Miley CyrusandLiam Hemsworthhave called it quits less than a year after tying the knot.
“Liam and Miley have agreed to separate at this time,” a rep for Cyrus tells PEOPLE in a statement. “Ever-evolving, changing as partners and individuals, they have decided this is what’s best while they both focus on themselves and careers. They still remain dedicated parents to all of their animals they share while lovingly taking this time apart. Please respect their process and privacy.”
Rumors of a split between Cyrus, 26, and Hemsworth, 29, began on Saturday, after the “Mother’s Daughter” singer posted a since-deleted photo of herself on Instagram in which she was not wearing her wedding ring.
“Mute me if you don’t want SPAMMED,” she captioned the post, which featured Cyrus sitting in a chair while wearing a black bustier top with a matching pair of black pants.
Although Cyrus is not wearing her wedding ring in the image, she is wearing multiple bracelets and necklaces.
In response to the image, her older sisterBrandi Cyruscommented, “Boooooooooooooom!”
The photo was taken while CyrusvacationedwithBrody Jenner’s ex Kaitlynn Carter in Italy — a trip which took place just one week afterPEOPLE confirmed Carter’s splitfrom Jenner after a year of marriage.
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Earlier this summer, Cyrus opened up about how she doesn’t “fit into a stereotypical wife role.”
“I think it’s very confusing to people that I’m married. But my relationship is unique,” Cyrus toldEllefor its August 2019 cover story, adding that the details of their love life are something she chooses to keep private.
“I don’t know that I would ever publicly allow people in there because it’s so complex, and modern, and new that I don’t think we’re in a place where people would get it,” she said. “I mean, do people really think that I’m at home in a f—ing apron cooking dinner? I’m in a hetero relationship, butI still am very sexually attracted to women.”
Cyrus added: “People become vegetarian for health reasons, but bacon is still f–ing good, and I know that. I made a partner decision. This is the person I feel has my back the most. I definitely don’t fit into a stereotypical wife role. I don’t even like that word.”
Cyrus and Hemsworth, who met in 2009 on the set of Nicholas Sparks' romantic dramaThe Last Song, had a rocky,on-again, off-again relationshipfor years before he proposed in 2012.
The two ended their engagement and broke up a year later, beforereconciling in 2015.
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While Cyrus and Hemsworth were committed to each other for years, neither were too concerned aboutactually tying the knot. But that all changed in December 2018 when they wed during an intimate ceremony at their home in Franklin, Tennessee.
After facing the unthinkable when their beloved Malibu home burned down the previous months during the California wildfires, the couple became closer than ever.
“The timing for their wedding makes perfect sense. They, like many others, endured a painful loss which deepened their bond,” a friend of the singertold PEOPLEafter the pair got married.
“They don’t have doubts about their relationship,” a Cyrus source added. “They both wanted to get married. They have both matured a lot, and it seemed like the perfect time for them to get married.”
source: people.com
