She doesn’t always come in like a wrecking ball.
Miley Cyrus described how she mended her “messy” family’s relationships after a decade of drama — without getting a therapist involved.
“We’re so messy, we didn’t even do any of that,” the former Disney Channel star, 32, joked to Monica Lewinsky on Tuesday’s episode of the “Reclaiming” podcast.
“Just to get each other into a room to get to counseling would have been a war,” the “Hannah Montana” alum explained of their “really difficult … dark decade.”
The singer noted that “half of [her family members] weren’t speaking to each other at one point,” clarifying that she “had a lot of loyalty to” mom Tish Cyrus amid her divorce from dad Billy Ray Cyrus.
The former couple, notably, called it quits in 2022 after welcoming Miley, son Braison, 31, and daughter Noah, 25.
They each also had children from previous romances.
Billy Ray is the father of son Cody, 33, and adopted Tish’s eldest two children — Brandi, 38, and Trace, 36 — after they wed in 1993.
Throughout her parents’ on-again, off-again relationship, Miley “watched what happens when you don’t clean things up as they’re happening.”
She said, “They really do stack. And then all of the sudden you go, ‘Oh my God, it’s been 10 years and this is a mess I barely even know how to start. This is emotional hoarding.’”
The actress broke down how she “cleaned all that up” and spent “a really important part of [her] year … putting those lines of communication back together.”
She recalled, “I just kind of busted through the pile that stacked and just [went], ‘I’m here, you’re here, let’s start by having a good time together and then as we start bringing some happiness and joy into each other’s life, then we’ll be in a better place to have these conversations.’”
Miley told listeners she’d “rather get it balanced first,” noting that it “was easier to [wave] a white flag” than pursue counseling.
The “Last Song” star prefers others to decide they “like the way she’s functioning” and attempt to “mimic” it.
Miley revealed she will be tackling her family drama on her next album, dropping the title of one track “Secrets.”
The song, she said, is about wanting her dad “to feel safe enough to tell [her] the things that were damning and damaging to the family.”
The performer is currently promoting her “Something Beautiful” visual album, which debuted in May.
Earlier that same month, Miley made headlines for reuniting with Billy Ray, 63, at Braison’s birthday party.
She went on to give her two cents on the country singer’s viral romance with Elizabeth Hurley on the “Interview” podcast.
The songwriter said her “adult self” understands that her dad, who divorced Firerose in 2024 after less than one year of marriage, is “just another person that deserves to be in his bliss and to be happy.”
Tish, for her part, has been married to “Prison Break” alum Dominic Purcell — who was allegedly seeing Noah prior to the romance — in 2023.
