Firerose opened up about her past relationship with Billy Ray Cyrus and revealed he had ‘strict rules’ for her when they were together.
The 36-year-old singer claimed in an interview with Page Six on Sunday that the Achy Breaky Heart hitmaker, 62,
constantly screamed at her and made her feel like a ‘prisoner’ in their Tennessee home during their marriage.
The Australian singer also alleged to the publication that Cyrus was an ‘evil man’ and detailed her own claims of domestic abuse
After he claimed she had ‘physically, emotionally and verbally abused him,’ Fierose accused the singer of ‘isolating’ her from her friends and family
and said that he had attempted to control her by implementing a set of ‘rules’ for her to follow.
‘Billy had very strict rules,’ she elaborated. ‘I didn’t have a car. I was only allowed to go to the local chiropractor and allowed once a month to get my nails done.’
Firerose — an Australian singer whose real name is Johanna Rose Hodges — called it ‘systemic isolation’ and added: ‘I couldn’t find the courage to leave.’
She also claimed that her friends and family were banned from visiting her at home.
Cyrus’ estranged wife added: ‘If I had to send a text, I had to read it out to him for permission. It was the same for email.’
In court documents filed in Tennessee last week, Cyrus denied Fierose’s ‘mindboggling’ allegations of abuse, claiming that she had in fact abused him during the marriage – and alleging that she was only ever after his money.
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He also denied ‘abandoning her’ on May 23 when he filed for divorce – on the same day her double mastectomy was scheduled.
She previously said he kicked her out of their Tennessee home on the same day she was scheduled to undergo a double mastectomy.
She explained that she had recently been diagnosed with the BRCA1 gene mutation and faces a high risk of developing breast cancer.
However, she was unable to get the surgery.
‘When Billy decided to discard me it was [in] a brutal way,’ she shared. ‘I would never treat another human being so cruelly.’
‘This is a smear campaign by the person I was deeply in love with for four years and in a relationship with and who has decided to wage full blown war against me,’ she said.
Firerose also claimed the amount of stress he put on her caused her to pass out two days before their wedding last October.
She said that at that time, she was taken to the hospital shortly before they were set to tie the knot.
Firerose also claimed that Cyrus would give her the silent treatment for hours or days at a time.
As a result, she said she ‘withdrew’ and became ‘afraid to talk.’
She also told the outlet about how their relationship overlapped with his former marriage to Tish Cyrus, which she claimed to not have any knowledge of as he told her he had already filed for divorce.
The pair previously met at a Hollywood studio in 2010 when she was 22 and he was 48.
He was still married to his second wife at the time so they became friends.
However, he reportedly told her that they were ‘soulmates’ and would have a love story for the ages even though they hardly stayed in touch over the years before rekindling their friendship.
Ten years later, she said that Cyrus tracked her down and asked her to do a duet with him on a version of Tanya Tucker’s Delta Dawn.
At that time, she claimed he told her that he hadn’t stopped thinking about her for the past decade since the day they met.
‘Every day, he told me, “I’m getting divorced” but he said it was complicated because of the kids, and they had been married for so long. I just accepted everything he told me to be true.’
She said they began dating prior to when they released their duet A New Day in 2021 but he told her to not talk about their relationship in public.
She also said she was surprised when Tish filed for divorce in April 2022 since she thought he had already done so.
