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Topics: Miley Cyrus, Drugs, Celebrity, Entertainment, Music
Niamh Shackleton
Topics: Miley Cyrus, Drugs, Celebrity, Entertainment, Music
Miley Cyrus has revealed how she hid the money she spent on drugs from her accountant.
Aside from having a famous father, the 'Party in the USA' hitmaker has been in the limelight in her own right since the age of 13 when she landed a role in Disney series Hannah Montana, which first aired in 2006.
Fast forward to today and Cyrus is one of the most famous people on the planet and hit a huge milestone last year when she won her first Grammy for her song 'Flowers'.
But, as many child stars will tell you, becoming famous at such a young age comes with its hardships. From Macaulay Culkin and Amanda Bynes, to Lindsay Lohan and Drew Barrymore, a number of celebs who shot to fame while they were young struggled with substance abuse at one time in their lives.
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Cyrus had been another one of those celebrities, but she's now been sober for some time.
Speaking to Zane Lowe back in 2020, Cyrus said: "I don’t think that everyone has to be sober, everyone has to do what’s best for them."
She went on: "I don’t have a problem with drinking, I have a problem with the decisions I make once I go past [a certain] level. I’ve just been wanting to wake up 100 percent, 100 percent of the time."
It was around the time that Cyrus released her album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz in 2015 that she was using drugs.
During this period, she had to hide her drug spending from her accountant - and found a pretty unique way of doing so.
"The drugs were the biggest cost, which to hide those from my accountant, we called them vintage clothes," she revealed on a recent episode of the Every Single Album podcast. "And so she would get these checks. That happens on touring all the time."
Cyrus continued to recall: "Every time she saw me, she'd be like, ‘Where's that, like, $15,000 original John Lennon T-shirt that you bought?’ It's like, ‘Oh, it's upstairs. We just really want to protect it. It's really delicate’."
"I bought a lot of vintage clothes that year," she added.
The 32-year-old went on to share how pleased she is to have gotten through that difficult period, saying: "I'm so glad I survived that time in my life. I would definitely not encourage anyone else to go this hard, but the fact that I got through it, I'm very glad I got to do it."
If you want friendly, confidential advice about drugs, you can call American Addiction Centers on (313) 209-9137 24/7, or contact them through their website.