A Breakdown Of Noah Cyrus And Lil Xan's Very Confusing, Very Public Split

At the end of a summer marked by speedy celebrity engagements, one young couple has seemingly crashed and burned. Noah Cyrus and Lil Xan — who took their relationship public at the end of July and walked the VMA red carpet with each other just two weeks back — are currently embroiled in a very public, very messy breakup that's equal parts dramatic and bewildering. Both parties have accused each other of cheating, tears have been lose, music has been shelved, and there's even a poorly Photoshopped Charlie Puth meme involved.


The drama might still be unfolding at this second, although so far, here's a semi-neat breakdown of everything you have got to know.

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  It all began once Lil Xan wrote on his Instagram Stories, "I feel like I'm being cheated on."
  
  
  
  
  
  That was on Sunday night (September 2), and the 21-year-old rapper deleted the message not long immediately after — nevertheless we all know screenshots live forever. He also mentioned that the music video for "Live or Die," his collaborative track with Noah, would no longer be coming out "because people just love to hurt me." No word however on the other music Xan and Noah recorded together, nevertheless you could assume that's been axed as well.
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  



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  Cyrus then planned the split was a misunderstanding over a Charlie Puth meme, although he doubled down on the cheating accusations.
  
  
  
  
  
  The 18-year-old pop star mentioned she DM'ed Xan a NSFW meme of Puth's head Photoshopped over a porn star's body as a joke that he didn't take well. Nevertheless Xan denied that, saying in a video, "If y'all think that that meme is the reason I broke up with Noah, that is hilarious. I broke up with her 'cause she was all over some other dude." He then shared a pic that showed her touching another guy's shoulders and wrote, "If you my girl you ain't touching no dude like that sorry." (FWIW, the guy in that pic is EDM producer Ookay, and Cyrus appeared as a special visitor at his show in L.A. Over the weekend.) On top of that, Xan also claimed that his and Noah's relationship was a label-orchestrated setup by Columbia Records.
  
  
  
  
  



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  While he told his version of the story, Cyrus defended herself.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  She went on Instagram Live to confirm the breakup, and then posted a series of text posts trying to clarify all of the drama. She mentioned she was "concerned and confused," and insisted, "First and foremost: this relationship was not put in place by Columbia Records. To mention that is [a] joke." Cyrus also mentioned she and Xan hadn't seen each other in a week, and she imagined that he was cheating on her immediately after she found an alleged hickey on his neck. She continued, "Cheaters like to accuse their partners of cheating to create themselves feel much less guilt. ... If this is your way of breaking up with me and breaking my heart and also it, then you succeeded." Ouch.
  
  
  
  
  



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  And that usually be it for now.
  
  
  
  
  
  Lil Xan's latest Instagram Story was all about discovering a new flavor of cereal, so perhaps he's moved on. Cyrus, meanwhile, is back to promoting her new music — though she did acknowledge the now-ironic title of her forthcoming EP, Good Cry. "Due to the circumstances I think I named this EP appropriately," she wrote.
  
  
  
  
  

to be able to see Noah and Xan in happier times, check out their VMA interview with MTV News below, in which they discuss a possible joint project that, as we right now know, will likely never visualize the light of day. R.I.P.