Tish Cyrus Details “Self-Medicating” During Billy Ray Cyrus Breakup

It took Tish Cyrus years to process her divorce with Billy Ray Cyrus . Nearly four years after Miley Cyrus ’ parents-who also share kids Brandi Cyrus , 37, Trace Cyrus , 35, Braison Cyrus , 30, and Noah Cyrus, 24-filed for divorce in 2022, the Sorry We’re Cyrus host detailed the difficult chapter that followed. “Anything that’s happened I’m kind of like, ‘Well that’s life, just keep it moving,’” Tish explained during a Jan. 14 appearance on The Squeeze podcast . “I’d been in this relationship since I was 23 or 24 so, again, I kept it moving.” However, Tish noted that just two years before her divorce from Billy Ray-who is also dad to Christopher Cody Cyrus , 32, with ex Luckey -she lost her mom Loretta Jean Palmer Finley , to whom she’d been “very close." But the 58-year-old barely had time to process that loss before her marriage “started falling apart.” “Two of the most tragic things in my life that happened-I did not process or even stop to really think about,” Tish shared. “I’ve been very open that I was a major weed smoker. For that, because I’ve always had a little bit of anxiety, that was almost like medicine for me.” Indeed, Tish-who tied the knot with Dominic Purcell in 2023, whom she met shortly after her split with Billy-admitted she was “self-medicating in some ways,” noting, “I didn’t even realize that I was doing it for that reason.” And when she finally cut cannabis out of her system in 2024, all of her suppressed emotions came flooding back in. “I do think it kind of numbed all that pain and then I stopped smoking and all of a sudden a week later, I’m just in full-on anxiety to the point of not functioning,” Tish recalled. “It was the roughest thing I’d ever gone through.” Over a year later, Tish explained that she’s “just now” learning how to cope with her anxiety. “I’m so much better,” she emphasized. “Like, I was not functioning for that year, I was just trying to survive. Now, I’m completely on the other side of that.” As she put it, “I’m learning to control it.” For more stars who have opened up on their mental health journeys, keep reading... Gucci Mane The rapper (real name Radric Davis ) revealed in his October 2025 book Episodes: The Diary of a Recovering Mad Man that he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which prompted a mental health episode in 2020. “After that, I was like, ‘Man, I got to really just hold myself accountable and take care of my health,’” he said on an episode of The Breakfast Club . “I don’t never want to have an episode again. I’m gonna see a therapist, [even] if I have to take medicine.” In addition to his hope that his vulnerability would help others in need, Gucci Mane said that his kids Ice Davis and Iceland Ka’oir Davis with wife Keyshia...

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