Trace Cyrus says her family is ‘worried’ about Billy Ray

In this world, nothing is certain except death, taxes and the Cyrus family drama. We were reminded of that once again on Thursday, when Trace Cyrus – Miley’s half-brother and co-founder of the band Metro Station – made an impassioned appeal on Instagram to her father, Billy Ray, following the disaster of the latter. performance at a Trump inauguration event.

On Wednesday evening, Trace, 35, posted a heartfelt message to his father. “From my earliest memories, all I remember is being obsessed with you and thinking you were the coolest person ever,” he wrote in the caption. “I wanted to be like you… Unfortunately, the man I so desperately wanted to be, as I barely recognize now. It seems like this world has beaten you down.

Trace’s public plea for his father follows Billy Ray’s disastrous performance at the Liberty Ball, a Trump inauguration event. The performance was full of technical problems, with a clearly frustrated Billy Ray snapping when his guitar malfunctioned. “Do you all want me to sing more or do you just want me to leave the stage?” I don’t care,” he said into the microphone before launching into a raspy a cappella version of his ’90s hit, “Achy Breaky Heart.”

In his message after the inauguration ball, Trace told his father that he and his sisters, Miley, Noah and Brandi, “have been really worried about you for years, but you pushed us all away.” Noah desperately wanted you to be in her life and you weren’t even there for her.

“You’re not in good health, Dad, and everyone notices,” he added.

Although Trace didn’t specify what issues he thought his father was dealing with, he did say he thought he had a “pretty good idea,” referencing his own issues with alcohol before offering his support for his father. “I would love to help you if you would open up and receive help. You know how to reach me,” he wrote. “Until that day comes, I will continue to pray for you.”

Billy Ray has yet to publicly respond to Trace’s post. However, in a statement to Peoplehe defended his participation in the inauguration ball by stating: “I would not have missed the honor of participating in this event whether my microphone, my guitar and my monitors worked or not”, adding: “I was there for the people and we had a blast.”

This is not the first time in recent years that the Cyrus family’s difficulties have made headlines. In 2023, rumors that Miley and her father were separated began circulating after she skipped her wedding to his (now ex) wife, Firerose. She appeared at her mother Tish’s wedding in 2023 with Prison Escape star Dominic Purcell, serving as maid of honor. Miley also failed to mention her father during her 2024 Grammys acceptance speech when she accepted the Record of the Year award for “Flowers.” “I don’t think I forgot anyone, but I might have forgotten the underwear,” she joked at the end of the speech.

In a June 2024 interview with David Letterman on his Netflix show, My next guest needs no introductionMiley denied that she and Billy Ray were separated. “What’s so beautiful is that my parents served their children, and I know it. My parents served us and sacrificed so much for us. Everything we dreamed of, they made it possible,” she said, although she also joked that she thought she inherited her “narcissism” from her father.