It sure sounds like Miley Cyrus is in a good place right now!
After making endless headlines last year regarding her split from husband Liam Hemsworth, the Wrecking Ball singer has had a decidedly more quiet 2020 — in part thanks to the months-long coronavirus quarantine orders going around the world. But even beyond that, the 27-year-old superstar singer is relaxed, recharged, and sober, and it sounds like she’s happy and content!
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All this is coming off a brand new interview out Tuesday morning in Variety, in which journalist Marc Malkin goes one-on-one with the Bright Minded talk show host.
During the talk, the pair discusses the Party In The USA singer’s weekly Instagram Live show, her foray back into acting with new appearances in Netflix‘s Black Mirror, and more — including these highlights (below)!
Six Months Being “sober sober”
Sober’s so nice she’s gotta say it twice!
The singer straight-up revealed to Malkin she’s entirely sober, and has been since right around the start of the year, saying:
“I’ve been sober sober for the past six months. At the beginning, it was just about this vocal surgery. … But I had been thinking a lot about my mother. My mom was adopted, and I inherited some of the feelings she had, the abandonment feelings and wanting to prove that you’re wanted and valuable. My dad’s parents divorced when he was 3, so my dad raised himself. I did a lot of family history, which has a lot of addiction and mental health challenges. So just going through that and asking, ‘Why am I the way that I am?’ By understanding the past, we understand the present and the future much more clearly. I think therapy is great.”
Interesting!
She went on from there, too, adding more about how she even goes so far as to troll her parents for their weed-smoking ways:
“One of my favorite interviews is when I say, ‘Anyone that smokes weed is a dummy.’ That one I love to send to my parents, who are big stoners, every now and then. It’s been really important for me over the last year living a sober lifestyle, because I really wanted to polish up my craft. I had really big vocal surgery in November. I had freaking four weeks where I wasn’t allowed to talk. I was so ripped writing on the whiteboard, yelling at everybody [Laughs]. I had this one big bicep from just yelling at mom and still trying to do meetings. But it prepared me for the stillness and the quietness.”
LOLz!
Fangirling over Britney!
Looking back at her style and interests as a younger woman, Miley admitted to being obsessed with Britney Spears‘ Crossroads. Truly iconic!!
The singer reflected on having a spiritual awakening after one specific scene:
“I had the most weird hodgepodge of Britney Spears, ’NSync, Metallica and Hilary [Duff.] I had Joan Jett and Pat Benatar. You should’ve seen my face when Britney covered I Love Rock ’n’ Roll in Crossroads. I melted down. That scene was the father, the son and the Holy Spirit all in one room. I actually lost my mind. That was worlds colliding beyond what I could have ever dreamed of.”
Ha!! Love it!!
Working with the Biebs?
At one point, Malkin points out Miley and Justin Bieber once teased the possibility of working together in the comments section of an IG post — and so, Billy Ray Cyrus‘ daughter addressed the likelihood!
Seriously, she sounds optimistic about reprising her alter ego Ashley for a Bieber duet:
“Man, I think we could come up with something very, very, very special. As of now, nothing is in the works, but I remember I was sitting in front of him at his movie premiere. I was 16, something like that. He leaned up to me and asked for advice in a very mellow, friendly way. I said, ‘Just try to remember everything, try to press record in your brain and remember everything because there are so many moments of my life when my mom will be like, ‘do you remember when you got to perform for the queen?’ And I’m like, ‘no.’ There was so much going, so much to take in as such a young person that I didn’t remember to take everything in. That’s something my dad always taught me, was when you’re on stage, whether it’s when you get there or when you’re about to leave, take a picture in your mind. And remember it, and savor it, and take it in.”
Interesting… maybe that’ll be something to watch for in the future??
To read the full Miley interview in Variety, click HERE. Thoughts?? Sound OFF with your reactions in the comments (below)!!!
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