Noah Cyrus Opens Up About Lessons From Miley’s Career and Family Drama

Kai Montgomery here—your reluctant guide to the tangled lives of the rich and famous. Buckle up, because today we’re diving into the world of the Cyrus sisters, where growing up in the spotlight means learning life lessons the hard way.

Let’s get one thing straight: being the younger sibling of a global pop icon isn’t all glitter and glam. For Noah Cyrus, watching her sister Miley Cyrus navigate fame was less of a fairy tale and more like a crash course in survival under public scrutiny. In a recent interview with People Magazine, Noah offered a rare glimpse into how she’s used her sister’s highs and lows as a blueprint for her own music career.

“I’ve had a great role model for how it all works,” Noah said, not without a hint of irony. That role model just happened to be someone who went from Disney darling to Wrecking Ball provocateur in record time. While Miley was making headlines for twerking at the VMAs, Noah was still figuring out how to drive. “By the time she was done with Hannah [Montana], I wasn’t even driving a car yet—I didn’t even drive when she was doing Bangerz,” she revealed. That puts their generational gap into perspective—and explains why Noah got to learn from Miley’s missteps instead of repeating them.

Of course, that doesn’t mean Noah has been handed a free pass. She started her own music career at 15 with the release of “Make Me Cry” and has since navigated the industry with a mix of caution and ambition. Watching Miley’s evolution taught her how to handle pressure, media attention, and the ever-looming threat of being exploited by those around you. “There were just a lot of lessons that came with it because of our age gap,” she admitted. Translation: she saw what worked, what backfired, and what needed a full-scale intervention.

And then there’s the family drama. The Cyrus clan has long been fodder for tabloids, thanks in part to Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus’ rocky marriage (they’ve divorced and reconciled more times than most people change their passwords). But Noah claims she’s learned to tune it all out. “I keep myself quite separated from any interest or ‘drama’ with the family,” she told People. “When you grow up with that being normal—things being public—it doesn’t quite reach you.”

That might sound dismissive, but let’s give her credit: growing up in a blended, high-profile family is complicated enough without the world weighing in on your relatives’ marital status. Billy Ray married Tish in 2003, already parents to Miley and expecting Braison. He also adopted Brandi and Trace, while Christopher entered the picture via a previous relationship. Add Noah to the mix, and you’ve got a full house with enough backstory for a reality show—or at least a Wikipedia page.

Still, Noah insists the family is just that: a family. “At the end of the day, this is a family, and that’s really it: just going through normal family stuff.” Sure, except your “normal family stuff” probably doesn’t involve paparazzi outside your front gate or viral headlines about your older sister’s romantic entanglements.

So what’s next? Well, if Noah’s learned anything from Miley, it’s that reinvention is inevitable, backlash is survivable, and staying true to yourself is non-negotiable. Whether she follows the same path or charts her own remains to be seen—but either way, we’ll be watching.

Sources: Celebrity Storm and People Magazine
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