How Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Made Their Relationship Work
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, newlyweds who got re-engaged this time two years ago, have kept the story of how they rebuilt their relationship mostly to themselves. But following their wedding on December 23, People was able to get details from friends of Cyrus's on how the couple made things work so well for them their second time around.
“Miley and Liam’s relationship has evolved so beautifully over the past few years," the source told People. "They first grew as individuals and ultimately evolved as a couple. It speaks to who they are and their mutual respect for one another.”
Cyrus and Hemsworth first got together 10 years ago after shooting their movie The Last Song, a point Cyrus called out in one of her Instagrams of their wedding photos. They first got engaged when Cyrus was 19 and called it off a year later.
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Their ages and different careers had everything to do with why it didn't work initially. “When they got engaged the first time, they were just kids. There was no way they were ready for that kind of commitment,” another source close to Cyrus told People. “When the Disney-era of her life was over, Miley was a bit lost and wanted to break out of that image. Liam’s career was also blowing up with Hunger Games, and they were being pulled a million different ways. He didn’t know how to handle the attention and drama.”
Still, during their break from 2013 to the end of 2015, Hemsworth was "special" to Cyrus, the source continued. “Most couples that start dating young split up and never speak again. Miley and Liam were always different. She would often talk about Liam even though she was dating other people."
(Cyrus echoed this in an August 2017 The Sun on Sunday interview: When they initially split, “I didn’t know [we’d get back together]," Cyrus said. "I’m so crazy I have no idea. But I had something in my heart, it never felt like it was really over. We kept a great friendship really private. It’s good for people to have that space to grow individually. Otherwise when you’re with someone from 16 until 24, you grow into the same person.”)
Initially, “Miley had trust issues, and Liam felt she was needy," a third source told People. "After years, they finally figured out ways to meet halfway and respectfully deal with each other’s differences.”
Cyrus herself alluded to their dependency being the reason she broke up with Hemsworth in 2013 during an October 2017 interview with Howard Stern. She explained to Stern that “I don't like when relationships are two halves trying to make a whole. ... It's that 'I can't eat, I can't sleep.' Well, that's because you're so used to depending on someone else. So I don't think that I have that codependency.”
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