Miley Cyrus blames mom Tish for her controversial pole dance performance at Teen Choice Awards at age 16
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Miley Cyrus recently revealed that her mother Tish Cyrus came up with the idea of her controversial pole dance performance at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards when she was just 16.
The pop star, 32, performed the dance to her hit song 'Party in the USA' at the award show. She has now revealed that the contentious element — the pole dancing-inspired set with an ice cream cart on stage — was the idea of her mother Tish, 57, per Daily Mail.
Miley Cyrus says her mother Tish was responsible for controversial 2009 pole-dancing performance
The Grammy-winning singer revealed information about her mother during a recent interview with her 37-year-old sister Brandi Cyrus for Spotify's 'Billions Club' series.
Miley teased, "This is going to be no surprise to you," before posing the question, "Do you know whose idea that was?" to Brandi.
"Yup, that was my mom’s idea. So she always lets me take the blame," the 'Flowers' hitmaker confirmed, acknowledging Brandi's accurate guess that their mother suggested the pole dance.
"When I got in trouble the next day, you know who was nowhere to be found? Tish Cyrus," Miley remembered. However, she continued by disclosing what made the performance so remarkable.
Miley explained: "The thing that I remember most about that performance was it was the first time I ever wore real diamond jewelry on stage."
"So you guys remember a little old ice cream truck, I remember the diamonds," the 'Hannah Montana' alum added.
Tish Cyrus shares what it was like for her other kids to grow up with Miley's fame
Meanwhile, Miley is not the only member of her family reminiscing about earlier days. Tish recently shared an intimate glimpse into her other children's experiences growing up with Miley's celebrity.
Tish — who also has sons Trace, 35, Braison, 30, and daughter Noah, 24 — with her ex-husband Billy Ray Cyrus, said it's always been the best of both worlds when it comes to Trace, a former member of the band Metro Station.
"He really just told me the other day, ‘I've always like, I've never been jealous of Miley. I've always been grateful for the opportunities I get because of her,’" she said on the 'Sibling Revelry' episode with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson, per E! News.
Tish further claimed that her children have this as an ongoing motif. "I think that my kids have mostly seen it that way. I'm sure it's hard to be... the Mileys of the world don't come around very often," she added.
Tish also opened up about her marriage to her ex Billy Ray on the show, discussing their split after 28 years of marriage.
"I never wanted to be divorced. [But] for us, you’re in the public eye and the world that we exist in is already so odd and at some times unstable," she admitted.
Tish also revealed to the audience the mistake that she made in attempting to salvage the marriage. "I wanted to make it work, probably for a little too long, like, for my own mental health. There became a point that, like, I didn’t have a choice," she explained.
