Miley Cyrus Engaged to Maxx Morando — And Avatar Played a Starring Role
Miley Cyrus is engaged. The 33-year-old superstar said yes to longtime partner Maxx Morando after nearly four years together — and she’s linking the milestone to her upcoming movie Avatar: Fire and Ash.
Well, here we go: Miley Cyrus is engaged, and she is surprisingly chill about it. No circus, no countdown clock, no chaos. Just a ring, a reveal, and a very Miley blend of romance and strategy.
Miley Cyrus and Maxx Morando are engaged
The 33-year-old said yes to longtime partner Maxx Morando after nearly four years together. The engagement went public on December 2, and Miley told PEOPLE she was honestly taken aback by how calm and private it all felt. She is in that era where the circle is small, the output is controlled, and the big life stuff doesn’t have to become a headline before she wants it to.
Tying the moment to Avatar: Fire and Ash
There’s a timing wrinkle here that is very Hollywood, in a good way. This announcement lands right as she’s promoting Avatar: Fire and Ash, which features her song 'Dream as One.' She connected the engagement to the film’s themes — love, family, healing, and coming back stronger — and said it lines up with where she is personally right now.
'And so I thought it was kind of perfectly thematic and aligned with where I am in my life now,' Cyrus said.
It’s neat when the personal and the promo sync up this cleanly. Convenient? Sure. But it also sounds genuinely true to her headspace.
The ring (yes, it’s a statement)
She made the ring official at the Avatar: Fire and Ash premiere in L.A. on December 2, though fans with eagle eyes clocked it back in mid-November. The piece is by Jacquie Aiche: a cushion-cut stone set on a bold 14-karat gold band. Jewelry folks peg it around $450,000. It looks expensive because it is.
Where this relationship came from (and what it isn’t)
Miley and Maxx started dating in late 2021, and stepped onto a red carpet together for the first time in April 2022. This engagement, like the relationship, is low-key on purpose. It’s also very much not a rerun of her last headline-making romance.
Before Maxx, there was Liam Hemsworth: the long-running story that started on the set of The Last Song in 2009, went on and off for years, led to a December 2018 wedding, and wrapped with a divorce finalized in January 2020. Different phase, different energy.
Quick timeline
- 2009: Miley meets Liam Hemsworth on The Last Song; an on-off relationship follows.
- December 2018: Miley and Liam get married.
- January 2020: Their divorce is finalized.
- Late 2021: Miley and Maxx Morando start dating.
- April 2022: Miley and Maxx do their first red carpet together.
- Mid-November: Fans spot a ring on Miley.
- December 2: Miley and Maxx’s engagement goes public; she debuts the ring at the Avatar: Fire and Ash premiere.
Bottom line: Miley’s engaged, she’s keeping it grown-up and quiet, and she’s folding it neatly into a moment that already matters to her professionally. For someone who has lived a lot of life onstage, this feels refreshingly offstage — by design.