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In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Miley Cyrus discusses her godmother Dolly Parton, emphasizing Parton's authenticity beyond her public persona. Cyrus shares that Parton provided invaluable guidance during key moments in her life, including when she was navigating the fame from her role as Hannah Montana. She also highlights how Parton encouraged her to embrace vulnerability in her music and performances, even when it seemed contradictory to Parton’s own approach to using music as escapism.
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Miley Cyrus, 33, a Grammy-winning singer known for hits like "Wrecking Ball," recently spoke about her godmother Dolly Parton during an interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe. Cyrus highlighted that despite Parton’s flamboyant public image, she was authentically real and genuine behind the scenes. They first met when Parton played Aunt Dolly on Cyrus's Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, and their bond deepened as they collaborated on songs like a cover of "Wrecking Ball" for Parton’s 2023 rock album. Cyrus reflected that having a public persona does not negate one's true self, noting Parton's influence helped her navigate the fame she experienced while starring in Hannah Montana from ages 15 to 20.
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Miley Cyrus wants fans to know that Dolly Parton — despite her larger-than-life persona — was as “authentic” as they come.
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“She’s known for, I guess, the faux, the fake, the hair, the makeup, the show of it, but there’s a part of her that’s just what I think everyone gravitates toward — how real she is and how authentic she is,” the “Wrecking Ball” singer said during a new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe.
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“The time that we talked, which was the last time we would talk, it was actually me telling her about this record,” she said, referencing her latest album, “Bass Persuades.”
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Cyrus, 33, noted that “because even though we are so different, that’s what made us so perfect for each other is that she knew this, and I know this.”
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The “Flowers” hitmaker also opened up about how Parton’s sage advice comforted her through her life’s big moments.
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“There was a time in my life, I mean, we hit on it with Hannah [Montana], so much of my life’s about persona.
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” she said.
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It was Parton, Cyrus divulged, that helped her navigate the fame her Disney Channel character brought her — all while she was also discovering who she was off-camera.
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“I think a way that I could look at that as, you can still have a persona and still be who you are, is because I had Dolly,” she explained.
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Cyrus looked back on crying during her performances — something that perplexed Parton, who saw music as “escapism.”
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Let them cry.
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Get through it,'” Cyrus recalled, to which she responded, “I know, but this is who I am.”
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Parton, she said, “loved [her] for it.”
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“So many of my really stabilizing peers that I have in my life, they’re generations before me,” she explained.
“
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And they’ve laid down brick by brick the road that I travel now, and they aren’t always going to be here for me to call them and say, ‘What do I do now?'”
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Cyrus said it’s something she “always did with Dolly,” whom she described as having been “always right about stuff.”
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