‘wit’s end’ during the verbal assault
Firerose broke her silence by sharing a photo of a sign that featured a cryptic quote about spiritual guidance to her Instagram Story
The insider also claimed that ‘Firerose was one of the reasons she stopped talking to her dad’ and that, despite the divorce, she still has ‘no communication with her dad right now.
Billy Ray’s full Instagram statement put the blame for the demise on their marriage on Firerose.
‘As every day went by, I started realizing something was wrong. And that’s before I knew she was a fraud.’
He then went on to make a series of claims about Firerose.
‘I just knew something wasn’t right. That was before I knew she was David Hodges ex-wife. That’s before I knew her parents last name. I had no idea she was arrested for felony residential burglary.
‘I saw before my very own eyes, everything I thought I knew about her, was a life. She was trying to take over my career, my life and usurp the Cyrus name for own gain.
Billy Ray finished the statement with: ‘See you in court.’
Shortly after, Firerose took to Instagram to share a photo of a sign that featured a cryptic quote about spiritual guidance.
‘Give God everything you have and he will give you everything you need,’ it read.
Billy Ray first met Firerose in 2010 when he was still married to second wife Tish.
She was 22, and Billy Ray was 48 and starring alongside Miley on the Disney Channel hit show, Hannah Montana, at the time.
They became friends but nothing happened romantically until the country singer reached out to her a decade later and asked her to duet with him on a version of Tanya Tucker’s ‘Delta Dawn.’
He was still married to Tish at the time but told Firerose they were ‘soulmates’ and promised her a romance for the ages.
The pair were married in October 2023 but today all the grand talk of old rings hollow.
Just seven months into the marriage in May, Billy Ray filed for divorce, marking the beginning of an increasingly bitter legal battle, according to filings.
Firerose claims Billy Ray kicked her out of the marital home on May 23, 2024 – one day before she was due to undergo a preventative double mastectomy having been diagnosed with the BRCA1 gene, a gene placing her at high risk of developing certain forms of cancer, in 2020. She has since postponed her surgery ‘indefinitely.’
Earlier this month she filed a motion to retrieve property, claiming her estranged husband has refused to let her return to the home to remove her belongings.
Documents obtained by DailyMail.com show Firerose had agreed to move out after his divorce filing and to not return without his permission.
