Miley Cyrus is rewriting a painful chapter of her life into one thing stunning.
The singer opened up about one of many hardest moments in her life throughout a Q&A after a screening of her visible album, “Something Beautiful.”
In line with Folks journal, a fan requested Cyrus concerning the recommendation she would give to her youthful self, and the previous “Hannah Montana” had so much to say.
“When my house burned down, that was the biggest blessing I’ve ever had in my life, actually,” Cyrus mentioned, in line with the outlet.
“Losing everything and being able to rebuild, and to be able to be purposeful and choose every piece that I’m gonna collect or also just about the people in my life,” she shared. “And I guess for me, when my house burned down, a lot of my relationships also burned down, and that again just led me to such magic and to have so much gratitude.”
“I think what I would have told my younger self is to appreciate those darker times because, like I said, they are only leading you into the light,” Cyrus added.
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The 32-year-old misplaced her Malibu home in a hearth in November 2018, when she was nonetheless married to her then-fiancé, Liam Hemsworth. On the time, she mentioned she was “completely devastated” by the loss.
“I am one of the lucky ones. My animals and LOVE OF MY LIFE made it out safely & that’s all that matters right now,” Cyrus mentioned in a message on Instagram after the fires. Cyrus would go on to marry Hemsworth in December, one month after shedding her home.
In August 2019, the 2 had introduced their separation, and Hemsworth had filed for divorce. Their divorce was finalized in January 2020.
Cyrus has beforehand revealed that her home burning down influenced her choice to wed Hemsworth. “We were together since 16,” the singer mentioned throughout an look on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio present in 2020.
“I don’t know if we really ever thought we were actually going to get married, but when we lost our house in Malibu — which if you listen to my voice pre- and post-fire, they’re very different so that trauma really affected my voice,” she mentioned earlier than speaking about all she’d misplaced within the hearth.
“I just clung to what I had left of that house, which was me and him,” she continued. “And I really do and did love him very, very, very much and still do, always will.”