“I'm actually crying” - Billy Ray Cyrus pens emotional message about Noah and Miley Cyrus recent accomplishments

Billy Ray Cyrus went through feelings of parental pride as he shared his emotions about his two daughters’ recent achievements. The country music legend, in an emotional post on Instagram, claimed that he was extremely overwhelmed and that he was actually crying while writing the post on March 25, 2025. He wrote,

"Congratulations girls ! Well done. I’m so damn proud of both of you. I’m actually crying as I write this. Thank God you can’t see me. Have fun now and be happy !”

Cyrus was responding to the news about his daughters, Miley Cyrus and Noah Cyrus’ respective artistic careers. Miley, Billy Ray Cyrus’ first daughter with his ex-wife, Tish, had announced just a day before her father’s emotional post that she would be releasing a new album.

Something Beautiful, which would be Miley Cyrus’ ninth studio album, is slated for release on May 30, according to Newsweek. The news of Cyrus’s album release came just a week after her younger sister, Noah Cyrus, released her new single, "Don't Put It All on Me.” Billy Ray Cyrus, in his social media post, pointed out the fact that his “own flesh and blood” are making waves in the art scene.

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Billy Ray Cyrus’s family life explored

The social media post by Billy Ray Cyrus appreciating his daughters is significant in the backdrop of an earlier social media post by his son, Trace Cyrus. Trace, addressing Cyrus on Instagram on January 23, wrote,

"Since my earliest memories all I can remember is being obsessed with you and thinking you were the coolest person ever. I wanted to be just like you. The day you adopted me was the happiest day of my life”

Trace Cyrus was one of the two children of Leticia “Tish” Finley, whom Cyrus adopted when he got married to Tish in 1993. Trace and Brandi were children of Tish from a previous marriage.

Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish have three biological children of their own - Miley, 32, Braison, 30, and Noah, 25.

In the social media post addressed to his father, Trace Cyrus also spoke about his sisters, especially Noah. Describing their feelings for their father, Trace wrote,

“Me and the girls have been genuinely worried about you for years but you’ve pushed all of us away. Noah desperately has wanted you to be a part of her life and you haven’t even been there for her. That’s your baby girl. She deserves better. Somehow just like me she still idolizes you though. We are all hanging on to memories of the man we once knew & hoping for the day he returns. You’re not healthy Dad & everyone is noticing it”

Although it was unclear what Trace was referring to, Cyrus soon posted a YouTube short on January 26. Although the video and the caption did not acknowledge Trace’s post, the post did carry strong resonances of Cyrus’ son’s words. In the caption of the YouTube short, Cyrus wrote,

“Sunday callin. Giving thanks for the California Rain. Praying for the brokenhearted and their pain. Praying for my family. For my children ... sons and daughters...and their mother. Let this moment be the start of healing for us all.”

Cyrus’s marriage to Tish lasted for 28 years and had its fair share of ups and downs. The couple had filed for divorce multiple times but always reconciled.

Finally, Billy Ray and Tish got divorced in August 2022, when Tish filed for divorce again.

Later, Billy got married to Johanna Rose Hodges, an Australian vocalist who is known by the name of Firerose. However, the couple filed for divorce within 7 months of marriage, in 2024. As per People Magazine, irreconcilable differences and inappropriate marital conduct were given as reasons for the divorce in court documents.

Apart from his children with Tish, Billy Ray Cyrus also has a son with Kristin Luckey, named Christopher Cody Cyrus. Christopher was born the same year as Billy and Tish Cyrus’s firstborn, Miley.