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Miley Cyrus Revealed That Her Mom Was Behind Her Controversial 2009 Teen Choice Awards Performance — And Called Her Out For Being “Nowhere To Be Found” When The Backlash Started

Back in 2009, people were scandalized when then-17-year-old Miley Cyrus took to the stage at the Teen Choice Awards and performed with what was referred to as a “stripper pole.”

At the time, Miley was mostly known for being a squeaky clean child star who’d shot to fame on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, so when she clutched onto the pole while performing her hit song “Party in the U.S.A.,” it caused somewhat of a stir. 

For reference, the performance started with Miley bursting out of a trailer to the cheers of the live audience. After the first chorus, she jumped on top of an ice cream cart — which is where the controversial pole was. 

The star then danced while holding onto the pole as a backup dancer pushed the ice cream cart across the stage. 

Last year, Miley reflected on this performance during a TikTok series, where she insisted that the pole wasn’t included in her set to emulate pole dancing. In fact, she pointed out that it actually had a very practical use.

Speaking in her video, she explained: “I was doing my first performance for the Teen Choice Awards, my mom was like: 'I think it would be really cool if she was in the trailer park because that's where we're really from.'"

“So, apparently, me dancing on an ice cream cart with a stripper pole,” Miley went on. “But it wasn't a stripper pole, it was actually for stability. I had a heel on, guys! What did you want from me?"

"Was I really gonna do my performance without dancing on top of an ice cream cart?" she added.