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Why Miley Cyrus Has Said Dolly Parton Was “Like a Mother to Me”

August 27, 2026

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Watch: Miley Cyrus Details Final Conversation With Godmother Dolly PartonIn godmother Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus truly had the best of both worlds. Her dad Billy Ray Cyrus having bonded with the music legend during their 1992 tour, “He said…’We’re having a girl, and you’ve got to be her godmother!'” Parton recounted on The Howard Stern Show in 2023. “And I said, ‘Well, I’d be honored.'” And having the icon just a phone call away (or a fax, rather, Parton famously not fond of texts) undoubtedly inspired the future Grammy winner. “She’s a legend,” Cyrus detailed on German series Wetten … Dass? in 2013, “and unlike anyone I’ve ever seen before.”But also, “Dolly’s been like a mother to me,” Cyrus—whose mom Tish Cyrus was married to the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer from 1993 to 2022—shared in a 2024 interview with W Magazine, revealing the 11-time Grammy winner “wrote me to say: ‘How much do I love you? As much as my heart can hold and as far as my arms can reach.’ It gets me choked up.” photosDolly Parton: A Life in PicturesSo, while Cyrus will certainly miss out on Parton’s pep talks after the beloved icon died at age 80 following a brief battle… Read More

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