Miley Cyrus has had a difficult few years. She not only lost her home in the Los Angeles region, but she also lost her spouse. But not only have life circumstances been difficult for the 27-year-old daughter of country music legend Billy Ray Cyrus, but she’s also dealing with low self-esteem because her fans subjected her to years of abuse after she donned latex lingerie during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.
Now, Miley Cyrus has come out to discuss her body insecurities and how she’s battled with abuse and bullying. It hasn’t been difficult for her. Because of the never-ending taunting, the singer has been unable to wear a bikini for the past three years. Despite being one of Hollywood’s most desirable young ladies, she still experienced self-esteem difficulties similar to any other adolescent girl.
Following the MTV show, critics compared Miley Cyrus to a “turkey.” This bullying has continued to have an effect on her today. She is only now beginning to address the body issues that stemmed from that day of torment.
During a live broadcast with Demi Lovato called Bright Minded, she discussed her body issues and her difficulties in the previous years.
Cyrus stated, “I basically went through two or three years where I wouldn’t wear shorts. I stopped wearing skirts on stage, all this s**t, because after the VMAs and I had on my cute new bodysuit, everyone started comparing me to a turkey. I was like just so skinny and so pasty, and they kept putting me next to this turkey, and I was feeling so bad about myself that I did not wear a bikini for like two years.”
The media attacked her for performing on stage in her undergarments, and they ridiculed her for the way she looked. This “really affected her personal life,” but “no one thought that that would’ve ever made me feel some type of way.”
The impact was catastrophic. And it has lingered with Miley Cyrus for years, perhaps influencing her divorce from Liam Hemsworth.
“It was just really really hurtful to be so body-shamed like that. And it really affected me in my personal life.”
Miley Cyrus felt like a “fraud” throughout the years following her contentious collaboration with Robin Thicke because she was so insecure about her body but had to act as though she wasn’t.
“What was so hard about it was my brand has always been about being so unapologetically myself and being confident, and the worst thing that I would feel like I would be to my fans would be lying or a fraud. I felt like having this persona of being the most confident girl on the planet was actually kind of fraud because I was so insecure on the inside that in my personal life, I wasn’t even wearing bathing suits and shorts.”
She continued, “And when I was wearing like my little leotards and things, I had on f***ing four pairs of tights because I was so insecure.”
She can now talk about it.
