Miley Cyrus is opening up about her earlier drug use, together with how she managed to cover her drug purchases from her accountant.
“The medication had been the most important value, which to cover these from my accountant we referred to as them ‘classic garments,’” Cyrus, 32, mentioned on the Friday, June 6, episode of The Ringer’s “Every Single Album” podcast whereas discussing the cash she constructed from her 2015 album, Miley Cyrus & Her Useless Petz.
“And so she would get these checks. That occurs on touring on a regular basis,” she continued, admitting that after some time her accountant would surprise concerning the so-called “classic garments” she mentioned she was buying.
“Each time she noticed me, she’d be like, ‘The place’s that, like, $15,000 authentic John Lennon t-shirt that you just purchased?’ It’s like, ‘Oh, it’s upstairs,’” she recalled. “‘We simply actually wish to defend it. It’s actually delicate. The material — acquired to handle it.’ So, I purchased numerous ‘classic garments’ that yr.”
Miley Cyrus discovered her whole world shifted as soon as she stopped ingesting and doing medication. “I’ve realized this about myself over time: sobriety is, like, that’s like my God,” Cyrus, 32, mentioned throughout a Wednesday, Might 21, interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “I want it, I dwell for it. I imply, that [has] modified […]
The “Flowers” singer went on to confess that she is grateful for “surviving” that interval of her life.
Miley Cyrus is seen on June 06, 2025 in New York Metropolis. XNY/Star Max/GC Photographs
“I’m so glad I survived that point in my life,” she mentioned. “I’d positively not encourage anybody else to go this difficult, however the truth that I acquired via it, I’m very glad I acquired to do it.”
This isn’t the primary time Cyrus has mentioned her earlier drug use and path to sobriety. In a 2017 interview with Billboard, she opened up about her determination to now not use marijuana and to abstain from alcohol.
“I haven’t smoked weed in three weeks, which is the longest I’ve ever [gone without it],” she instructed the publication on the time. “I’m not doing medication, I’m not ingesting, I’m utterly clear proper now! That was simply one thing that I needed to do.”
The singer additionally opened up about among the bumps within the street she has skilled throughout her sobriety journey, together with through the coronavirus pandemic when she relapsed on alcohol and began ingesting.
“Haven’t executed medication in years,” she told Rolling Stone for the journal’s January 2021 cowl story. “Truthfully, I by no means attempt to, once more, be a fortune-teller. I strive to not be naive. Issues f***ing occur. However from sitting right here with you proper now, I’d say it must be a chilly day in hell for me to relapse on medication.”
Should you or somebody is fighting psychological well being and/or substance use, you aren’t alone. Search rapid intervention — name 911 for medical consideration; 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline; or 1-800-662-HELP for the SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) National Helpline. Carrying naloxone (Narcan) will help reverse an opioid overdose.