Miley Cyrus has openly discussed rumors about a possible rift with her father, Billy Ray. Family relationships can sometimes be complicated, leading to occasional disagreements and conflicts.
This is true for celebrity families as well. Recently, Miley Cyrus sat down for an interview with the New York Times, where she candidly shared her perspective on her family relationships.
Previously, Miley has mentioned that she doesn’t often address rumors. Just a few weeks prior, she had to debunk speculation about tensions with her mother after noticing she was unfollowed on Instagram.
In a post on Instagram, Miley stated: “I rarely comment on rumors but my mama and I are too tight for anything to ever come between us.”
She continued: “She’s my best friend. Like a lot of moms, she doesn’t know how to work her phone and somehow unfollowed me – simple, coincidental and uninteresting.”
Miley also acknowledged some past challenges with her father, saying: “My dad and I have had our challenges over the years. Now, in my thirties, family is my priority above all else.”
In her interview, Miley elaborated on her current relationship with her father. When asked if they were estranged, she responded, “No. I think timing is everything.”
“As I’ve gotten older, I’m respecting my parents as individuals instead of as parents — because my mom’s really loved my dad for her whole life, and I think being married to someone in the music industry and not being a part of it is obviously really hard.”
Miley further explained how her understanding of her parents has changed as they’ve moved on and found new partners.
She said: “And so I think I took on some of my mom’s hurt as my own because it hurt her more than it hurt me as an adult, and so I owned a lot of her pain. But now that my mom is so in love with my stepdad, who I completely adore, and now that my dad, I see him finding happiness, too — I can love them both as individuals instead of as a parental pairing.”
Miley concluded: “I’m being an adult about it. At first it’s hard, because the little kid in you reacts before the adult in you can go, ‘Yes, that’s your dad, but that’s just another person that deserves to be in his bliss and to be happy’. My child self has caught up.”