Tish Cyrus Details Her ‘Complete Psychological Breakdown’ Before Divorce from Billy Ray Cyrus: ‘I Was Literally Terrified’ (Exclusive)

Tish Cyrus is in a happy place!

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Fr Sorry, we’re high podcast she hosts with daughter Brandi Cyrus, who was born in Nashville, 56, reflected on her April 2022 divorce from Billy Ray Cyrus.

“I’m over 50, I’ll be 57 this year. And when I was literally going through a divorce and trying to make the decision to get out of a 30-year marriage, I was mostly terrified,” she said, noting that women over a certain age can find love again. .

“And she really thought it was over,” Brandi, 36, said.

Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus, Teen Choice Awards 2009.

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Tish agreed, adding, “No, I thought I’d be alone forever. And that was one of the times I had a paralyzing anxiety breakdown. I joke about that and say that I experienced a complete mental breakdown. There were 30 days where I didn’t eat, I didn’t sleep, I felt like I was just coming out of my skin. And it was really scary.”

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She and Billy Ray, 62, were married in 1993. They have three children: Miley, Braison and Noah. Billy Ray also adopted Tisha’s children from a previous relationship, Brandi and Trace.

The Cyrus family. John Shearer/Getty

Tish sympathized with other women who might be in similar situations.

“I understand why women are afraid to leave, not only bad relationships, [but to] a step into new careers and all that stuff. And I was literally terrified,” she said, adding that by the end she felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

She continued: “I would love to just be this poster child for women our age and just be like, I promise you sometimes starting over is the best thing you can do. I had a great time.”

Following her split from the “Achy Breaky Heart” hitmaker, Tish has since remarried to Escape from prison actor Dominic Purcell.

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Tish Cyrus and Dominic Purcell.

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“We are so happy,” she said of her current relationship.

The couple went public with their relationship in November 2022 and announced their engagement the following April.

Tish noted that with her previous relationship, “when you’re married to someone for so long… that’s all you really know.”

However, now her heart sings a new tune.

“He just encourages me to fly,” she said of Purcell, 53.

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