Miley Cyrus has paid tribute to her godmother, the late country music legend Dolly Parton, in an emotional message posted to Instagram. Our most sacred moments were private and they’ll stay there behind the stage, beneath the glamour & between our hearts,” Cyrus wrote. I have an angel by my side.
One of our last conversations was about music and metamorphosis.” Cyrus concluded, “I will always love her and want to make her proud. My heart breaks for the world, her family and friends who will miss her deeply. We’re in this loss together and we will see her in all of the most beautiful things.” Parton had been a part of Cyrus’ life since she was a baby.
Cyrus’ dad, “Achy Breaky Heart” rocker Billy Ray Cyrus, toured with Parton in the 1990s and asked the “Jolene” singer if she would be his daughter’s godmother before she was even born. Cyrus’ relationship with Parton deepened on the set of “Hannah Montana,” on which Parton played Miley Stewart’s Aunt Dolly. That’s how her and I became as close as we are,” Cyrus told Variety during her March 2026 cover interview.
In fact, Cyrus’ rollout of the “Hannah Montana” 20th anniversary special was inspired by Parton’s advice. So I just started promoting a ‘Hannah Montana’ 20th-anniversary special that literally did not exist.” In a statement sent to Variety in March, Parton congratulated Cyrus on the anniversary special. We all love Hannah Montana and we all love Miley so how can it miss?
I love you, Aunt Dolly,” she wrote. When Cyrus flipped her Disney Channel image on its head during her late-teen years, generating tabloid headlines over drug use and scandalous performances, Parton publicly stood by her. But I’ve watched her grow up.
So I don’t,” Parton wrote in 2014 for Time magazine. She was very proud of the work she did as Hannah Montana, but people were gonna leave her there forever.” As Cyrus got older, Parton continued to be a close mentor as well as artistic collaborator. The two performed “Jolene” together many times over the years, including on “The Voice,” at the 2019 Grammys and at “Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party” in 2022.
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