Miley Cyrus on her bond with her family: 'We are very intimate and close'

5 June 2021

Miley Cyrus has a “very intimate and close relationship” with her family.

Miley Cyrus

The 28-year-old singer has said she’s incredibly thankful for the bond she has with her family – including dad Billy Ray Cyrus – as she said they all have an “unconditional love” for one another which they always make “a priority”.

She told British Vogue magazine: “I have a very intimate and close relationship with my family. But like all families, we’re also complex, but we embrace the fact that each of us are so different from one another. Me and my siblings, we’re a lot alike, but we also have big differences. And we just accept that and don’t judge each other. And our family makes unconditional love a priority.”

Miley starred as a version of herself alongside her father in the Disney Channel hit ‘Hannah Montana’ – which saw her play both regular teenager Miley Stewart and her popstar alter ego Hannah – and recently marked 15 years since the show began in 2006.

The ‘Midnight Sky’ hitmaker posted a letter to the fictional Hannah Montana on social media in March, and said there was a time in her life when she felt more connected to her alter-ego than she did to herself.

She wrote at the time: "Hi Hannah, It's been a while. 15 years to be exact. Since the first time I slid those blonde bangs over my forehead in the best attempt to conceal my identity. Then slipped into a puke pink terry cloth robe with a bedazzled HM over the [heart]. I didn't know then … that is where you would live forever. Not just in mine but millions of people around the world. Although you are considered to be an "alter ego" in reality there was a time in my life when you held more of my identity in your glovette than I did in my bare hands. (sic)”

Miley went on to talk about the “many firsts” she shared with her alter-ego, and recalled the passing of her grandfather shortly before the first season aired.

She added: "We've shared many firsts. A lot of lasts. Ups. Downs. Tears + laughs. I lost my pappy my Dads father while on set filming an early episode of season 1. He wanted to hold on long enough to catch the premier on March 24th. He passed February 28th. He did get to see the commercial that ran during High School Musical which he claimed was one of the proudest moments in his lifetime + he was a bada** democratic state legislature. My heart was broken but fulfilled to know I could carry his name beside my dads through every credit (sic)”