The secret FIRST husband of Billy Ray Cyrus’s Australian wife has been uncovered.

Firerose, Billy Ray Cyrus’ Australian wife, was secretly married to an American actor before meeting the Achy Breaky Heart singer, according to her parents. Only her close friends and family were aware. The country music diva married struggling actor David Schoen Hodges years ago, after leaving Australia for a new life in the United States, long before meeting Cyrus, 62.

Billy Ray Cyrus' Australian wife Firerose (pictured together) was secretly married to an American actor before she met the Achy Breaky Heart star but only close pals and family knew

Even her own parents did not attend the wedding ceremony. She and Hodges are thought to have met in Los Angeles, where Firerose lived while attempting to establish herself as an actor before transitioning to music. The couple eventually separated up, but they still follow one other on social media. He is now remarried with a child and has a long record of minor cinema roles.

Firerose (second left) is the middle child of three daughters to Debbie and Stephen Scholem

Firerose, 37, was born Johanna Rosie Scholem and grew up in a suburban Jewish family home in Sydney’s affluent north. She previously boasted that she came from ‘a family of symphonic musicians’, and her mother Debbie was a professional violinist, but her father Stephen is a retired general practitioner. Her parents have recently broken their silence, telling the Daily Mail Australia how they lost communication with their daughter after she relocated overseas to reinvent herself as Firerose.

Debbie and Stephen Scholem have three daughters, the middle of which is Firerose (second left). ‘We have nothing to hide…but we’ve got to consider if we want to be part,’ her mother told Daily Mail Australia. “I think of Johanna as a bird that flew away. I often think of her when I’m on the verandah feeding the lorikeets. She claimed they were introduced to first husband Hodges before the couple married, and they were invited to the wedding but did not attend due to a family feud.

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‘We met him, and he was a wonderful man, but we did not attend the wedding,’ Ms Scholem added. Her father said, ‘We’re really estranged.’ Former friends revealed When Firerose was a teenager at Sydney’s Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, she was known as a party girl. ‘Firerose was always a problem for the family, a genuine wild child who partied all the time,’ a family friend told Daily Mail Australia.

After marrying Hodges, she adopted his surname, Johanna Hodges, before reinventing herself as country singer Firerose. Her mother added, “We were glad she kept her first married name because it kept us out of the loop – until now.” After becoming Firerose, she recorded a string of flop songs before Billy Ray Cyrus took her under his wing in 2021 and released her single, New Day.

She characterized him as a ‘long-time pal and mentor’ at the time, but the relationship grew and became amorous before the pair married in October. However, her second marriage lasted only seven months, and Cyrus filed for divorce in May after discovering her prior marriage and being enraged. This week, shocking new recordings of Cyrus lashing out with Firerose emerged, in which he is heard calling her a’selfish f***ing b***h’ and a ‘f***ing stupid’.

Daily Mail Australia showed the horrific exchange to her parents, who acknowledged they knew nothing about her relationship with Cyrus. The couple claims they only learned of her incarceration, US citizenship awarded last week, and her apparent newfound Christian convictions from media accounts. ‘We don’t know about her life in Tennessee or her relationship with Billy Ray,’ Ms Scholem admitted.

‘The fights between the two sound somewhat distressing from both perspectives.’ But she added: ‘I think there was love between them at some point – why else would they have married?’ Billy Ray Cyrus’ foul-mouthed diatribe over Firerose and Miley. Debbie Scholem, Firerose’s mother, told the Daily Mail Australia: ‘We have nothing to hide, but we’ve got to decide whether we want to get involved.’

Cyrus mentioned Firerose’s first husband in a recent Instagram post, following the release of recordings of his explosive exchange with his ex-wife. ‘With each passing day, I became increasingly aware that something was amiss. And it was before I realized she was a phony,’ he wrote. ‘I knew something was wrong. That was before I realized she was David Hodge’s ex-wife. That was before I knew her parents’ last names.

Firerose (second left) is the middle child of three daughters to Debbie and Stephen Scholem

I had no idea she had been arrested for felony residential burglary. He continued, ‘Everything I thought I knew about her was a lie. ‘See you in court.’ Both singers have accused one other of fraud, cruelty, and revenge for Cyrus’ double mastectomy, which occurred after she filed for divorce last May. Firerose claims Cyrus subjected her to ‘severe verbal, emotional, and psychological abuse’ during their brief marriage.

Miley Cyrus dropped a tiny hint about which side she is on when her parents, Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus argue. The frightening tape of Cyrus’s diatribe also includes a scream at pop star daughter Miley Cyrus, describing her, his former wife, and Miley’s mother as a’skank’ and ‘lie’. Hours later, Miley uploaded a selfie of herself embracing her mother, Tish, 57, at a recent Gucci party in Los Angeles, presumably to show her support.

The current dispute arose after a judge issued a request prohibiting Firerose from using Cyrus’ credit cards after he accused her of making ‘unauthorised charges.’ She became a US citizen last week after nearly two decades of living in the country, and she appeared overjoyed with her new status. ‘This wonderful country has been my home for 17 years. I couldn’t be more excited to become a US citizen!” she wrote on social media.

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