Overview

Lil Xan and Noah Cyrus Breakup refers to the split of rapper Lil Xan and actress Noah Cyrus, little sister of Miley Cyrus, allegedly because of an image Cyrus sent the rapper of singer Charlie Puth's head photoshopped on a porn star's body.

Background

On September 2nd, 2018, Lil Xan took to his Instagram live stream to broadcast the message, "feel like I'm probably being cheated on," and "Bad things always happen to the good guys so ima be an asshole from now on if you ain't gang"^[1] (shown below). The messages implied he felt his girlfriend, Noah Cyrus, was cheating on him (the couple had previously achieved viral fame for their awkward kiss at the 2018 Video Music Awards).

The following day, Cyrus posted to her Instagram live saying she was "heartbroken and confused," saying that a photoshopped image of singer Charlie Puth's head on a porn star's body made the rapper believe she was cheating on him^[2] (shown below).

Developments

Later that day, Lil Xan took to his Instagram account to deny the allegations that the meme is what caused him to break up with Cyrus, reiterate that he believed Cyrus was cheating on him, and also that the relationship was set up by his record label for publicity (shown below).

Cyrus denied that claim, saying "This relationship was not set up by Columbia… to say that is a joke. It started when I got a DM from Diego and he asked me to hang out."^[3] She also suggested that Lil Xan perhaps had been cheating himself, saying "Cheaters like to accuse their partners of cheating to make themselves feel less guilt…if this was your way of breaking up with me and breaking my heart along with it, then you’ve succeeded." The breakup was covered by NME,^[3] Spin,^[4] Complex,^[5] and others.

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