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Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife of 28 years, Tish Cyrus, are getting divorced. Tish filed for divorce in Tennessee in early April, and the news broke on April 11. It marks the third time the “Achy Breaky Heart” and “I Want My Mullet Back” singer and his partner have split, per People. The celebrity couple has several famous children in the entertainment industry.

Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus arrive at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.
Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus | C Flanigan/Getty Images

Billy Ray and Tish reconciled the previous two times they filed for divorce

Tish Cyrus’ 2022 divorce filing comes after 28 years of marriage, but it isn’t the first time the couple has attempted to separate.

Billy Ray filed for divorce in 2010, but he withdrew his petition a few months later, People reports. Tish filed for divorce in 2013, but the couple worked through their differences and reconciled.

However, Billy Ray and Tish have not been seen together in public in some time, as TMZ reports, and “Old Town Road” remixer Billy Ray did not show up in family photos posted on social media around the holidays.

The Cyruses share five children

Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus have five children. They had Miley, Braison, and Noah together, and Billy Ray adopted Brandi and Trace, Tish’s children from a previous marriage, as People previously reported. He also has a child with another woman, and he supports them financially, as ABC reported.

Miley Cyrus is a music superstar and the former star of the hit Hannah Montana series on TV.

Trace is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the band Metro Station. Noah Cyrus is also a musician, while Brandi and Braison have a few acting credits to their name, per IMDb.

What is Billy Ray Cyrus’ net worth?

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“Achy Breaky Heart” was a massive crossover hit for Cyrus, and it has been streamed more than 90 million times on Spotify. Music is what Cyrus is known for, but it’s just one way he releases his creative energies.

Aside from his music career, Billy Ray Cyrus has several acting credits to his name. In addition to starring alongside Miley in Hannah Montana, he played Dr. Clint ‘Doc’ Cassidy on Doc (2001-2004). He also wrote one episode.

Cyrus had a small role David Lynch’s 2001 movie Mulholland Drive, starred alongside Jackie Chan in The Spy Next Door (2010), and appeared in Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014). Cyrus produced and starred as Vernon Brownmule on the TV series Still the King (2016-17). 

Thanks to his year in the entertainment industry, Cyrus has an estimated net worth of $20 million.