Like other former Disney stars including Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus has gotten sober and then relapsed. For her, the COVID-19 pandemic provided the perfect storm. In November 2020, the “Flowers” singer sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe and opened up about falling off. “I, like a lot of people … during the pandemic fell off … and I would never sit here and go, ‘I’ve been f***ing sober,'” she said. “I realize that I’m now back on sobriety, two weeks sober, and I feel like I’ve really accepted that time and one of the things I’ve used is: ‘Don’t get furious, get curious.’ So don’t be mad at yourself, but ask … ‘What happened?'”
Cyrus went on to explain that she hopes others don’t take their sobriety cues from her. As she tells it, she never had a drinking problem, but rather realized she isn’t a “moderation person,” explaining ,”I don’t think that everyone has to be sober, everyone has to do what’s best for them.”
A month later, the Disney alum told Rolling Stone that she was still sober. Cyrus also clarified that her relapse was due to alcohol, not drugs. “I haven’t done drugs in years … From sitting here with you right now, I would say it would have to be a cold day in hell for me to relapse on drugs,” she said. It’s ironic, given that Cyrus of her “Bangerz” era was such a huge advocate of weed.
