I kind of love how Miley Cyrus’s strategy to make Liam Hemsworth jealous sort of blew up in her face. She’s so immature – she was so clearly trying to get under Liam’s skin when she announced their split and then posed for some makeout photos with Kaitlynn Carter. She spent the next week trying to blame the split on Liam (because he’s moody and he drinks, maybe) and at the end of the day, Liam is just hanging out with his family in Australia. That’s where he’s been this whole time. Liam isn’t providing anyone with daily updates on his state of mind. But Miley can’t help herself. So, just FYI: Miley wants us to know that she’s FINALLY focusing on herself these days. For real.
Miley Cyrus is moving on. Days after the singer announced her separation from Liam Hemsworth, Cyrus released a heartbreaking new ballad titled “Slide Away” that seemingly reveals her side of their breakup. Despite the scorching lyrics, a source tells PEOPLE exclusively the star, 26, “isn’t trying to hurt” her estranged husband.
“Her song was her way of telling her story without having to say anything at all,” says the source. “She isn’t trying to bash him, but she wants to be able to share what she’s been going through.”
Cyrus is continuing to spend time with her longtime friend Kaitlynn Carter, 30, following their PDA-filled Italian getaway, and insiders say she’s trying to focus on herself after a trying few months.
“Miley is doing okay,” says the source. “It’s a relief the [breakup] news is out publicly so she can live her life and focus on herself.” Adds another insider: “Miley doesn’t talk about Liam much and is not dwelling in the past. She doesn’t want to hide, and her mood has changed drastically. She seems much more relaxed and happy.”
Both 29-year-old Hemsworth — who remains in his native Australia — and Cyrus are leaning on loved ones, and despite her sadness over the split, the singer feels it’s “the right decision,” adds the source. “She just wants them to both be as healthy as possible.”
That song was absolutely part of her immature plan to get under Liam’s skin, and she so clearly laid the blame at his feet lyrically. The fact that she keeps insisting that she dumped him for all these reasons… well, I’m starting to wonder if it really went down like that at all. I’ve been saying that it feels likely that Miley and Kaitlynn were having a full-fledged affair. Miley having a guilty heart might explain things. As for “focusing on herself”… she’s always been focused on herself. She’ll try to change up her personality/persona to suit Liam for a time, but let’s be real – she’s always focused on herself and what she’s doing. I don’t blame her for being career-focused and self-obsessed, but don’t act like it’s a recent thing.
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Focusing on herself…lol. That’s LITERALLY all she does. She is such a self-absorbed narcissist.
She’s so thrilled to be a topic of gossip but really, does anyone really care?? She’s desperate to hang on to any kind of relevancy. I find her obnoxious and boring. She will get bored with this girl real quick and then she will try to get back with him.
if you look up the word SELFLESS in the dictionary, certainly Miley’s picture is right there. Thank goodness she can FOCUS ON HERSELF.
Bahahahahahahaha.
I do not think her story will end well.
At the very least, she has a serious underlying psychiatric issue.
😴😴😴😴
I hope he sees that he’s better off well out of this mess no matter actually happened.
Armchair psychologist in me says she has a personality disorder. Poor thing. She will be her own undoing.
Same. This has been my feeling about her for a long time
We all know what parents who were willing to sell their kids out for fame let happen to those kids.
I would agree. Borderline is my guess.
Yup – I’d vote for histrionic personality disorder. Symptoms:
-Be uncomfortable unless he or she is the center of attention
-Dress provocatively and/or exhibit inappropriately seductive or flirtatious behavior
-Shift emotions rapidly
-Act very dramatically, as though performing before an audience, with exaggerated emotions and expressions, yet appears to lack sincerity
-Be overly concerned with physical appearance
-Constantly seek reassurance or approval
-Be excessively sensitive to criticism or disapproval
-Have a low tolerance for frustration and be easily bored by routine
-Not think before acting
-Make rash decisions
-Be self-centered and rarely show concern for others
-Have difficulty maintaining relationships, often seeming fake or shallow in their dealings with others
Omg, I hadn’t heard of this disorder before but you are describing a toxic friend of mine to a tee. Although she can be sweet and lovely, which is what initially drew me to her. It’s like she lives on a completely different plane of reality from everyone else. And her 20 year old daughter was diagnosed with BPD a few years ago and had to be pulled from traditional school. I’m guessing there’s a genetic connection between the two disorders.
Maybe if she focuses on herself she’ll stop with the cultural appropriation.
Lol. Right? But I doubt it.
Ah ah, that’s a good one!
Would anyone have really cared about this breakup had they both just been quiet and respectful? Personally, I would have have given it two seconds of “oh that’s too bad” and forgotten. She wants the press so she can promote the album. Pathetic.
She definitely over-played her hand. The makeout photos got people talking again, but the song, club humping, constant pap walks, and planted stories are exhausting. She looks so desperate for attention.
Gawd, no — I thought we were done with the stick-out-your-tongue thing…
Me too!
Please be done…
She looks trashy and like she’s crying for help.
Geez she is exhausting.
“…she’s always been focused on herself.”
And that’s what makes her ill-equipped for marriage (or any kind of committed relationship). She’s too immature and self-absorbed to put others she supposedly loves before her own selfish needs. Marriage is about give & take and a real commitment to putting in the work. It’s not always going to be sunshine & roses but you find a way to make it work (that doesn’t include abusive situations but the more “normal” ups & downs). I’m not saying Liam is blame-free, he’s been with her for a decade and knows better than anyone how she is and can be, but her current behavior is certainly not doing her any favors and is only making him look more sympathetic. I guess what I’m trying to say is if she really is about being free to live her life and focus on herself then do that, and stop trying to straddle the line and have it both ways because all you’re going to end up with is this kind of mess.
Agreed. Others on this thread mentioned that they think she might have a personality disorder, and I agree. She’s in the public eye, and she’s used to not having to have too much impulse control, but maybe she can’t control who she is?
Maybe. But sometimes people act like selfish, immature assholes not because of a mental illness, but because they’re selfish, immature assholes. She was thrust into the spotlight at a very young age, becoming very famous in the process. And then she aged out of that whole Hannah Montana thing and tried reeeeeaaaaalllllly hard to go the other way. I’m sure that had quite an impact on her sense of self and she would benefit greatly from some intensive therapy, but not all roads lead to a MH diagnosis.
Hopefully focusing on herself – in the right way – will lead her to figure out who she really is so she can stop trying on and shedding personas.
I don’t think she’s doing it in the right way lol
She’s a Disney princess – which explains a lot. She’s part of that whole parade of child stars who roll through that system and then can’t adjust to real life.
Putting out press releases and blind comments to the media is the exact wrong thing to do when dealing with something as personal (and let’s face it, messy) as an eight month “marriage.” But that’s how she’s been trained – and she’s just doing what she knows.
But here’s the thing: She’s already grasping for relevance, which is why she acts out the way she does. That’s what this is *really* about. Once the wedding stuff went down, she began to panic because her identity is entirely connected to her public relevance. The hard reality is that she’s already looking hard and tired and before you know it, she’s gonna be in the same boat as Madonna and others who have crashed against the brick wall of aging and relevance. She can’t let go and just be, because she’s addicted to her fame.
I just hope Liam finds a way to move on and marries someone with whom he can just hang out. Because he clearly bought into this whole thing, which is his issue to deal with.
Her “sources” are so keen to explain her side of the story. So often. Defensive much?
hell’s bells! that gawd awful tongue is back! the fact that Miley is so in your face post breakup, whereas Liam is quite literally under the radar speaks more that Miley is just an attention seeking narcissist probably promoting new music, or another new image reinvention. Now Poof! Vamoos little girl…
Ugh, go away for awhile.
I don’t even know why they bothered to waste each others’ time. But at any rate, Team Liam.
I read somewhere that she was really jealous of daddy’s big hit song. Maybe that is part of the reason for her whole “Look at me!” thing lately. Whatever, it’s just some summer fodder for the gossip sites. Never thought much of her anyway
“Her song was her way of telling her story without having to say anything at all,” says the source. “She isn’t trying to bash him, but she wants to be able to share what she’s been going through.”
And telling TMZ and People he was moody, partied, and did drugs she didn’t approve of was what, exactly? Her way of not saying anything at all? Her way of not trying to bash him? Her way of trying to help the man she claimed to love for ten years? 🙄
She seems like a very selfish and narcissistic person. I can’t imagine being married to someone like that. Hopefully this is it for the two of them. He deserves better than this, and if he’s as awful as she’s been trying to make him out to be, she does too.
She’s so desperate for attention it’s almost tragic, but acting out is all she has in her arsenal now. In my opinion she’s borderline talentless. She’s a nepotism celebrity in ever way. She can’t act, her singing voice is terrible and she behaves like an out of control toddler while out in public and probably in private as well. She needs to shove her tongue back into her mouth, quit the cultural appropriation and get therapy. Commenters have said they think that she displays signs of a personality disorder and I completely agree. Histrionic comes to mind. Her camp claiming that she needs to focus on herself is laughable. It’s all she’s ever been focussed on.
THIS! She’s overrated in every way. I really hope Liam moves on from this mess and that they were not legally married.
They are legally married. TMZ is saying he just filed for divorce and they had a prenup.
I just read that! Awesome! Let’s hope he’s not doing this just to get her attention and he’s truly ready to move on from that hot mess.
I was worried that the poor girl wasn’t focused enough on herself.
😂😂😂
Liam filed for divorce, so it looks like he’s done with her for good.
She seemed more open to reconciliation based on what her camp was leaking about how she wasn’t 100% happy and how it was difficult to be in LA without him.
Yeah, cue a massive Miley PR campaign to make out she’s the ‘victim’. Blows her new ‘getting back together’ narrative she was pushing and explains this article. She got out ahead of his divorce announcement.
He’s being repped by Laura Wasser.
She seemed to want to go in the “will they, won’t they?” direction, dragging out the speculation as much as possible and he put a stop to that.
I think the second she insinuated drug issues with him is the second he was done. That was the only time he had his people respond and I think that sealed it for him. If it’s true, it’s not something he would want public, and if it’s not true, it’s beyond vindictive.
Yeah I agree the drug accusations are likely what pushed him over the edge – his sources are now saying he is ‘over the marriage’ which means he is finally done with their relationship. Hopefully then can end it quickly and move on with their lives.
Yes, because nobody understands how enlightened and progressive she is…in her mind haha! I mean what did she expect when she’s been doing the pap parade and trying to smear his name through that song. I’m so glad Liam is done with her.
Run, Liam, run! I think he’ll be remarried with a kid within five years. And she will spiral a la Britney and LiLo.
She needs a better hairdresser. That’s all I’ve got.
She is starting to look like Madonna. 60 year old Madonna
Too true!
Thank god he filed for divorce. She’s horrible and has played this all wrong.
this just in….liam filed for divorce
He needs to be well and truly done with her. As in.. don’t ever see her in person ever again. Or speak on the phone. Run. Run. Run.
Not that I think he is blameless and perfect. But whoo-boy. She has always been a nutter.
I hope he finds a nice girl that also loves dogs, settles down and has a family. I see him building a family like his brother. I feel bad for him in this situation, although he does know what he’s info with her. She sounds exhausting.
I think it’ll be interesting to see who he dates next. If he really did hook up with January Jones, he may just have a broken picker. He’s been on and off with Miley for ten years, so something in him has enjoyed the chaos.
I can’t wait to see who Liam goes on to marry later on. First though, I imagine he really needs respite from this trashy piece. I mean, the gossip is exhausting, so imagine actually living within her cesspool of self-absorption.
Miley is a classic asshole. She didn’t want to pull the trigger, so she basically trashed Liam to force him to be the one to file.
People magazine is saying she didn’t see it coming. Lol which…my God if she wasn’t intentionally trying to force his hand, what has she been doing?
This is exhausting, I can only imagine how draining living with her and her constant shenanigans must be. I’m not saying he’s a saint but at least he had enough class/sense to keep his mouth shut.
I guess she won’t care that he filed for divorce…