Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose first met 14 years ago through his dog

Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose had their meet-cute more than a decade before they began dating and eventually married. 

The Australian songstress explained to Kelly Clarkson on her talk show this week that she had finished an audition in Hollywood when she ran into the "Achy Breaky Heart" crooner while he was out walking his dog. 

"It's actually a funny story because I was walking out of an audition on Sunset Gala in Hollywood," Firerose explained after Clarkson asked about how they met through his dog, joking, "Can I meet this dog? Maybe he can help me."

Firerose continued, "Billy’s dog at the time Tex, who was the most beautiful German shepherd you’ve ever seen, he was tapped into some divine purpose because we were, you know, at the time just friends and all these years later — that was, like, 14 years ago — all these years later we just got married."

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The 34-year-old told Clarkson that she had always had a "burning desire" to come to America to pursue music. "I can’t even explain it except like pop music was like my spirituality," she said, adding, "at 19, I just got on a plane and never looked back." 

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Cyrus, 62, elaborated on how he met his future wife in an interview with People magazine last year, explaining that he had been on the set of "Hannah Montana" – which he co-starred with his daughter Miley Cyrus – at the time. 

"There's a couple old pine trees on the lot that look like Tennessee. Tex and I would go out there in the middle of the day and he'd take care of his business and we'd stretch and I'd think how much I missed Tennessee," he told the magazine. "On that given day, Firerose came out of the front door. There was almost a moment of, I don't know, recognition. I was like, 'This girl's a star.'"

Firerose came over to say hello to Tex, and Cyrus offered to help her professionally. 

"And I actually said to her, 'Don't ever take a strange man up on this offer, but, in this case, Tex will testify that you will be totally safe," he told People. "'I'm going to introduce you to a producer and you can kind of make yourself at home and watch us rehearse and you know, maybe it might lead to a role or just another contact at Disney.' And so, off me and her and Tex went back to the studio and I think she met a lot of the cast and met the producers, writers. And, in some ways, well, in a lot of ways, we became friends."

The couple married earlier this month, a year and a half after Tish Cyrus filed for divorce from him after nearly 30 years of marriage. Cyrus adopted Tish's two kids – Brandi and Trace – from a previous relationship, and the ex-couple shares Miley, 30; Braison 29; and Noah, 23. He also has a son Christopher Cody, 31, from a previous relationship. 

Tish married "Prison Break" actor Dominic Purcell earlier this year. 

Billy Ray Cyrus posted photos from his wedding to Firerose on his Instagram, calling it a "beautiful, joyous day that our two souls united as one in holy matrimony."

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He added, "It was the most perfect, ethereal celebration of love we could have ever imagined. For both of us to hear the preacher say, "Billy Ray and Firerose Cyrus… I now pronounce you husband and wife" that was the sacred moment our new forever began. Long Live Love!" 

UN food program chief says organization lost communication with humanitarian teams in Gaza

The United Nations' World Food Programme said Saturday the humanitarian organization has lost contact with their aid teams in Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israeli forces and Hamas terrorists.

WFP chief Cindy McCain made the announcement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after communications to people in Gaza were cut.

"The silence is deafening," McCain wrote. "As conflict rages on, I am extremely worried for the safety of all humanitarian workers and civilians. We are at a tipping point. Humanity must prevail."

This comes during Israel's continued expansion of its ground attack against Gaza after cutting communications to the region. The residents of Gaza are now left without cellphone or radio service as Israeli forces attack Hamas from the ground, sea and air.

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More than 8,700 people have been killed in Gaza and Israel since Hamas launched its largest attack against Israel in decades on October 7, leading to retaliatory action from Israeli forces. Thousands more have been wounded, and many others have been taken hostage by Hamas and raped, tortured and murdered.

McCain said food assistance from the U.N. has not been able to reach civilians in Gaza because of the recent attacks.

"With communications cut in #Gaza, our lifesaving food assistance is at a standstill. We cannot reach staff and partners, or the people who rely on us," McCain said in another post on X. "We urgently need the ability to operate and sustained access for humanitarian assistance. Every minute counts."

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company's Starlink satellite internet service will support internationally recognized aid organizations in Gaza, although a timetable for when the connectivity in the region would be available is unclear given that access to the service requires certain technological equipment.

The international community has been working to supply civilians of Gaza with humanitarian aid, including food, water and medical supplies, in the wake of the violence in the region. This aid that began crossing into Gaza includes a 20-truck convoy carrying humanitarian assistance that was delivered to the region through the Rafah border crossing more than a week ago.

There have been calls from countries around the world for additional aid to be supplied to civilians stranded in Gaza.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Saturday morning he was surprised by Israel's overnight airstrikes in Gaza.

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"I was encouraged by what seemed to be a growing consensus for the need of at least a humanitarian pause in the Middle East," he wrote on X. "Regrettably, instead I was surprised by an unprecedented escalation of bombardments, undermining humanitarian objectives."

The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees warned last week that relief operations could be significantly cut due to Israel's blockade of fuel. The organization said fuel deliveries are needed to ensure people in Gaza have clean drinking water, hospitals can remain open and life-saving aid operations can continue.

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