Over the following months, the couple shared various social media posts together, including a birthday tribute and a video of Miley giving Cody a haircut. However, in August 2020, Miley confirmed the breakup rumors during an Instagram Live. “A year ago, almost to this date, the media tried to tell my story for me and control my story, and I’m not going to accept that,” He said. “So today it turned out that my boyfriend and I have broken up. This has been confirmed by a ‘reliable source’, even though no one in a relationship is reliable other than the two people participating in it.” He added, “Right now, two parts don’t make a whole and we’re just working on ourselves individually to become the people we want to be.”
“Like everyone at this age, we’re just deciding who we want to be in our lives, what we want to do with our lives. And so if next week we’re hanging out or eating pizza don’t make it a drama story. We’ve been friends for 10 years and we’re going to stay friends. Just don’t make it into something that it’s not. And with that being said, I’m done giving a shit.”