Miley Cyrus, who identifies as queer, learned about her preference after seeing photos of Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato.
Following the release of her latest single, "Used to Be Young," Cyrus released a new episode of her series on TikTok to promote the song and look back at her life and career. In the clip, the singer recalled the time she had some realizations about her identity and how she eventually identified as queer in 2015.
When Did Miley Cyrus Realize She Was Bisexual?
In part 19 of her "Used to Be Young" TikTok series, Cyrus talked about a photo of herself alongside Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato and Emily Osment. The snap, taken in 2009, captured the "Hannah Montana" star wearing sweatpants and regular top while everyone else wore a more formal attire.
She revealed that the same photo went viral upon release as people made it a meme that says, "be the Miley of your friend group."
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"If you guys didn't know I was bisexual from this damn picture, I don't know what's wrong with you," she admitted. "I literally think we were leaving the Grammys to go to the Cheesecake Factory. Me and Emily, Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato are going to the Cheesecake Factory. These are some classy ladies."
Cyrus spoke about her sexuality in a personal essay and interview for Vanity Fair's March 2019 story during which she spoke up about how her then-marriage to Liam Hemsworth made people change their perspective about love, gender and sexuality.
She set herself as an example, saying she is a queer in a heterosexual relationship.
What Miley Cyrus Said About Her Sexuality
Cyrus has been open about her sexuality in her interviews over the past few years.
In June 2015, Cyrus told Paper magazine that she said her mother when she was 14 that she admires women "in a different way." In the same year, she came out as pansexual before dating Patrick Schwarzenegger for five months and sparking a romance with Stella Maxwell.
"My whole life, I didn't understand my own gender and my own sexuality," she said. "I always hated the word 'bisexual,' because that's even putting me in a box. I don't ever think about someone being a boy or someone being a girl."
She also encouraged everyone to be whatever they want and be who they want to be in a statement to TIME to mark Pride Month 2015.
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