Miley Cyrus and boyfriend Maxx Morando are engaged after four years of dating. The news was confirmed on Tuesday, December 2.
Rumors first surfaced after Cyrus, 33, and Morando, 27, attended the Avatar: Fire And Ash premiere in Los Angeles on Monday, December 1. The couple posed together on the red carpet in coordinating black outfits.
Sharp-eyed fans noticed a gold and diamond ring on the "Flowers" singer’s left ring finger.
Francesca Consulting, the agency representing jewelry designer Jacquie Achie, confirmed that Achie designed Cyrus’s ring. The engagement ring features a cushion-cut diamond set on a 14-karat yellow gold band.
Cyrus was first seen wearing the ring in photos shared on Instagram for her birthday on November 23. The black and white images showed the Grammy winner blowing out a candle on a cake and smiling.
"33 already shining thanks to the warmth of your sweet birthday wishes," Cyrus wrote in her post. "All I want this year is more laughs with the people who give me those little smile lines that are already starting to appear. 🤍 I love you all."
Maxx’s father, Dan Morando, also reportedly shared a photo of Cyrus’s hand with the ring on his own Instagram. He congratulated the couple in the caption, according to screenshots shared on X.
Cyrus and Morando began dating after meeting on a blind date in the summer of 2021.
"Well, for me it was a blind date and not really for him. I thought, ‘The worst that can happen is I leave,’" Cyrus revealed to British Vogue in May 2023.
Months after their first date, the couple was seen dancing together at Miley’s New Year’s Eve special in January 2022. During the event, Cyrus sang a song called "You," which many fans believed was dedicated to Maxx.
"I bring some baggage / Let’s do some damage / I’m not made for carriages and horses / You know I’m wild / You’re looking beyond," the lyrics read. "I want that sweet night magic / That eternal love / But only if it’s with you."
Cyrus and Morando have largely kept their relationship out of the public eye. Earlier this year, Cyrus joked about their nearly six-year age difference during an appearance on the Sorry We’re Cyrus podcast.
"He’ll be 27 when I turn 33, which excites me because it was a great year for me," she said during a June episode. "I just hope that as long as he follows in my footsteps, everything will be great. It was right when I started to change my life."
Cyrus also spoke enthusiastically about their chemistry, attributing it to their zodiac signs.
"He’s a Scorpio and his grandfather too, that makes Maxx so cool because he can sting," she continued. "[Scorpios are] very cool, they think they’re little angels, until they turn around and sting. I couldn’t be with someone who doesn’t sting. They’d already be fried."
Before her relationship with Morando, Cyrus had an on-again, off-again relationship with Liam Hemsworth for a decade. That relationship culminated in a two-year marriage from 2018 to 2020.