Miley Cyrus got emotional as she was honored with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on Friday.
“To my family, my future family, parents, my mom, my siblings, my friends, my collaborators, thank you for loving and supporting not only the choices that I make, but my fears, and then facing them with me,” Cyrus said as she sounded like she was getting choked up. “Today is something that I’ll never forget and I’m always going to cherish. I love you all so much, thank you.”
Cyrus was joined by mom Tish Cyrus, her sister Brandi Cyrus and fiancé Maxx Morando at the event. Though her fellow musician father Billy Ray Cyrus wasn’t in attendance at the ceremony, following the two having a falling out in recent years, Miley Cyrus gave her dad a sweet shoutout in her speech.
“My dad used to say that a skyscraper starts with a jackhammer — so does a star on the Walk of Fame by the way — and it’s not about the force, but it’s about the repetition,” she said. “What feels so special to me about this star is that it’s an accumulation of devotion.”
She continued, speaking about her legacy, “The star isn’t something that you win like a seasonal game. It’s not something that you can chase or collect. It’s not something you make the next record for, and then tote it around like a trophy. At 1 [p.m.], this moment will be over, and it’ll go back to being a busy street full of unique people and people that are here exploring for the first time, our city that we all share and that we love so much. After today, I commit to continuing the cycle of creation, because that is what I truly live for. My hope is what I leave behind continues to affect the hearts of generations to come, ones that I won’t be here to experience. I hope it awakens something raw and imperfect and sexy and glamorous and joyful in times that need it.”
