Ever since Billy Ray Cyrus got divorced from Tish Finley, things have gone south between him and a couple of his children. One of those is pop star Miley Cyrus, but she and her father have somewhat reconciled. The opposite is true between Billy and his son, Trace.
Tish is also the mother of Trace and Miley, and there is no word on how good her relationship with her children is. One thing is certain: Billy and Tish did not wait long to get married after they divorced in 2023. They each got remarried the same year.
It appears that Trace, at least, blames Billy for the divorce of his parents. Billy adopted Trace when Trace was young. That might be part of the issue between the two as well.
Billy Ray Cyrus and his son need to work things out
Trace jumps on social media a lot to criticize Billy harshly, but the country legend does not usually respond. Recently, Trace posted on Instagram a long and rambling attack on his father. He turned off the comments as he might have assumed people would not like what he had to say.
This theory is proven by a later post by Trace where the reactions to his words were firmly on the side of Billy, or so it seems.
In the original post, Trace wrote, in part, "This man is so hungry for fame it's pathetic...You're the lamest man to ever walk planet earth. Honestly embarrassed to ever have considered you my idol. The best thing to come from your downfall is it made me go into beast mode. I refuse to be a washed up, delusional, evil person when I'm old like you. Christ is King. Get right with God. You need it."
One could argue whether Billy Ray Cyrus has truly had a "downfall." It's not like he was running an empire, after all. The religious references near the end do not seem to fit with the venom he is spewing before that.
The second post, strangely, compares Billy's appearance to Nicholas Cage's son. The feedback Trace received was probably not what he hoped it would be.
One said, "Man, don’t get me wrong, but it looks like you’re totally running after him and he doesn’t want to have contact with you. It’s been a long time since you’ve been attacking him online, and looks like he couldn’t care less.. I think you should make up with him.. Miley already did."
Others of the same ilk followed.
We can assume Trace will not be getting Billy a Father's Day card this year, but we should hope that before too many years go by, the two work things out. You only live once, and you only get one father (usually).