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 knows not being with Liam will make her happier in the long run.”Ĭyrus spoke a little about not being a traditional wife to ELLEwhen she was married: “I think it’s very confusing to people that I’m married,” she said an interview published in July 2019, shortly before her and Hemsworth's split was announced.

For them to be happy, she had to change as a person too much. Being with Liam, this was just not possible. “She just got to the point where she didn’t want to hold back about who she is,” the source said. TMZ reported that she had been fighting for their marriage up until the week Hemsworth suddenly filed for divorce, telling him she wanted to work on their relationship.Īnd her lyric later in the song about not wanting to live a lie (“I didn't wanna leave you / I didn't wanna lie”) may be a reference to what a People source said in August 2019 about Cyrus not wanting to completely change who she is to be with Hemsworth. The full song adds more fuel to this theory, given Cyrus appears to lyrically reference the Woolsey fire where the Malibu home they shared burned down (“We were right 'til we weren't / Built a home and watched it burn”) and their arguing that led her to realize this relationship wouldn't work (“I didn't wanna leave you, baby / I didn't wanna fight”).Īdditionally, Cyrus's verse about not wanting to leave may be a reference to reports that came out at the time of Hemsworth and Cyrus's split that she wanted to reconcile.

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