While making the press tour for her album Something Beautiful, Miley talked about the ups and downs that her family has experienced over the years, including reconciliation with her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus.
Talking to Monica Lewinsky, Miley candidly talked about the recent rough patch her family went through.
She said that her family went through a really rough patch calling it the ‘Dark decade.’
Miley told Lewinsky that, “Half of us weren't speaking to each other at one point, and we cleaned all that up. That was a really important part of my year this year, was all of my family putting those lines of communication back together. A lot because of, you know, I had a lot of loyalty to my mom [Tish Cyrus], the way that families do when parents get divorced.”
Explaining the conflict that had been piling up for years with no resolution between herself, her siblings and her parents, Miley said, “In that situation, I watched what happens when you don't clean things up as they're happening. They really do stack, and then all of a sudden you go, ‘Oh my God, it's been 10 years, and this is a mess that I barely even know how to start. This is like emotional hoarding.’”
She revealed her unexpected approach to resolving some of this emotional “mess," saying 'She started with joy.'
“But I just kind of bust through the pile that’s stacked, and just go, ‘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 just be in a better place to have these conversations. ‘Cause I'd rather get it balanced first," the pop star said.