Firerose underwent a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer after being diagnosed with the BRCA1 gene, which makes her more likely to develop the disease.
The Australian singer, 35, previously claimed she was forced to postpone the surgery, which was scheduled for May, when her ex Billy Ray Cyrus filed for divorce just 24 hours before she was due to go under the knife.
But now the pop singer has taken to Instagram to share an image of herself lying in a hospital bed, with the caption including the hashtags ‘#previvor #brca #brcaawareness’.
Previvor is a term used to describe someone who is a survivor of a predisposition to cancer and generally includes someone who is at increased risk of developing the disease.
Firerose had already been diagnosed with the BRCA1 gene, a mutation that makes her more susceptible to developing breast and ovarian cancer, and in March her doctor recommended she undergo a double mastectomy.
In the image she shared on her social media, Firerose can be seen lying in a hospital bed before surgery wearing a hospital gown and a simple black tank top.
“With God on our side we are stronger than we can imagine,” she wrote in the caption.
“Thank you so much for all the prayers. I deeply appreciate the outpouring of love and support.”
Firerose, 35 (pictured), underwent a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer after being diagnosed with the BRCA1 gene, which makes her more likely to develop the disease.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Firerose for comment.
This comes just weeks after Firerose and Billy Ray’s marriage finally came to an end, three months after the country singer, 63, filed for divorce from his wife of less than a year, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Following an increasingly bitter and public split, during which each accused the other of verbal and emotional abuse, court documents signed earlier this month and obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com showed Firerose walked away with $0.
But according to a source, she’s fine with that. “She wouldn’t settle for anything to end things with him and get away from the situation,” the source told DailyMail.com exclusively.
In most cases, the divorce agreement allows each party to walk away from the brief marriage with what they brought to it in the first place.
The Australian singer previously claimed she was forced to postpone the surgery, which was scheduled for May, when her ex Billy Ray Cyrus, 63 (left) filed for divorce just 24 hours before she was due to go under the knife.
However, the terms of the divorce settlement show that Billy Ray agreed to give up any rights he has to credits or royalties on songs the couple wrote or released together before and during their union.
Billy Ray’s divorce filing on May 22, 2024 came just days before Firerose was required to undergo a double mastectomy following her BRCA gene diagnosis, which means she is more likely to get certain types of cancer.
During the increasingly contentious divorce, Billy Ray appeared to cast doubt on the veracity of this claim by requesting the release of her medical records.
A source said at the time: ‘If this were to go to trial, Firerose and his team would have provided a significant amount of evidence to show that he fabricated a narrative that would benefit his public image.
“There is no doubt that she would have been granted a divorce, but it was far more important to her that this ongoing smear campaign ended and the emotional chaos ceased so that she could close the door on this chapter and recover from her surgery in peace.”
But now the pop singer has taken to Instagram to post an image of herself lying in a hospital bed, with the caption including the hashtags ‘#previvor #brca #brcaawareness’.
Billy Ray saw things differently, claiming that Firerose only married him to get the Cyrus surname. He said she changed her last name from Hodges (her first husband’s last name) just a few weeks ago.
“I feel very relieved,” Billy Ray said in a statement to DailyMail.com.
“It’s a shame that everything happened this way. It wasn’t just a web of lies that put me in physical danger, but it was a matter of the heart.
“Love is blind, I’m sure of that,” he added.