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Friday, May 16, 2025

Miley Cyrus: Crazed or just a Phase?

   Am I only the one who thinks back to the sweet and innocent Disney pop star Hannah Montana with nostalgia? Now when we think of Miley Cyrus we think “good girl gone bad.” When did she learn to twerk? What is her obsession with being naked? Maybe the breakup with ex-fiancé Liam Hemsworth has something to do with this outrageous behavior.

   According to her interview in the October 2013 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, Cyrus stated that she didn’t have time to deal with a wedding, but eventually still plans on getting married. In the interview she talks about how her wild behavior is contributed to the fact that as a kid she had to be an adult.

   The Disney TV show, Hannah Montana, first aired when Cyrus was only 13 years old; after that day it was nothing but work. Once the show wrapped up in 2011, Cyrus moved out of her parents’ home and moved in with Liam Hemsworth, her fiancé at the time.

   She could do anything she wanted and she stated that she wanted her house to be a “party house”. “I took off and I just wanted to party. I worked so hard, and I wanted to buy a house and just chill,” said Cyrus. In the interview she brought up advice she gave Justin Bieber; "I'm not saying you need to take a break because you're crazy. I'm saying you need to take a break so you can be crazy, and people aren't going to judge you.”

   Growing up too fast can cause a child to rebel as they get older. Cyrus never got the chance to truly be a kid because she was always in the spotlight.

   Knowing this, do you think her actions are justified? I don’t think it justifies her actions, but it definitely explains some things.

   There was a lot of buzz about Miley’s performance at the 2013 VMA’s; a lot of people didn’t know what she was thinking, but in Miley’s mind, she’s trying to “take over the world”.