Miley Cyrus addressed the criticism of her comeback show at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night, calling out “clickbait” videos that accused her of not fully investing herself in the performance because she didn’t sing every word of the songs.
Miley Cyrus addresses online criticism towards her Hollywood Bowl show this past Friday: “It is hard for me to stand up here and do this show. It does not come as natural as it once did…. But one thing I will not stand is any question about where my heart is when I’m on the… pic.twitter.com/gGRLwHozQ4
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 19, 2026
“I’ve never heard that I don’t put my heart into something,” she told the audience at her second Bowl concert on Sunday night. “I don’t know if any of you heard that,” she said of the criticism. “That somebody was doing commentary to get clickbait on their video talking about my show on Friday night, but I’m a lot of things and we’re not even going to entertain that.”
The singer, who hadn’t performed live in four years prior to Friday night, added that anytime she’s done something that’s a stepping stone for her life or career it’s been “controversial.”
“Oh I forgot I’m supposed to sing every f*cking line”
— Miley Cyrus reacts to criticism from her first Hollywood Bowl show while performing tonight. pic.twitter.com/gtgtw6gmx6
— Pop Base (@PopBase) October 19, 2026
“And the controversy, it used to be a lot of fun,” she said. “It still can be. I can be pretty melted. I love that about me. I actually used to live my life pretty hard. Because life’s hard so I thought I had to get hard. … But, you know, I didn’t enjoy my life as much when I was living hard. I love pouring myself into something.” (Read the ful story on Rolling Stone)
