Miley Cyrus has reflected on a time when a cheeky gift for her then-boyfriend cost her a role in the film Hotel Transylvania.
The Disney Channel alum, who rose to fame playing the titular pop icon in the series Hannah Montana, has had a her fair share of controversies.
Now 32 and with the release of her new album Something Beautiful, Cyrus is chatting about a gift she gave to her ex, Liam Hemsworth, which ultimately led to her losing her job.
During a chat with Monica Lewinsky on the June 10 episode of her podcast, Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky, the ‘Flowers’ singer shared a number of stories from her teen years - including the Hotel Transylvania saga.
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“I, as a joke, got my boyfriend a penis cake for his birthday and I got fired,” she recalled.
“I was the lead actress in Hotel Transylvania and they fired me and replaced me because I made an inappropriate adult joke. But I was 18.”
The animated children’s film was released by Sony Pictures in 2012 and starred fellow Disney Channel star Selena Gomez in the lead role of Mavis Dracula.
A photo had emerged of Cyrus holding and licking the cake, which was shaped like an appendage, for Hemsworth’s special day in January 2012.
TMZ posted pictures of the singer and actress with her tongue out next to what they called a ‘massive phallic confection’.
Looking back at the controversy surrounding the cake, Cyrus told Lewinsky - who has also been at the centre of a major controversy - that she did not feel she did anything age-inappropriate.
"What felt ridiculous to me about getting fired [over] a penis cake was that they sell penis cakes for all bachelorettes … in Nashville, Tennessee, you can get penis cakes," she said.
"It’s not that big of a deal. I thought this [was] a very simple, not vulgar joke … this is silly. You can do this for all bachelorette parties; they make necklaces and cups and straws and all kinds of stuff. It felt ridiculous."
"To be fired for regular things that girls my age, they go to bachelorette parties and they do this," Cyrus added.
"They go to Magic Mike shows. But, at that time, I wasn’t someone that was appropriate for kids, even though that was in my personal life."
Cyrus said the photo of her with the penis cake was private and leaked after her backpack, including her camera, was stolen at a party.
"[It was] nothing I posted," she explained. "I was at a private event at a private party and I got robbed. It’s not cool."
UNILAD has contacted Sony for comment.
Topics: Celebrity, Film and TV, Miley Cyrus, Disney
Gregory Robinson