vintage clothes

Miley Cyrus recently opened up about her past struggles with substance abuse, revealing how she cleverly disguised her drug expenditures from her accountant. During an episode of The Ringer’s “Every Single Album” podcast, Cyrus, now 32, recounted her experiences surrounding her financial dealings while touring and promoting her 2015 album, *Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz*. Cyrus candidly shared, “The drugs were the biggest cost, which to hide those from my accountant we called them ‘vintage clothes.’” This clever ruse allowed her to funnel significant amounts of money—specifically $15,000—into her drug use without raising suspicion. “Every time she saw me, she’d be like, ‘Where’s that, like, $15,000 original John Lennon t-shirt that you bought?’ I would respond, ‘Oh, it’s upstairs. We just really want to protect it. It’s really delicate. The fabric — got to take care of it.’ So, I bought a lot of ‘vintage clothes’ that year,” she recalled with a mix of nostalgia and regret. Cyrus’s journey has been tumultuous, but she expressed gratitude for having survived that challenging period in her life. She emphasized the importance of sobriety, stating, “I’m so glad I survived that time in my life. I would definitely not encourage anyone else to go this hard, but the fact that I got through it, I’m very glad I got to do it.” In her quest for sobriety, Cyrus has made significant changes to her lifestyle. During a previous interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, she described sobriety as essential to her well-being. “I need it, I live for it. I mean, that [has] changed everything for me,” she stated. Her commitment to staying clean has been a transformative experience, reshaping her outlook on life. Cyrus’s reflections on her past are not new; she has previously discussed her decision to quit drugs and alcohol. In a 2017 interview with *Billboard*, she revealed, “I haven’t smoked weed in three weeks, which is the longest I’ve ever [gone without it]. I’m not doing drugs, I’m not drinking, I’m completely clean