Why Miley Cyrus Reportedly Felt Mistreated as Liam Hemsworth Gets Engaged to Gabriella Brooks

Here we go again: Miley, Liam, and now Gabriella. It has been years since that breakup, but a new tabloid report says Miley Cyrus still has thoughts about her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth and his fiancée, Gabriella Brooks. A lot of thoughts. If you like a little inside-baseball drama with your morning coffee, this one has it.

What Miley is reportedly saying now

Radar Online claims Miley is still venting to friends about Liam and is not exactly sending him a fruit basket. According to an unnamed source, she still carries resentment from their relationship and feels he treated her badly back then. The source also says she feels sorry for Gabriella and thinks Liam hasn’t changed, allegedly playing the same head games in his new relationship.

Two choice descriptors the source says Miley uses for Liam: selfish and cold. The report also says it bugs her that people think of him as a down-to-earth guy who couldn’t handle life in the fast lane, because in her view it was the other way around. And when it comes to Liam’s upcoming wedding, she allegedly doesn’t think he can make a marriage work.

Quick reminder: this is all coming from an unnamed-source tabloid story. Treat it like gossip, not gospel.

The odd little rumor tucked in there

The report dredges up an old, unverified tidbit that Gabriella Brooks was once rumored to be a backup dancer for Miley. That’s never been substantiated, and it’s one of those weird Hollywood whispers that keeps floating around because it’s messy.

Where Miley is at now

Publicly, Miley’s kept her current relationship pretty low-key. She’s been dating musician Maxx Morando (drummer for Liily, formerly of The Regrettes) since 2021. They keep it quiet, but they’re still together, and they stepped out at the 97th Oscars on March 3, 2025.

"He’s very similar to me. We just don’t take life too seriously."

She’s also talked about how she catalogs the eras of her life. She still has two dresses from the Liam era, plus some letters and keepsakes. She’s said she wants to preserve those memories but is picky about what, if anything, she’d ever share publicly. Translation: she’s moved on, but she hasn’t memory-holed that chapter.

What Liam and Gabriella are up to

Gabriella Brooks is an Australian model with one acting credit: a 2018 short called Unremarkable. She and Liam were first linked in late 2019, not long after his split from Miley, and they’re now engaged. PEOPLE reported that Liam’s family has loved Gabriella from day one and had been nudging him to propose for a while. The vibe, per that reporting: she’s sweet, genuine, the relationship is relaxed and special. The two reportedly bonded over similar backgrounds and a shared love of laid-back beach life, and the plan is to get married in Australia.

How we got here (the quick timeline)

• On-off for years, then split for good: August 2019
• Divorce finalized: January 2020
• Liam and Gabriella first linked: late 2019
• Miley and Maxx Morando first linked: 2021
• Miley and Maxx at the 97th Oscars: March 3, 2025
• Liam and Gabriella: engaged, planning to wed in Australia

The bigger picture

If this latest report is accurate, Miley still has some unresolved feelings about how things went down with Liam, and she’s skeptical about his happily-ever-after. Meanwhile, Liam seems settled, his family’s all in on Gabriella, and a beachy Australian wedding is on the horizon.

As always with unnamed-source stories, take the spice and leave room for doubt. But it’s Hollywood: the past never stays entirely in the past, it just keeps dropping by with new plot twists.