Miley Cyrus openly admits the pitfalls of child stardom

Miley Cyrus has had a hard time “connecting with people” due to her fame, and has stated that these days she has a hard time accepting that others can “let go” of her famous persona.

Thursday, 21 November 2024 07:00

Thursday, 21 November 2024 07:00

Miley Cyrus had a hard time “connecting with people” because of her fame.

The 31-year-old singer gained worldwide recognition as a teenager when she starred in the Disney Channel comedy series ‘Hannah Montana’, becoming one of the world’s biggest pop stars in the process. such notoriety “got in the way” of his social relationships.

She told Harper’s Bazaar: “Obviously (being a child star) has turned me into a very different adult than some of my peers or friends. I have a really different childhood. For a while, I thought that was overlooked in the way I connect with people.”

Just before the new interview, the ‘Flowers’ hitmaker had taken a Chinese medicine exam and one of the questions was about whether she felt she could easily relate to others.

Miley wasn’t quite sure how to answer this, but she remembered that while she can “let go” of her famous persona whenever she wants, it can be difficult for others to perceive her as an ordinary person.

He said: “I don’t even know how to answer that because as a person I feel like, yes, I can connect with people and be everyone’s friend. I’ve grown up, sometimes people make it hard. I can easily let go of my personality, but it’s hard for other people to erase that part of you.”

The Grammy Award-winning star appeared on the popular Disney Channel series with her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, and the sitcom’s success turned her into a multimillionaire by her mid-teens, but she often recalled that it was her mother, Tish Cyrus, who intervened. to discipline him.

He said: “My mother used to say I should buy a Nissan or a Toyota like my other siblings. She was never afraid to take my mobile phone away. Even when I paid my own mobile phone bill! I would always go: Mom, this is for the kids who don’t pay their own mobile phone bill.”

“And he said: ‘I don’t care. You can’t have your phone.'”