Miley Cyrus is convinced she was the “first person to ever be cancelled”.
The 32-year-old singer rose to fame on “Hannah Montana” – in which she played a schoolgirl with a secret career as a pop star – but she faced an angry backlash after she walked away from her family-friendly role and embraced a raunchy new persona as she launched her music career away from the Disney series.
Miley has now called the reaction to her transition “brutal” and believes she was the first celebrity to fall victim to cancel culture. In an interview on , due to air on October 5, she said, “I was the first person to maybe ever be canceled, I guess. I didn’t know until I was older, actually, how brutal it really was … It was very challenging for other people but for me, it was a good time.
Cyrus continued, “It looked fun and it was fun. So it wasn’t until I was older that I realized how harsh [the reaction was].”
In the interview teaser, which was released via social media, Miley added, “I would never know, being where I am, ever look at someone in their 20s from the view of who I am now. But at the time, it was awesome.”
This comes after Miley recently admitted she’s “not afraid” to because she’s still living with a career decision she made when she was a child.