Sources claim Miley Cyrus knew about Noah Cyrus & Dominic Purcell’s relationship

I’ve noticed some confusion about the timeline for this very gross Cyrus family drama, so let’s back up for a second and really go through it. In the spring of 2023, a newly-divorced Tsh Cyrus jumped into a relationship with Dominic Purcell and they quickly announced their engagement at the end of April 2023. Their wedding was held in August 2023, and half of the Cyrus kids did not go to the wedding. Noah Cyrus kind of made a big deal about NOT going to her mom’s wedding, but we didn’t really know what was up until recently. Then, last week, the rumors and reports started coming out: before Tish and Dominic got together last spring, Dominic was hooking up with Noah Cyrus, Tish’s now-24-year-old daughter (Noah would have been 22-ish when she hooked up with Dominic). Soon after that news came out (in People Magazine!), people close to Miley Cyrus swore that Miley had “no idea” about Noah and Dominic, but Miley just wants Tish to be happy. Now Us Weekly’s sources claim that Miley actually knew about Noah and Dominic’s thing. Ugh.

Miley Cyrus was “fully aware” of her sister Noah Cyrus’s relationship with Dominic Purcell before Tish Cyrus entered the picture, a source exclusively reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly. Miley, 31, “absolutely knew” Noah, 24, was dating Purcell, 54, when their mother, Tish, 56, started pursuing the actor, according to multiple sources. Contrary to recent reports, a second source tells Us that Noah “was not Dominic’s ex” when Tish began dating the Prison Break alum in 2022. “They were seeing each other when he started dating Tish,” the insider says.

Despite knowing the truth, the first source claims that Miley “took her mom’s side” and did “everything in her power” to keep Noah from crashing Tish and Purcell’s August 2023 wedding.

However, a third source tells Us that Miley tried to stay out of the family drama, but her strong bond with Tish won out. “Miley believes [the family rift is] beyond repair at this time,” the insider explains. “Miley’s devastated her family’s been torn apart.”

At this point, Noah “refuses to communicate” with her sister, and Tish is “not open to any reconciliation” with Noah, the source adds.

Rumblings of a Cyrus family feud began in summer 2023 when Noah and brother Braison Cyrus were noticeably absent from Tish’s Malibu wedding. (Tish shares Miley, Braison, 29, and Noah with ex-husband Billy Ray Cyrus. Tish is also mom to Brandi, 36, and Trace, 35, from a previous marriage.) During Tish’s wedding weekend, Noah was spotted wearing a T-shirt with her dad’s face on it at Walmart, leading some fans to speculate she was Team Billy Ray after his 2022 divorce from Tish. However, a separate source exclusively told Us in February that Noah was not invited to Tish’s nuptials after friction over Purcell.

“The turmoil between Noah and Tish goes far beyond [what people think],” the insider said, claiming, “Noah is very distraught over Tish stealing Dominic from her.” Tish “was aware” of Noah’s involvement with the actor, according to the source. Noah and Purcell were together for “about 8 to 9 months” but were “having issues” when Tish entered the picture, another insider told Us last month.

Relationship woes or not, Tish’s romance with Purcell has caused a rift between Tish and Noah, who “haven’t spoken since the whole thing happened with Dominic,” the insider said.

[From Us Weekly]

HOLY SH-T. This is one of the biggest celebrity-family messes I’ve seen in a long time. Noah and Dominic were not just casually hooking up, they had a nine month relationship and Tish got involved with Dominic when he was still technically seeing Noah? And not only that, Miley knew about all of it and took her mother’s side? There’s also no question, at this point, that Tish knew exactly what she was doing and that Noah and Dominic were together. Even the Tish-friendly sources are admitting that, and Tish’s version is basically that she saw Dominic first (back when she was married to Billy Ray) and she got in touch with him when she was ready to date again, knowing that he was with Noah. Not only that, Us Weekly’s sources also say that TISH is “not open to any reconciliation” with NOAH. Tish got with her daughter’s man, married that man and then disowned the daughter. This hillbilly soap opera, my god.

Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Tish’s IG.

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  1. Smile says:

    This family is really messed up!!

    • TOPS says:

      I don’t think real family would do that. There’s a point where you say Can’t Touch This. Hold onto your Maga hats a country song coming this Spring.

  2. Emma says:

    That is BEYOND trashy.

    • snappyfish says:

      So v v trashy. But haven’t they always been? It’s always been my opinion. I’m not sure what’s worse, marrying your daughters BF or wanting to be with a man who was w/ your child. Clearly he has issues & her daughter has daddy issues. Nice way to handle that family dynamic.

      • Smart&Messy says:

        Tish is the most disgusting participant, because she did it to her own daughter, but let’s mot forhet about Purcell either. He is just as disgusting for going along with this.

  3. NotTheOne says:

    This is like the best Reddit AITA post ever! “I saw the guy first, but I was married, so my daughter hooked up with him, but I stole him back and it’s okay because I saw him first. AITA?”

    • KC says:

      Hahaha – I came here to say I know how this ends because I’ve read one or 7,000 AITA posts. #UpdateMe

      Also, as a Kentuckian and descendant of a great many hillbillies I do not wish to take responsibility for this Cyrus family nonsense. They haven’t lived in Kentucky for a very, very long time. They’re all yours now, LA. Sorry not sorry.

      • fortunegum says:

        @KC AGREE!! before my son moved there, I wouldn’t have agreed with you. Now that I’ve spent time there and listened to his experiences, I’m thinking about moving there.. (Franklin, KY)

  4. JustMe says:

    Wonder how Tish will deal with Dominic’s close ties with AnnaLyn McCord

    • Michael says:

      He is still close with her? He seems like kind of an ass and he is at the center of this whole mess so I would not be shocked if he cheats on Trish.

      • Thinking says:

        I think they tend to be on-and-off.

        He also seems kind of shallow if he’s willing to switch between members of the same family. My guess is he switched to the mother because she’s conventionally better looking (or she has money?). Anna-Lynne is 10 times hotter so I wouldn’t be surprised if he tried to get back with her. Whether she’d want him is another story. But she has some unusual issues, so anything is possible!

  5. CheesecakeLover says:

    Mother of the year award goes to….

  6. Chaine says:

    They are all horrible people except Noah? I can’t see here where she did anything wrong, can hardly blame her for being upset that her mom stole her boyfriend.

    • amy says:

      Except she was hooking up with a guy 30 years her senior? Someone old enough to be her father? It shows a lack of maturity, although she was young. We all do stupid things when we’re young, I guess.

      • Thinking says:

        What was he doing with someone 30 years younger though? And it seems he wanted the mom all along, so why did he hook up with the daughter first? I’m so confused.

      • tealily says:

        Yeah, that’s less on her and more on him.

      • Sandra says:

        By your logic then Dominic should have had 3x the common sense and perspective on the relationship. That shows a lack of maturity.

        Many women in their 20s are still naive about what relationship dynamics should be like. ESPECIALLY when the young woman has a history of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse.

        Noah has grown up in an industry where huge age gaps between young women and older men are normalized. So yes, young women do stupid things, but so do adult women like her mom and creeps 30 years older than the women they love bomb.

    • Lau says:

      Yeah she’s not really at fault there and you can understand that she might not have wanted to attend the wedding. I’m kind of bothered by the fact that nobody is really adressing Purcell’s role in all of this mess. The guy got with a woman 30 years his junior and then made the switch to her mother ? Dude, that’s too much.

    • Luna says:

      Everything everyone else said and also the 30y age difference with such a young person rings alarm bells.
      I understand it is still a supreme betrayal for a mother to steal her daughter’s boyfriend.

    • Mel says:

      Throw the entire family away. Wait… do you hear a banjo and jug blowing in the distance….

    • CatMum says:

      Noah seems like such a tragic figure to me. Dominic seems like trash.

  7. sevenblue says:

    I saw a lot of comments asking why this got public now. I think, because Tish got on a popular podcast (CHD) and gave a fairytale version of how she met her husband and their life. That’s imo what pissed off Noah. She treated her children like they got their dad’s side in the divorce. The story from the beginning was Tish and how she got with her daughter’s ex.

    • ML says:

      Sorry, I somehow didn’t see your comment when I posted, SevenBlue. I still think the timing is sus (if Miley hired armed guards for their mom’s wedding then I’m assuming Noah was plenty pissed off enough to go public then), but this does make sense.

      • sevenblue says:

        @ML, I think, Miley did it as a precaution. Noah spent the day with one of her siblings and posted on socials. That’s what tabloids got at the time as a story: some of the children got the father’s side in the divorce, that’s why they didn’t attend the wedding. Now, I am also guessing, maybe Miley & Tish leaked that to make the story some boring family feud.

        If I was Noah, I would honestly be embarrassed if my mother got with my ex. I wouldn’t want it to be public. I just checked, Tish got on the podcast on February 7. A few weeks later, the real story got leaked. Before that, no one was talking on the record. Maybe, listening to her mother gushing about her ex, lying about the family feud made Noah (understandably) angry, so she didn’t care anymore. I also have no doubt, some reporters called the children after the podcast to get some quotes on what their mother said on the podcast. Maybe, that’s how the real story got out.

      • Thinking says:

        None of this is Miley’s fault and she does not bear responsibility for the actions of the participants, but I’m trying to think whether I’d care enough to hire security given the oddness of the situation.

        Everyone keeps emphasizing that Noah was not invited to the wedding. Would she have wanted to go if she was? Were they afraid she’d say yes and then the mother would be reminded at the altar that her husband had previously slept with her daughter (for 9 long months — that’s enough time to get in a lot of action for two lower-tier celebrities who might not have much else to do with their time during the aftermath of a pandemic. Yikes).

  8. Isa says:

    I just can’t imagine picking a man over my child, but people do it all the time.
    Something similar happened in our family where two people shared the same man and the family has never been the same. The one that ended up with the man works very hard to rewrite history. It’s such an incredible betrayal because you kind of expect it from a person outside the family, but you never see it coming from your own flesh and blood.

  9. Michelle says:

    9 months?! The first reports said they had “hooked up”. I know the parlance has changed, but 9 months for a 22 year old is a loooooong relationship! This is so gross and juicy gossip!

    • SquiddusMaximus says:

      I am so side-eyeing this. All I’ve read so far is that they casually boned a few times, and now suddenly it’s a 9 mo “relationship”? Details matter. I’m not buying that they were just ever a formal anything. I still think it’s trashy as all get-out, but there’s a gulf between hooking up with a dude your daughter (inappropriately) boned a few times and swooping in on your daughter’s relationship.

      • Sandra says:

        The perspective of a 20-something woman and a 50-something man could be very different in terms of how they perceived the situation.

        Maybe I am not giving Noah enough credit with that, though, and it is some media twist.

  10. Mireille says:

    Ugh. This entire family. On the Call Her Daddy podcast, Tish goes on and on about how Billy Ray was this and that and how she’s so happy now waking up every morning to this hunk of man (Dominic…BTW….I don’t get it) with his muscles and tattoos. Or something like that. That must set Noah off. From other gossip sources, the entire family really bonded over how much they loved Prison Break with more than one of them crushing on Dominic. Tish also claims to be heavily involved as momager to both Miley and Noah, so how could she NOT know about her daughter being in relationship with the actor? She knew and she didn’t care. And Miley’s “sources” releasing those statements to People claiming no knowledge is just sick and twisted. And Dominic is just freaking gross with all of this.

  11. ML says:

    This is trashy. Awful. My sympathy is with Noah in this (given what I know). HOWEVER, Domenic dating/ “dating” a much younger Cyrus, switching her out for her mom, and everything up to and including the wedding happened two years to a year ago… Why on earth was this not a huge mess AT THE TIME? Why is this coming out now?

  12. nisa says:

    This is disgusting on so many levels. I’m 50 with a 20 yo daughter. If she were “hooking up” with someone 30 years older, my first thought would NOT be, let me get that borderline groomer for myself – I know, legally she was an adult but what kind of middle age man pursues that power dynamic? And what kind of mother does that to her child? I feel for Noah, the best thing for her is to stay away from her toxic mother and ex/stepfather (eww). It all makes me wonder what else went on in that dysfunctional family.

  13. MsIam says:

    What kind of person dates a mother and a daughter? He’s a big pool of yuck too, imo. He and Tish are gross and selfish and I bet it won’t last.

    • NotSoSocialB says:

      Seriously. This man is a pig. And to disown your own daughter over something deeply hurtful that you pursued. That you CAUSED. Revolting. Who TF would want a partner like that? Just unbelievable.

      So much ick here.

    • pottymouth pup says:

      the kind of guy who dates a 22yo when he’s 52 (a dirtbag)

    • María says:

      Yup, that’s very strange, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was just trying to orbit around Miley the whole time.

  14. Kitten says:

    “Noah is very distraught over Tish stealing Dominic from her.”

    LOL they’re really going with that one, huh? People are not possessions, they can’t be “stolen”. This man has agency and made the gross decisions that he did on his own accord FFS. And on that note, Miley Cyrus is not somehow responsible for her family’s ongoing dysfunction. I’m not a fan or anything but whether she knew or not is irrelevant in this situation beyond how Noah feels about it which is a private matter between the two of them.

    • Selene says:

      I’m sure it’s the semantics, but it takes woman with a lot of agency to see her daughter dating a man and deciding to pursue him too. Believe it or not, Tish is the worst in all of this. She literally gave birth to Noah, raised her and as her mother was probably one of they key figures in her upbringing and she decides that she’s going to step in the middle of her own child’s relationship. Dominic doesn’t hold a blood tie to either, or a familial bond, a childhood, youth… anything. Tish is beyond disgraceful, and hopefully she will reap what she sows in this lifetime. A parent betraying a child has to be the most low down decision they can make. We can’t bash Thomas Markle and turn a blind eye to Tish.

      • Kitten says:

        ??? Nobody is defending Tish here??

        I was simply making the point that characterizing this man as a piece of property gives the impression that he has no responsibility in this situation and it’s gross AF.
        I don’t care if he’s not related by blood–he’s a grown-ass man who could have found anyone but his ex’s mother to marry. He’s not a piece of furniture that they’re fighting over–he’s an autonomous being–and I’m really sick of seeing comments here and elsewhere that deliberately ignore that fact.

    • Jill says:

      For real. This sh*t is not on Miley at all. This sh*t is solely between Tish, Noah, and Dominic and Dominic deserves the brunt of the sh*t being flung for being an all around gross dude. Noah is immature, Tish is immature, and Dominic is gross.
      For what it’s worth, Lainey had a pretty good write up about the timing of all of this being made public. Like, nobody gave two sh*ts about these three and nobody was digging around for more information on them. Then all of the sudden this drops?

      • Kitten says:

        Agreed.

      • Nikki says:

        I agree; we have no idea why Miley chose to attend the wedding, and I can’t see that she did anything wrong in all this. Tish sure did, and the fella who cheated on his girlfriend with her MOTHER. Woody Allen vibes in reverse.

    • Thinking says:

      The article is quoting a source so my quess is that from the perspective of the participants he probably is a piece of property in a way. The whole situation is strange (to quote or paraphrase Miley haha) so it figures how they view him would be strange. This is not the usual run-of-the mill celebrity scandal. I’m trying to decide whether Will Smith’s family seems normal by comparison. I’m still undecided.

      I think of him as trash property, I suppose. What 50-something-year old mother would want this guy? Well, Trish did – ew.

  15. Ana Maria says:

    kind of bothers me that no one is scrutinizing enough Purcell’s role in all of this mess, he is the POS!!!

    • Raven says:

      People are, but no matter how gross Dominic is, Tish is Noah mother and chose a man who was in a relationship with her daughter over her said daughter. That is why Tish is getting the mean force of the disgust.

    • NG_76 says:

      Exactly. This situation is gross all around.

  16. Cheshire Sass says:

    If this has been already said, let me repeat for emphasis – All of this mess is on Tish! She is the mother – the one with the parental responsibility to nurture her children (yes, even the adult ones) – not compete for some gross, man child’s affections. Does Purcell bear some responsibility? Sure, but he’s not the mother choosing to place an another above her own flesh and blood. He may be the snake of temptation, but Tish is the one holding the poison apple. Gross, gross, gross

  17. Raven says:

    Like I said in the post earlier this week, Noah is not the type to keep silent. She definitely let it be known to her family about her and her Doninic relationship.

    Tish and Dominic continue to be gross.

  18. Mslove says:

    Is it time for a Beverly Hillbillies reboot, because I have a certain family in mind…

  19. Karen Van Wagon says:

    You can take the Cyrus out of the trailer, but you can’t take the trash out of them. Tish wants to be Miley’s BFF which is unhealthy. Tish wants to be Noah’s love rival which is insanely disfunctional. Tish uses her management of Miley and her production to lure men like Brett Michaels and Dominic into her skirt which makes her a predator. Miley has a new song out with Pharrell and all people can talk about is her family drama

    • Chaine says:

      There is nothing wrong with living in a trailer. There are a lot of people in this country where they want to own their own home and they don’t have a high income so a trailer is what they can afford and they are perfectly decent upstanding citizens. Meanwhile, rich kids spend a few years on the road in an old sprinter and everyone lauds them for “van life.” Maybe let us all stop with the calling people that live in mobile homes “trash.”

  20. SIde Eye says:

    I’ve been sort of avoiding this story, cause it involves the basest of pick me instincts and it involves a pick me of a mother throwing her daughter under the bus. I think what bothered me the most was yesterday, the two trash cans (or maybe just Tish) put a narrative out there that Noah and Dominic were a “friends with benefits” scenario, just hooking up, nothing to see here. The gaslighting was just…wtf. It’s not for them to say what Noah did or did not feel, or what Noah did or did not agree to! It’s Noah’s story to tell if she chooses to tell it. Wtf. Even if Noah WERE just casually hooking up with Dominic, what Tish did was vile. Your daughter’s romantic interest/boyfriend/hookup whatever you choose to call him is OFF LIMITS. Period.

    If Miley is siding with her mom she isn’t a very good sister. But this is what narcissistic parents do – they pit siblings against one another so that they all so busy fighting while the narcissist controls them and the narrative surrounding the fighting. It’s gross. With a narcissist it’s you’re either with them or against them and Miley is not strong enough to do the right thing and go against Tish.

    Dominic seems like no prize. The first sign he was a douche was he is a middle aged man who was dating a 22 year old. Then the next sign he is a douche canoe? He then married that young lady’s mother. Tish is the worst here. The WORST. And of course she is not inclined to mend fences or apologize, because that would mean having Noah over for Thanksgiving and Christmas and isn’t it just easier to disown her altogether than to deal with that awkwardness during the holidays? Mother of the year…

    • NotTheOne says:

      Narcissistic parents doing narcissistic parent things. How would you even THINK of being involved with your child’s lover? And then blame her and turn siblings against siblings. What a mess.

      • SIde Eye says:

        Right? This entire story is just so gross. At least the family members that avoided the wedding and coming around for this garbage stood for something.

    • sevenblue says:

      “of course she is not inclined to mend fences or apologize, because that would mean having Noah over for Thanksgiving and Christmas and isn’t it just easier to disown her”

      OMG, I didn’t even think of that. Of course, Tish doesn’t want her husband’s ex girlfriend to be on their family dinners. It is much easier to disown Noah, then to accept that your young daughter slept with your husband and now you are gonna be a big, happy family together. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

      • SIde Eye says:

        Right? So gross – and Tish is using her money / power / status as the matriarch to ostracize her own daughter. Just vile.

  21. lucy2 says:

    This is so gross.
    I actually feel a little bad for Miley, she’s on a career high right now and all this muck is surfacing.

    • Mireille says:

      I wouldn’t waste any pity on Miley. She’ll be fine. Her career will be fine. She’s not to blame, but, if gossip sources are to believed, she took her mother side over her betrayed sister. Some mad shadiness should be thrown her way. Sources close to her went to the media to deny that she knew anything about this unholy triangle, but she still wants what’s best for her mother and allegedly hired security to keep her sister from coming to the wedding. Noah is the youngest here and the most vulnerable. Dominic took advantage of a young girl who was barely in her early 20s before he also decided to hook up with the mother. I’m going to side-eye all parties here but Noah. Hopefully, Noah can eventually come to terms with all of this and progress from this mess.

  22. Kelsey says:

    Lmaoooooooo. Very ghetto.

  23. Michael says:

    I am shocked by the complete disregard Trish has for her own daughter. I know Trish has always openly favored Miley ala Yolanda Hadid but this is just cruel and she is getting killed in public opinion for it. Miley is not going to escape criticism either even though she is trying hard to stay out of the firing zone. Noah is a super-talented singer and I hope she gets with a great songwriter and writes the most epic revenge album of all time. I am sure she has a ton of inspiration from all this.

  24. Reign says:

    Noah gives me a Marilyn Manson vibes.
    This family reads so toxic sad.

  25. Flan says:

    My heart goes out to Noah. How awful must it feel to be betrayed and abandoned by your own mother and sister like this. Miley if she knew – I can only explain it by the continuing weird intensity of a narcissistic parent’s hold on her….:but she really should have had her sister’s back with this one.

    Other than Noah, rest of em are arguably disloyal, trashy….and even cruel.

  26. Thinking says:

    Wouldn’t be surprised at this point if he harbours secret feelings for Miley. The next steps in this Bold and the Beautiful storyline could go anywhere…

  27. Thinking says:

    Did Trish disown Noah because she’s afraid that Dominic might still be attracted to her? She is an ex, so…

  28. Shells_Bells says:

    Money doesn’t buy class.

  29. Serena says:

    This is incredibily tacky and gross all around. They clearly all got issues, from Tish stealing her daughter’s hookup or whatever that was, to said 22yo daughter being with an almost 60yo man. Just gross.

  30. Rnot says:

    This isn’t just trashy. This is icky.

  31. Jeanette says:

    This guy ticks off several red flags for narcissism, you can bet that ALL of these women are being lied to, gaslighted, and manipulated.

    • sevenblue says:

      I mean, I agree he is the bad guy, but “him sleeping with her daughter” should be enough for Tish to end the relationship or never start one in the first place. The fact that it isn’t shows what kind of mother she is.

  32. Meg says:

    This started to come out after Miley’s big night at the Grammys, others have said Noah is a talented singer too so between her mom’s preference to Miley growing up and now this, I really feel for Noah here

  33. Bateman26 says:

    This is stunningly awful in so many ways. Wow.