Firerose credits her "Survivors Sisters" group of Crystal Harris, Courtney Stodden and Aubrey O'Day for helping her through her divorce from Billy Ray Cyrus.
The 37-year-old singer - who accused the Achy Breaky Heart singer of displaying "unpredictable and volatile" behaviour and “extreme verbal, emotional and psychological abuse" during their divorce - has praised her friends for their support amid the "traumatic" split and admitted they "bonded over some very difficult things".
Firerose told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six: “My beautiful friend Crystal Harris, who’s a New York Times best-selling author, survived many years [of alleged abuse]. She was married to Hugh Hefner, and she’s written her stories so beautifully and eloquently in a way that has helped so many."
She hailed Courtney - who has branded her ex-husband Doug Hutchinson, who was 51 to her 16 when they married, a "predator" and "paedophile" - as "another amazing angel" and admitted she doesn't know where she would be "without" Aubrey, who alleged Sean 'Diddy' Combs groomed her when he managed her band Danity Kane.
She added: “I’m really grateful for every strong badass survivor who’s gone before me, and I’m so honoured to be able to call them my dear friends.
“Our group chat goes off in the most beautiful way. It’s such a supportive, loving connection that we have, and obviously, the tightness of our friendship is accentuated by the fact that we’ve all survived.
“It’s so important to each of us to be that example for ourselves, for each other and for the world at large. … So many young women go through versions of what we have, and they don’t make it. They don’t survive. They don’t get the blessing and miracle of getting through something that is so extreme and so public and then coming out of it and building a beautiful life.
“And each one of my friends is just an amazing example of that, because it’s not easy.”
Billy Ray has denied Firerose's allegations of narcissistic abuse and she claimed she didn't initially realise what she was involved in.
She said: “Part of narcissistic abuse is the strategic isolation and the coercive control to separate you from your community and your friends...
“Part of narcissistic abuse is that you are sort of lulled into this false reality."
The Australian singer claimed Billy Ray, who is 27 years her senior, initially "love-bombed" her before he began "raging" at her, calling her “all the most vile names” and imposing “very strict rules”."
Billy Ray filed for divorce from Firerose in June 2024 after seven months of marriage, and accused her of inappropriate marital conduct and fraud, later alleging she had spent over $100,000 on his credit card without permission and had only married him for his fame and fortune.
