Miley Cyrus is out here airing her sparkly, pole-twirling laundry, and it’s pure comedy gold.
In a recent chinwag with sister Brandi Cyrus on Spotify’s Billions Club series, Miley took a stroll down memory lane to revisit that legendary 2009 Teen Choice Awards performance. Yes, the one. Picture it: 16-year-old Miley, an ice cream cart, a metal pole, and “Party in the U.S.A.” blasting like the anthem of chaotic teens everywhere. Iconic? Yes. Controversial? Oh, honey, absolutely.
But guess what? According to Miley, the mastermind behind this fever dream of a performance wasn’t her edgy alter ego—it was Mama Tish!
“This won’t shock you at all,” Miley teased Brandi. “Take a wild guess whose bright idea this was?”
Brandi, likely bracing herself, threw out the obvious: “Mom?”
“Bingo!” Miley cackled. “That was all Tish Cyrus, folks. And she just lets me take all the heat like a champ.”
Apparently, when the backlash came rolling in like a judgmental tsunami, Tish pulled a classic mom move: disappearing faster than your leftovers when she’s “just taking a bite.”
“When I got in trouble the next day, guess who was suddenly MIA?” Miley said, mimicking a cartoon villain twirling their mustache. “Yep. Tish Cyrus. Nowhere to be found. Just me out here, holding the pole—literally and figuratively.”
But let’s not gloss over Miley’s main takeaway from this moment in pop culture history. No, it wasn’t the public uproar or the pole’s unfortunate career shift from construction site to center stage. It was… the *bling*.
“The real highlight of that performance? It was the first time I ever wore actual diamond jewelry on stage,” Miley said with a smirk, as if to remind us she was that girl even while twirling around a dessert-themed prop.
And in a final mic drop moment, Miley turned to the camera with all the gravitas of someone delivering a TED Talk, saying, “So, while y’all were busy losing it over the ice cream truck, I was busy admiring my diamonds. Priorities, people.”
Mama Tish, you’ve got some explaining to do. And Miley? Never change.
Miley Cyrus reacts to her controversial 2009 teen choice awards "stripper pole" performance, 15 years later pic.twitter.com/N2hRGLWmiM
— Miley Cyrus Updates (@MileyCyrusBz) November 27, 2024
