Billy Ray and Miley’s mother, Tish Cyrus, were also married for several decades, separating in 2011 and again in 2013 before finally divorcing in 2022.

My own parents’ marriage was often unhappy and sometimes downright toxic, so by the time they told me they were divorcing, when I was 34, I felt sad but also relieved.

A friend asked if I thought they’d eventually meet other people, and I scoffed. Like Billy Ray, who is 63 (Hurley is 59), they were in their sixties so I assumed they were simply too old to start over.

Until my father sat me down and told me he’d met someone; a widow a few years younger than him who he’d become friends with at the golf club. I burst into tears and he was crestfallen at my reaction.

I couldn’t pinpoint why I was so upset. Like Miley, the adult part of my brain told me it was his life, and what difference did it make to my mine? But the child inside me thought this was wrong, and the thought of him with anyone other than my mum felt alien.

After the upset came the discomfort at the thought of Dad – by then approaching 70 – having a physical relationship with another woman. He was meant to be an ageing father and a grandfather, not someone’s lover. I felt a bit sick.

And my heart broke when I saw how close they were, compared to the bitterness that marked his relationship with Mum.

But eventually I realised Caroline was a lovely woman who had lost her husband and found happiness again with Dad.

Occasionally, there’s a sadness that if only my parents had been happier, they’d still be together and I wouldn’t have to adjust to this new landscape.

But ultimately, like Miley, I also believe that my father deserves to be happy, and I will support him in that.