Tish Cyrus is not only a proud mom of five — she’s also a doting stepmom.
The music manager, 58, is stepmother to husband Dominic Purcell’s four children from a previous marriage, including rising star Joseph Purcell, who has gone viral on TikTok in recent months thanks to his starring role in the vertical short drama His Nerd.
Joseph joined his stepmom and stepsister Brandi Cyrus on the Thursday, July 3, episode of Tish and Brandi’s “Sorry We’re Cyrus” podcast, giving listeners sweet insight into their loving relationship.
“I feel like Tish is the best person ever. I don’t know how to boil it down,” Joseph said near the end of the podcast episode.
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Tish, meanwhile, got teary-eyed as she recalled Joseph’s speech at her August 2023 wedding to his dad Dominic, 55.
“My favorite thing you ever said to me [was] at the wedding,” Tish said. “He started reading his speech, and he said, ‘I never, ever wanted my dad to get remarried, and then I met Tish.’ I was like, ‘That is the sweetest thing.’”
Before tying the knot with Tish, Prison Break star Dominic was married to Rebecca Williamson, the daughter of Australian playwright David Williamson, from 1998 to 2008. They share four children, including Joseph, his sister Audrey and twins Augustus and Lily-Rose.
“I love these guys so much,” Tish said, referring to Joseph and his siblings.
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Likewise, Joseph has a lot of love for his famous stepsiblings: Brandi, 38, Trace, 36, Miley, 32, Braison, 31, and Noah, 25. “You guys are so cool, the coolest stepsiblings you could ever want. Talented. Cool,” he told Brandi.
Speaking to his stepmom and stepsister, Joseph opened up about following in his dad’s acting footsteps, though he admitted that it wasn’t always the plan.
“Literally never,” Joseph responded when asked if he always wanted to be an actor.
“Because of my dad, people would always ask me if I wanted to act, and it was the one thing I never wanted to do,” he explained. “It was the only thing I didn’t want to do ’cause I was super shy as a kid, and I wanted to be a professional athlete. It didn’t happen till I was 20 that I thought maybe there was a road [in acting].”
