Miley Cyrus Opens Up: Why Motherhood Isn't Her Passion and Her Wild Health Scare After a Music Video

Miley Cyrus is never one to shy away from telling it like it is. This past week she spoke about her journey as an artist from her days as a child star to now. She talked about making business decisions and shared why she does not have her own makeup line. This honest discussion also led to her opening up about something many people wonder about for female pop stars: becoming a mom.

Her openness about personal choices and surprising life events reminds me why she has stayed a big name for so long. She does not just sing about her feelings she talks about them too. Her recent comments on topics from family life to wild health scares show she is still the same Miley we have grown to love. She is always ready to share a piece of her mind and her life with the world. It is a refreshing take in a world full of polished celebrity images.

Miley Cyrus Shares Her Honest Thoughts on Motherhood and Business Decisions

Why Some Things Just Aren't Her Passion, From Makeup Lines to Babies

Miley talked about why she makes certain business choices. Her stepdad asked her why she was the only pop star without a makeup line. Cyrus explained her answer plainly. "Cause that's not my passion," she said. She added her stepdad replied "That's the right answer." This made sense to her. She does not have a makeup line because she is not a makeup artist. She sees passion as a driving force for her work.

She linked this thought to questions about becoming a parent. "I feel that way about motherhood," Cyrus explained. "It’s just never been something that I’ve been overly passionate about." She sees being a mother as a big deal. "It’s a lot of responsibility and devotion and energy." She wonders how people do it without a real drive for it. "If you’re not passionate about that, I don’t know how you do sleepless nights and 18 years of what my mom dealt with." This shows her respect for parents and her own honest feelings about the role.

Cyrus does not seem to have bad feelings about other artists who are passionate about makeup or being parents. She talked about her friendship with Ariana Grande. Grande has her own makeup line called r.e.m. beauty. The two singers have connected over their hard times as child actors. Cyrus said she has been working through those feelings with a special type of therapy called EMDR.

"Ariana says there should be therapy for child actors, and I totally agree," Cyrus said. She thinks there should be weekly check-ins for child actors. Cyrus has been in therapy herself since she was 17 or 18 years old. She feels she has sorted out many of her feelings about being a child star. Now she does not notice it as much in herself. She does notice it when others work too hard. She said she sometimes feels the need to ask younger artists like Sabrina Carpenter if they are okay. She knows what it feels like to "fry yourself" and does not want others to experience that.

Miley Cyrus Details a Shocking Infection and Other Unexpected Health Battles

From Hollywood Sidewalks to the ICU and an Ovarian Cyst Rupture

Miley also recently talked about a time when she ended up in the hospital. This happened after a glamorous music video shoot on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Cyrus told Jimmy Kimmel that she filmed her "Something Beautiful" visual album in October. By November, around Thanksgiving, she was in the ICU for a short time. This was a direct result of her rolling around on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame for her video.

"I caught something," she said about the infection. "My leg began to disintegrate... around the kneecap area." She recounted how her doctor, who probably sees many bad things in a hospital, was grossed out by her infection. "To have a surgeon look at you and say, 'Yuck…' They open up cadavers. They see inside the guts of humans and they’re looking at me, telling me I’m disgusting. And they do brain operations!" she joked. It was a dramatic story and shows the lengths she will go for her art.

She explained that she filmed her music video in the middle of the night. This was to avoid paying high rental fees. "I had a big dream and a small budget," Cyrus laughed. She then added, "Well, I had a pretty good budget, but I spent it all on my clothes." She then asked if Kimmel had been to the Walk of Fame in the middle of the night. She quipped, "I thought it was my last day." This experience just added to her long list of health scares. It also highlights her dedication to her creative projects even when it means facing risks.

This Walk of Fame incident came after another health scare earlier in the year. While recording "Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party," which she hosted with Dolly Parton, Cyrus had an ovarian cyst rupture. She described it as a medical emergency. "We didn’t know exactly what was going on," she said. It was "pretty traumatic" and "extremely excruciating." Despite the pain, she still did the show. This just goes to show her strong spirit and how she pushes through challenges.

How Miley Cyrus Continues to Change and Grow as an Artist and Person

From Disney Star to Grammy Winner, Always Embracing Her Many Sides

Miley has always been good at showing different sides of herself. She holds up books by Amanda Lepore and Diane Keaton. She says "This is my vibe." This pairing makes sense. She can be down-to-earth, singing in her backyard in an old T-shirt. She can also be super glamorous, dancing at the Grammys in a glittery outfit. This idea of embracing contradictions has been a big part of her public image. She calls herself "specifically unspecific" but admires how consistent her inspirations are.

She has filled her house with pictures of people who inspire her: Joni Mitchell Britney Spears Vivienne Westwood Tina Turner David Bowie and Madonna. She approaches her art with a lot of thought. She talks about how her new visual album was inspired by Pink Floyd’s The Wall. She wanted to make "The Wall, but with a better wardrobe and more glamorous and filled with pop culture." Her producer Shawn Everett said she would want songs to "feel like this specific runway show or something." She connects fashion film music and visual art in her creative process. This shows a deep level of artistic intention.

Her journey from child star to Grammy winner has been long and public. She was honored as a Disney Legend recently. She even made a joke about it saying she "definitely wasn’t created in a lab." She joked that if she was there must have been a "bug in the system" between 2013 and 2016. This shows her ability to reflect on her past with humor and honesty. She has worked to sort out her feelings about being a child star. While it made her different she feels she can connect with people. It is other people who sometimes make it harder for her because of her fame.

Miley wants her music to do more than just entertain. She wants it to "heal." She hopes to "impact frequencies in your body that make you vibrate at a different level." She explains that her songs even when about destruction or heartbreak are presented beautifully. She believes that even the hardest times in life have beauty. This artistic goal is a major part of her new music. She also reflected on her song "Used to Be Young." She wondered if she should have kept it private because it was so personal. Dolly Parton even told her it was not fair to sing about not being young when she was still young and beautiful. But Miley says it is a great song about self-forgiveness.

Living in the Spotlight: Miley's Approach to Privacy and Loved Ones

Lessons from Dolly Parton and Her Cozy Romance with Maxx Morando

Navigating fame has always been a challenge for Miley. She learned from her godmother Dolly Parton how to handle being so public. "She lets everyone in and no one in at the same time," Miley says. Parton makes everyone feel like they know her but they also accept they do not see her without makeup. Miley seems to be doing something similar. She opens up just enough but keeps a lot private.

Her love life has been in the headlines for years. Now she keeps her romance with Maxx Morando relatively private. They have been dating for several years. She describes their relationship as cozy and simple. "He’s very similar to me. We just don’t take life too seriously," she shared. Maxx helps her with social media because he grew up with a laptop. She had a desktop computer she shared with her siblings. He even helped raise their dog using advice from Reddit. She says she loves working with people she loves. She worked with her dad and met her ex-husband through work. Maxx inspires her a lot she says.

Miley Cyrus continues to be a unique voice in music and pop culture. She combines her honest thoughts with a clear artistic vision. She faces challenges head-on whether it is a health scare or a discussion about her personal life. She uses her experiences to fuel her creativity. She is always ready to surprise us with her style her music and her outlook on life. It is clear that whatever Miley does next she will do it on her own terms and in her own unforgettable way.