Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Are Separating After Less Than a Year of Marriage

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are separating after less than a year of marriage, according to a surprising new report from People.

“Liam and Miley have agreed to separate at this time,” a rep for Cyrus told the publication. “Ever-evolving, changing as partners and individuals, they have decided this is what’s best while they both focus on themselves and careers. They still remain dedicated parents to all of their animals they share while lovingly taking this time apart. Please respect their process and privacy.”

This comes after Cyrus posted an Instagram of herself without her wedding ring. "Mute me if you don’t want SPAMMED," she wrote in the post's caption.

Naturally, people on social media had some feelings about the break up. "Had the unfortunate job of breaking the news tonight to many of my friends that Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus broke up," one user wrote. "I thought those crazy kids were going to make it!! Even with all their ups and downs!!"

Cyrus and Hemsworth met in 2009 on the set of the Nicholas Sparks romance The Last Song and first got engaged in 2012. They broke up a year later, though—only to then reconcile in 2015. Three years after that, in November 2018, the couple married in an intimate ceremony.

"I think it’s very confusing to people that I’m married," Cyrus told Elle in a recent interview. "But my relationship is unique. And I don’t know that I would ever publicly allow people in there because it’s so complex, and modern, and new that I don’t think we’re in a place where people would get it."

She continued, "I mean, do people really think that I’m at home in a fucking apron cooking dinner? I’m in a hetero relationship, but I still am very sexually attracted to women. People become vegetarian for health reasons, but bacon is still fucking good, and I know that. I made a partner decision. This is the person I feel has my back the most. I definitely don’t fit into a stereotypical wife role. I don’t even like that word."

Originally Appeared on Glamour