Singer Miley Cyrus and her mom, Tish Cyrus, are addressing a social media snafu that had people “freaking out” not too long ago.
“Miley, why do you think your mom unfollowed you on Instagram?” Tish asked, doubling over in laughter, on the latest episode of the “Sorry We’re Cyrus” podcast she does with her daughter Brandi Cyrus, Miley’s older sister.
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The pop star conceded that the timing of her mom’s unfollow was “interesting,” because she had recently posted a photo of her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, after the two were estranged for a period of time.
Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus divorced back in 2022.
“If you were in the family or not in the family, it was weird timing,” the singer teased her mom. “Like I went to go see B Ray and, like, you did mysteriously unfollow me.”
“And then you got some backlash, and then suddenly you knew how to press that ‘follow’ button,” she said before adding that she was “just kidding.”
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The “Flowers” singer explained that “the truth is ― which is boring ― there’s a bug in Meta which… it naturally unfollows the person that you follow with the most engagement.”
“It was insane, though,” Tish Cyrus said as her daughter took listeners through what she thought had happened.
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“I was like, either, ‘Mom lost her glasses and can’t see,’ which is ― that’s what I thought happened,” Miley Cyrus said. “And then, there was actually a bug in Meta.”
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Both women addressed the unfollowing incident when it happened in May.
When someone on Instagram asked Tish Cyrus why she had suddenly unfollowed her daughter, she commented, “i didn’t! Idk what happened lol.”
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Tish later spoke about the situation on X, writing, “I would never unfollow Miley, her and I are as close as we’ve always been. Period. Love you Little.”
The “Hannah Montana” star took to her Instagram stories to address the hoopla, writing, “I rarely comment on rumors, but my mama and I are too tight for anything to ever come between us.”
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“She’s my best friend,” she added. “Like a lot of moms, she doesn’t know how to work her phone and somehow unfollowed me-simple, coincidental, and uninteresting.”
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