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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth had a long-term relationship and were even married - but when exactly did they date and why did they break up?
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth’s relationship has recently been resurfaced by fans after the Hannah Montana star released her album 'Endless Summer Vacation', which includes songs like 'Flowers' and 'Jaded'. The star has also released a single all about her 'wild youth' titled 'Used To Be Young' which is resonating with her legion of life-long fans.
The pair dated on and off for almost 10 years, with Miley’s music video for 'Flowers' seemingly dropping Easter eggs about certain elements of their relationship, which came to an end in 2019 just eight months after they got married at their Nashville home.
But when exactly did Miley and Liam date? When did they get married and why did they split?
Here’s a lowdown on Miley and Liam’s relationship, from how they met to when they divorced…
Miley Cyrus sings Flowers in the shower
Miley and Liam first met after starring in The Last Song together back in 2008 and went on to make their red carpet debut as an official couple two years later in 2010.
The pair were inseparable and even got engaged in 2012, but after a few on-off years, they split in 2016.
However, they reconciled in the same year and tied the knot two years later.
They eventually split in August 2019 for good.
Miley and Liam got married in December 2018 at their Nashville home, keeping the ceremony private but sharing a few intimate pictures and videos with fans in the days that followed.
Fans were shocked when they broke up just eight months later, with Miley later saying there was 'too much conflict' in their relationship.
Their divorce was finalised in January 2020.
In court documents obtained by E! News, Liam cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason behind their split.
Miley has opened up about the reasons behind their break-up since, revealing in an interview on The Howard Stern Show a month before their divorce was finalised in 2020 that they may not have ever gotten married if their Malibu home hadn’t burned down in the Woolsey fire in 2018.
The ‘Wrecking Ball’ songstress said: “We were together since 16. Our house burned down. We had been like, engaged—I don't know if we really ever thought we were actually going to get married, but when we lost our house in Malibu—which if you listen to my voice pre and post-fire, they’re very different so that trauma really affected my voice.
“And I was actually in South Africa, so I couldn’t come home, and like, my animals were tied to a post at the beach. I lost everything.”
She later went on to say in the same chat that “there was too much conflict” in their relationship which led to their eventual split. Miley explained: "When I come home, I want to be anchored by someone. I don't get off on drama or fighting.”
Miley has since moved on with musician Maxx Morando and Liam is dating Gabriella Brooks, who he was first linked to at the end of 2019.
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