Miley Cyrus Wanted to Leave Liam Hemsworth in February Following January Jones Rumors
Miley Cyrus recently admitted that she wanted to leave Liam Hemsworth in February, around the same time that he was linked to actress January Jones.
On Sept. 16 reps for Cyrus, 19, and Hemsworth, 23, confirmed that the pair, who got engaged in 2012, had called off their engagement. The pop singer revealed that her new song "Drive" was inspired by her desire to leave the Australian actor in February.
"I wrote it while I was working on Valentine's Day -- emotionally it was such a hard time," Cyrus told Fashion magazine.
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"It is about needing to leave someone but not really wanting to completely cut yourself off from the relationship," she continued. "It's a time when you want to leave but you can't. It's also about moving on."
During the month of February, Hemsworth, who proposed to Cyrus in 2012 after two years of dating, was photographed leaving a Hollywood party with Jones, 35. The "Hunger Games" star was accused of cheating with the single mother, but the affair reports were never publicly addressed by either of them.
"They went to a private house party, and right in the middle of the party, January was clinging to Liam, saying, 'You're so handsome,'" a guest previously told Life and Style magazine.
"He kept saying, 'We can't do this here.' Then they left holding hands and went out in the hallway and were making out. She was wasted. It wasn't good," the source went on.
While Cyrus had initially stopped wearing her engagement ring for several days, the "We Can't Stop" singer eventually began wearing it again after it was revealed that the pair wanted to move past the Jones scandal.
The cheating rumors persisted in the months leading up to Cyrus and Hemsworth's recent split and sources claim pressure stemming from the former Disney star's disastrous MTV VMA's performance reportedly tore them apart for good.
"Liam really does care about Miley, but her racy new look and sort of ghetto attitude isn't exactly what he signed up for," an alleged friend of Hemsworth told RadarOnline.com days before their split.
"Her VMA performance absolutely mortified him and he couldn't be more embarrassed. He doesn't really see anything sexy about what she did on stage," the source explained.
In recent days Hemsworth has been linked to Mexican singer-actress Eiza Gonzalez, while Cyrus is rumored to be moving on with music producer Mike WiLL.
