Billy Ray Cyrus is taking the "Old Town Road" back to a studio, announcing a new album with his son -- but not the one who made an emotional plea for him to get help after his shocking inauguration performance.
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00:00Billy Ray Cyrus, it is a tale of two sons.
00:04Depending on which one of his sons you're speaking to,
00:07it's the best of times, or it's the worst of times.
00:09That's very Dickens, but very appropriate.
00:12You like that, very Dickens, you like that?
00:13OK, I thought you might like that.
00:15Talking about, of course, Billy Ray Cyrus' son, Trace,
00:18just yesterday made a very emotional and public appeal
00:23to his father, saying, you need to get help.
00:25You're not healthy.
00:28The response to that, Billy Ray hasn't said anything.
00:30Well, we should say between the lines,
00:33that Trace also said that he himself had gone
00:35through substance abuse, and that he was sober now.
00:39So it's not hard to connect the dots.
00:41He's saying that Billy Ray is off the wagon,
00:44and needs help, and evidence the inauguration night,
00:49which was a disaster for Billy Ray.
00:51So he kind of laid it out there.
00:53That's what Trace said.
00:54So Billy Ray's response to that, the only response
00:58if you can call it that, to Trace's post,
01:01was to say, guess what?
01:03I'm fine, and I'm dropping a new album.
01:05A new album with his son, Brayson.
01:08And Brayson is painting a much different picture
01:12about Billy Ray and his health.
01:14He said, I've spent the last year getting to know my dad
01:17better than I ever have.
01:19After he spent a week in the hospital in the fall,
01:21I'm grateful that my dad is happy, healthy,
01:24and ready to make this record.
01:26It's a rare opportunity to make something this special,
01:29and tell my dad's story through music.
01:31Can't wait to finally share it.
01:34So, Brayson is making it seem like
01:37there is no issue whatsoever.
01:39Now you could look at that and say,
01:40well, yeah, he wants to promote this record
01:43with his father, so of course he's gonna say that.
01:46Well, what's interesting is that there is now
01:49clearly a family war going on,
01:51because Trace responded to what Brayson said.
01:54Right, Brayson said.
01:56Because a fan said, hey, look, Brayson is posting
01:59that your dad is happy and healthy,
02:01and Trace's response is,
02:03birds of a feather flock together.
02:05Wow, it says it all.
02:07It says it all, there is a family war.
02:09Yeah, that is an implication about his brother there,
02:11and yeah, this is just, it's sad either way,
02:13because either Billy Ray does not have addiction issues,
02:16and it's sad that his son thinks that and they have
02:18this battle, or he does and he has estranged his family
02:21that is not willing to kind of support him.
02:23So, it's sad either way.
02:26Now, we don't know.
02:27If he really has any issues.
02:29Nor do we know how the rest of the family
02:31feels about all of this.
02:33We do know.
02:34Miley hasn't said anything,
02:34Noah hasn't said anything, but.
02:36But we do know that his ex-wife,
02:38his ex-wife, no, Firose.
02:42Oh, oh, Firose.
02:43Firose, in her divorce documents,
02:45referenced substance abuse in those divorce documents.
02:49So, there is some history there,
02:51just at least in terms of allegations,
02:54but wow, this has gotten, as Eric said,
02:58it's messy and also just really sad.
03:00It seems like they're all choosing sides here,
03:04and at least publicly, Brayson is the only one
03:07who is supporting Billy Ray.
03:08Supporting Billy Ray.
03:09Well, that's the thing.
03:10He seems to be the only family member that is,
03:11because we know Miley doesn't speak to him,
03:13and Trey said Noah hasn't spoken to him
03:15in a couple of years, so he seems pretty isolated
03:17from the family no matter what.
03:19Hi, I'm Tiffany from Texas,
03:21and I think it's clear that Billy Ray's family loves him,
03:24but maybe they felt like this was the only option
03:28after that performance.
03:30Yeah, sometimes pain makes the best music.
03:34But not that kind of pain, not this kind of pain,
03:38if that's what,
03:38if it is what Tray's going through.
03:39If that's what he's going through.
03:40It seems like.