Billy Ray Cyrus addresses leaked rant, admitting he was at his ‘wit’s end’ with ex-wife

He told his ex-wife he’d ‘see you in court’ over leaked audio

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Billy Ray Cyrus has addressed the contents of his leaked rant to ex-wife Firerose, admitting in a statement on Instagram that he was at his “wit’s end” with her. In leaked audio obtained by The Daily Mail, Billy Ray Cyrus starts ranting to Firerose, yelling: “I don’t think you’re real smart, I’ve changed my mind on that sh*t. What I think you are is a selfish f*cking b*tch. That’s what you are.” He also allegedly talked about his daughter, Miley Cyrus, labelling her as “the devil” amongst other things.

Billy Ray Cyrus filed for divorce from Firerose in May after less than a year of marriage. He cited “irreconcilable differences” and “inappropriate marital conduct” as reasons for their annulment. Since the audio leaked he seems to have addressed the leak, admitting it was him and explaining that she was trying to “take over my career, my life and usurp the Cyrus name.”

Via Instagram

In a statement posted to his Instagram story, he wrote: “Hell yeah I was at my wit’s end. As every day went by, I started realizing something was wrong. And that’s before I knew she 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.”

He goes on to claim “everything I thought I knew about her, was a lie,” alleging that his ex-wife, “was trying to take over my career, my life and usurp the Cyrus name for her own gain.” He ended the statement by saying: “See you in court.”

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In a new statement to Entertainment Daily, his divorce lawyers have claimed his ex-wife is the one who leaked the audio to The Daily Mail. They said: “On behalf of our client, Billy Ray Cyrus, we wish to respond to Ms. Hodges recent release to the press in an apparent last-ditch effort to squeeze money out of Mr. Cyrus ahead of our court ordered mediation scheduled for next week.

“As we previously stated and released back in June, we regret that Ms. Hodges has chosen to litigate this 7-month marriage in the press and has left Mr. Cyrus with no recourse but to set the record straight, once again. Mr. Cyrus previously admitted in a court filing that he had been very vocally frustrated and angry with Ms. Hodges during their 7-month marriage as he began to uncover more and more of Ms. Hodges true motives for marrying him.”

They go on to claim that Firerose “is the person who made the recording without telling Mr. Cyrus that she was recording him. Of course, she was intentionally on her best behavior since she knew the recording was being made. If Mr. Cyrus was truly the person that Ms. Hodges desires the court of public opinion to believe with the release of her one-sided recording, then it is mindboggling to try and explain why Ms. Hodges begged to return to live with him and for Mr. Cyrus to give her a chance to ‘explain everything’ after he filed to annul or dissolve their marriage.

“Unfortunately, Ms. Hodges is attempting to litigate her case in the press for her own personal gain and in an attempt to harm our client’s longstanding career, as she promised she would do if he tried to divorce her, which Mr. Cyrus alleged in a previous court filing. At this point Ms. Hodges has played her last card, while Mr. Cyrus, on the other hand, has much more material to present to the Court to demonstrate the lies that she made public throughout these proceedings.”

Neither Firerose or Miley Cyrus is yet to respond to the statement.