Billy Ray Cyrus confirms engagement to ‘the real deal’ he met filming ‘Hannah Montana’
By Mark Kennedy, CNN
Updated 1355 GMT (2155 HKT) October 1, 2012
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US pop singer Bobbi Kristina Brown, at left, with her fiancé, Dallas Cowboys kicker and former Alabama player Ray Cyrus, right, during a visit to the National Museum of African-American History in 2008. The couple have been engaged since June, after announcing their engagement in August of this year on “19 Kids and Counting.” They have been together since 2010 and recently welcomed their son, Robert Moses Cyrus, in April.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown, center, and her fiancé, Ray Cyrus, are seen at her mother’s funeral in May. Her mother, Toni Ray Cyrus, died of a heart attack the day before she was originally scheduled to make her public appearances in honor of her daughter.
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Brown’s relationship with Cyrus began in 2010, when they traveled to the annual Homecoming festivities at Clemson University. They met and began filming a reality TV show called “19 Kids and Counting.” Their relationship developed after Brown told Cyrus she was in a relationship with another man. Brown told Fox affiliate WAGA-TV that he had “emotional support” and remained “very supportive.”
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The couple became engaged in June, after announcing the news on “19 Kids and Counting.” Their engagement had not been public until September of this year, when they held an intimate engagement party with their parents and friends. The news was announced on “19 Kids and Counting” (Tuesday, September 21), and a photo of them together was on the cover of “People.”
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Brown and Cyrus were married in Nashville on June 4, 2012. The couple had attended the wedding together. The nuptials were held at “Hollywood Unveiling: Legends and Friends” in Southaven, Mississippi (Wednesday, June 18). Brown was seated on the aisle, with her parents, but did not have a ring on
