In 2024, Miley Cyrus stunned viewers at the Grammys with a performance she said may not have happened without Dolly Parton . Parton, who has known Cyrus for years and calls herself her fairy godmother, encouraged Cyrus to go through with the performance despite her trepidation. Cyrus shared what this conversation meant to her.
Miley Cyrus shared how Dolly Parton convinced her to perform at the Grammys Cyrus has known Parton for most of her life and has grown close to the country icon. She said that one of her favorite traits of Parton’s is her willingness to have “tough conversations” with her. “A tough conversation I had with her: I told her, ‘I’m wondering if I’m going to do the Grammys or not,’” Cyrus said on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (via People ).
“And she said, ‘Well of course you’re going to do the Grammys, and you’re not just going to show up but you’re going to show off. And you’re going to be everything that you are sitting right here in front of me.’” Cyrus appreciated that Parton was giving her advice to get on the Grammys stage and be herself.
“And she said, ‘And don’t forget about the beauty. The hair, the makeup, the whole show. It’s armor for us,'” Cyrus said.
“She’s always said this to me: ‘You do you, and I’ll do me, and together we’ll be us.’ So she wasn’t telling me to be Dolly, she wasn’t telling me to be fabulous and hide behind the sparkles and the hair. She was t.
