Billy Ray Cyrus Tells Story Of How He Met Future Fiancée On Hannah Montana – And It is SKETCHY!

You already know that basic meet-cute story, when a boy sees a lady on the set of his teen daughter’s TV present and thinks… in just a few years…

Properly, that’s the way it labored out for Billy Ray Cyrus and his a lot youthful new fiancée (and “soulmate”) Firerose. The couple confirmed off their engagement on Instagram final month, however they’re solely simply now making it official, confirming it in a profile for Individuals journal.

As a part of the profile, they took a second to make some clarifications about Firerose — first, that that is her authorized title now and nothing else, the “actual deal” as Billy Ray says. Second, she’s 34 years previous. Nonetheless a 27-year age hole, however no, she isn’t youthful than Miley Cyrus as some speculated.

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Additionally they confirmed they met on the set of Hannah Montana — one thing Firerose had talked about again after they had been supposedly simply in a musical mentor relationship — solely this time lastly giving all the main points. It was 12 years in the past, making Firerose 22 on the time, presumably enjoying a peer to then-17-year-old Miley. The TV/IRL dad remembers it prefer it was yesterday — he was strolling his canine Tex between filming and had a magical second:

“I beloved doing that present. There’s a pair previous pine bushes on the lot that seem like Tennessee. Tex and I might go on the market in the course of the day and he’d maintain his enterprise and we’d stretch and I’d suppose how a lot I missed Tennessee. On that given day, Firerose got here out of the entrance door.”

He was struck at first sight by the younger girl’s… expertise:

“There was virtually a second of, I don’t know, recognition. I used to be like, ‘This lady’s a star.’”

He was married to Tish Cyrus on the time and stayed married one other decade, however certain, inform that story like we’re supposed to seek out it romantic…

Firerose after all knew precisely who the Achy Breaky Coronary heart singer was as she grew up on his music. She instructed the magazine:

“Rising up in Australia, my love of music was predominant over every thing. I’ve recognized his music since perpetually.”

Billy Ray mentioned she got here as much as pet the canine they usually bought to speaking:

“She instructed me she’d had an audition and I mentioned, ‘Properly, I’m certain you bought the job.’”

No matter she was auditioning for she didn’t get it. However Billy Ray discovered a place for her:

“I simply thought, nicely, the casting brokers, the producers, the writers, they’re all on the ground of the place we do Hannah Montana. And I really mentioned to her, ‘Don’t ever take a wierd man up on this provide, however, on this case, Tex will testify that you can be completely secure. I’m going to introduce you to a producer and you may form of make your self at residence and watch us rehearse and , perhaps it’d result in a job or simply one other contact at Disney.’ And so, off me and her and Tex went again to the studio and I believe she met numerous the solid and met the producers, writers. And, in some methods, nicely, in numerous methods, we grew to become mates.”

Sure, you might be studying that proper. He met a scorching 22-year-old blonde lady on the Disney lot and — with out ever seeing her act or sing — did no matter he might to get her a job. They usually grew to become mates “in numerous methods.” If we had been Miley and Tish, we’d be fairly unnerved by this story, too.

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They stayed in contact all that point, they mentioned. Which can also be sus as hell, frankly. Ultimately their friendship advanced into mentorship as he heard her music — after which into extra in the course of the pandemic:

“There was illness and loss of life, and arduous instances. The entire sudden, the life that I’ve all the time often called a touring artist didn’t exist anymore. A second of a lot change. And on the similar time, Firerose, who had been such a lightweight of positivity, such a greatest good friend. After which once we started sharing the music, it simply advanced extra into, as musical soulmates, to soulmates, comfortable, pure love that to me, I didn’t know might exist. Once more, we’re musicians, at the beginning, each of us. And we discovered this concord, and this rhythm, this melody to life.”

It didn’t take lengthy after his divorce was finalized that he popped the query. Very casually, as Firerose tells it — no ring, no getting down on one knee, nothing like that:

“Billy checked out me and mentioned, ‘Do you, do you wanna marry me?’ And I used to be identical to, ‘After all I do. I really like you.’ He mentioned, ‘I really like you. I wanna make this official. I wanna be with you perpetually.’”

Women, if your man proposes to you with no ring, he’s not proposing. He’s simply making ideas.

After she accepted, nonetheless, she did get to design her personal ring, a large rock estimated to be value $200k.

From a TV star recognizing a wide-eyed younger aspiring actress to soulmates. Heck of a journey for these two. What do YOU take into consideration their love story??

[Image via Billy Ray Cyrus/Instagram/Disney/YouTube.]