Brenda Song breaks silence after ex Trace Cyrus accuses her of faking cancer and pregnancies
Trace, 36—the son of Billy Ray Cyrus and older brother of pop superstar Miley Cyrus, 32— made incendiary claims about his relationship with the Suite Life of Zack & Cody actress, 37, in a string of Instagram posts last week.
The musician dated Song on and off from 2010 to 2017, and didn't hold back in his allegations.
Among the most serious claims: that Song had stolen from him, faked a pregnancy, and even lied about having terminal breast cancer and a brain tumor.
But on Wednesday, Song appeared to sidestep the drama entirely, taking to social media to celebrate her anniversary with fiancé Macaulay Culkin.
The pair got engaged in January 2022 and share two children together—Dakota, 4, and Carson, 2.
'8 years and there is still no one who makes me laugh or smile like the way you do,' Song captioned a photo of the couple. 'No one who makes me feel more seen, heard or loved.'
She added: 'My partner in crime, my adventure partner, my best friend, my baby daddy, my favorite everything- thank you
'To be loved by you is the greatest privilege. Happy anniversary. I love you.'
Culkin, 44, didn't ignore the special day either.
He posted a quirky beachside photo series of Song getting closer to the camera with each frame.
'Happy anniversary, babe. Thank you for always coming towards me. You never run away,' he wrote in the caption, a subtle nod to their rock-solid bond despite the drama swirling around them.
In Trace's shocking social media rant, he claimed Song 'stole thousands of dollars for me and fake multiple pregnancies lied about being terminally ill to make my family and I think that she had breast cancer and a brain tumor.'
Trace, who has more than 689,000 followers on the social media platform, continued that 'it was all a lie.'
Trace said that Song 'was humiliated to ever show her face around my family again once we figured it out and my mom confronted her and called her out on all of it.'
Trace said that it had been 'another scenario where '[he] was a great loving person and someone did me wrong for no reason.'
He added of Song: 'Oh, she also faked an abortion with fake blood covering the bathroom floor in my mom and I register her to the OB/GYN - that's when all the lies started unraveling and we realized it was fake.'
Trace previously said of the relationship in a February 2018 Instagram post: 'I'm extremely happy for her.
'She inspired me to write countless songs and was such an important part of my life. I will always cherish songs I have … to remind me of our crazy 7 years together. '
Trace later said on Instagram Stories that Song claimed she got the brain tumor removed by the 'best surgeon in Chicago.'
Trace added: 'She didn't realize we were catching on to her lies. So when she showed up to my house with a bandage on her head claiming she just got out of surgery.
Trace said she 'ripped it off exposing no surgery had been done.'
In a later post, Trace said he wasn't going to speak to reporters about his posts about Song; and if he was asked why he was speaking out now, it was because he 'felt like it.'
Trace also encouraged people to follow his Instagram account before Friday morning, as he would be taking it private at that point.
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