Miley Cyrus Bullied

March 4th, 2009 by Castina

In her new book, Miley Cyrus: Miles To Go, which hit bookstores on Tuesday, pop star Miley Cyrus describes her tortured pre-teen years Tennessee and reveals that she was teased mercilessly by fellow classmates.

“The girls took it beyond normal bullying. These were big, tough girls,” she explains in her newly-released autobiography Miley Cyrus: Miles To Go. “I was scrawny and short. They were fully capable of doing me bodily harm.”

Miley, 16, describes those early years as “friendless, lonely and miserable.”

“Classmates would say, ‘Your dad’s a one-hit wonder. You’ll never amount to anything – just like him.’”

The Hannah Montana star, who refers to her bullies as the “Anti-Miley Club,” recalls one incident when she was challenged to a fight in the school lunchroom.

“Three girls strutted up and stood towering over me….They started cussing me and telling me to get up. I sat there, frozen. I didn’t know what to do. Finally, I couldn’t take it anymore. I wasn’t chicken. What could they do to me? I was surrounded by people. I stood up, still a foot shorter than they were, and said, “What’s your problem? What did I ever do to you?’”

She adds, “They shoved me in [a locker]. I was trapped. I banged on the door until my fists hurt. Nobody came. I spent what felt like an hour in there, waiting for someone to rescue me, wondering how my life had gotten so messed up.”

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On March 4th 2009, Blah Girls! wrote:

wow i definitely had no idea that miley was bullied like that before!
On March 4th 2009, Ned Flanders wrote:

that’s bullshit she’s just trying to relate to her fans that are losers and she’s thrying to have people feel sorry for her. She exaggerated
On March 5th 2009, Anon wrote:

Liar liar, pants on fire.

She’s obviously been on set too much.

Middle schools, most schools actually, have half lockers; two lockers on top of each other. Unless he was three tall, there’s no way she was “shoved” into a locker, waiting to be “rescued,” for “hours.”
On March 5th 2009, skdjosjo wrote:

This news article obviously got it wrong. Miley didn’t claim she was locked in a locker. She wrote that she was locked in the girl’s room. She was only shoved into a locker.
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As for the authenticity of her story, I also doubted it at first, but since this all happened before she was famous it is possible. It is known that she attended public school before landing Hannah Montana. And she wouldn’t be the first young female celebrity to have been bullied. Christina Aguilera once stated that was severely bullied in Middle School too.
On March 11th 2009, kim wrote:

it was true i no it is true u wanna no becozz i am miley cyrus friend and i was there when she wrote the book
On March 12th 2009, Aaron wrote:

Really Kim? Did she teach your proper spelling and grammer too? Imo this cannot be proved. It could be a stunt to garner publicity then again being bullied in school happens to almost everyone…
On March 13th 2009, alexandra wrote:

bullying has and alway will be a serious problem with students. just beacause you don’t miley dosn’t mean you have the right to deny the fact she was bullied
On March 13th 2009, Wade wrote:

I think she is getting confused with reality and her TV show. She must be talkin about those hot big bullies in her show. Forgotten the name of the black girl at her school but boy I wanna bring that home :)
On March 19th 2009, Caelfind Rogan wrote:

no one knows if she was or wasn’t bullied, so stop slabbering about her. . . it’s her book, her autobiography,so who are you to judge what she wirtes in it. I think she was bullied because the same thing happened to me. . . so just shut up the lot of ya’s and leave her alone!!
On March 19th 2009, Ben Leichtling wrote:

Most of the comments on many sites focus on the wrong areas. The important areas to focus on are: It happened to Miley, it happens to most kids, it happens to our kids. What can our children and teenagers do and what can we do?

Other people can take forever trying to educate and convert bullies and their parents while the rest of the kids remain victims. But educating bullies and their parents begins when they find out that the old tactics don’t work. Protect kids now; stop bullies first and then educate them.

The lessons we can learn from Miley Cyrus are that we need:
1. Principals and other administrators who want to stop bullying.
2. Federal laws that require each school to create programs defining and prohibiting specific bullying behaviors and that hold principals liable for their failures.
3. School anti-bullying policies with specific behaviors spelled out. That way, principals and teachers will be supported in preventing bullying and in tackling bullies and their parents. And the principals who don’t want to act will be forced to.
4. Children, teenagers and parents who respond immediately. They’re alerting the rest of us and rallying us to be their allies and to help them resist.

In addition to professional experience, I learned practical, pragmatic methods growing up in New York City and then watching our six children and their friends and enemies. And we live in Denver, home of Columbine High School.

Disclosure: I’m the author of the books and CDs “How to Stop Bullies in Their Tracks,” and “Parenting Bully-Proof Kids.” See my web site and blog at BulliesBeGone (http://.BulliesBeGone.com).
On April 11th 2009, kate wrote:

I think your storie is true but I never thouth you would be bullied like that.
On May 3rd 2009, Sarah wrote:

Miley was shoved into a bathroom not a locker. I read the book. As a middle school student I know that there are no lockers big enough for one kid to get shoved into.
On May 19th 2009, ALIANO wrote:

Miley is so annoying. She’s trying to act like she’s a victim and that everyone picks on poor, little, harmless Miley. Wasn’t she the one making youtube videos, mocking other Disney stars? Wasn’t she the one with her racist friends making “slant eyes” into a picture? Btw, people say that it’s not racism, but it is. Imagine if Miley and her friends put on shoe polish, pushed their noses down, pulled their ears out in a stereotypical way and pretended to be black, just like she did when she made fun of Asians. YES, IT IS RACIST! Miley is so full of herself. Watch any of her youtube videos and she’s talking about how great she is, making sarcastic comments, always complaining that people pick on her. Whatever! Miley, you’re a horrible person. Stop playing the victim when YOU’RE the bully!
On May 21st 2009, jamie leigh x wrote:

hi i feel 4 u miley i was bullied 2 they even threatened 2 stab me i was so sad they turned everyone against me now i get home tutored i have friends now but i still look over my shoulder when i walk down the road an i am only 13 they done it coz they thought that it would make them popular an there was no one there 2 talk 2 my mum tried the police but they were rude i hope u r ok coz i think u r the best your my 1 and only role model its nice 2 talk 2 someone as great as u it really helps bye 4 now from a big fan take care bye xxxxxxxxxx
On May 21st 2009, jamie leigh x wrote:

miley dont listen 2 people that say u r a bully coz they r just jealous you r the one with a great movie and u r the girl that is so smart pretty and funny you have a great talent and have got somewhere in life you r a star not them just keep your head held high and love your lyf xxx
On May 21st 2009, jamie leigh x wrote:

i dont belive in racist people but she was bullied so she has had her punishment just leave miley alone
On May 21st 2009, jamie leigh n ellie wrote:

i belive u miley u shouldnt let ppl get u down coz u r the greatest person in the world we will bye your book we wish we could meet u you r the best
On May 21st 2009, jamie leigh n ellie wrote:

omg they say if u have been bullied u will b a huge sucess in later life an 2 us your the hugest sucess u should make a documentry about it i would give all the money in the world 2 b in it or 2 meet u bye xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On May 28th 2009, Rachael wrote:

She’s not exaggerating. Why would she want people to feel sorry for her? She’s one of the most famous teenagers in the world. It’s a biography that means it’s about her. It takes guts to admit you were bullied, and you can obviously see that why she would get bullied by the girls for her dad being a one-hit-wonder. She used to be just a normal girl before, anyone can get bullied. I bet the girls that bullied her wish they hadn’t now.
On May 28th 2009, Jazmine wrote:

Well…. Tbh, none of you know if she was bullied or not. Kim, you’re pathetic! She didn’t even write it she would of told someone the stuff she wanted in it and the people/person would write it for her. She has every right to be big headed i would be too if i was as famous as her.
On May 28th 2009, Mia wrote:

She did mock other disney stars, but all teenagers do it. If someone at high school did it no-one would say anything and you’d just laugh. She’s just a normal girl living her life under all you nosy people that want to put her down. ”Nobody’s perfect”
On May 28th 2009, Tom wrote:

”Middle schools, most schools actually, have half lockers; two lockers on top of each other. Unless he was three tall, there’s no way she was “shoved” into a locker, waiting to be “rescued,” for “hours”
She said a hour. At my school they are full sized lockers.
Idiot, you can’t even read, so just Shut up!
You don’t know anything about the school she went too:S
On June 14th 2009, Keri Hilson's Bxtch! wrote:

Middle Skewl iss Not dat bad & Miley Cyrus Deserves to be locked in a damn bathroom cause she’s a bully herself!
On June 16th 2009, samira wrote:

well im not saying i believe her but i not saying i dont belive her eithier but if its true i feel sorry for miley but why does she do naked pics of her with a bed wrap like seriously
On July 2nd 2009, sam wrote:

wow funny how apparently all famouse people were “bullied” when they were little
On July 3rd 2009, Allie wrote:

I bet half of it was a lie.Alot of people get bullied.
Why would she want people to feel sorry for her?
What happened before is gone at least she is rich has family a nice house,food and friends and famous.
On July 5th 2009, STOP!!!!! wrote:

OK EVERYONE STOP ARGUING ABOUT IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT!!!
NO ONE KNOWS IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT. IT MIGHT BE TRUE. IT MIGHT NOT BE. LOTS OF PEOPLE GET BULLIED BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE SHORT, TALL, SMALL, FAT, CLEVER. I’M NOT IN HIGH SCHOOL YET. SO THE TEACHERS ARE EVERY WHERE SO NO ONE CAN BULLY ANYONE. BUT PEOPLE DO GET BULLIED. THERE ONCE WAS THIS GIRL. WHO WAS BIG. EVERYONE USED TO TEASE HER AND SHE HAD NO FRIENDS. SO SHE STOPPED EATING HER PARENTS WOULD TRY TO FORCE HER TO EAT BUT SHE WOULDN’T. SHE BECAME ILL BUT SHE STILL DIDN’T EAT AND THEN AFTER ACOUPLE OF MONTHS SHE DIED. SO PLEASE NO ONE BULLY ANYONE. CAUSE SOMETIMES BULLYING ENDS UP KILLING SOMEONE!!
BTW I’VE GOT A YEAR LEFT TILL I GO TO HIGH SCHOOL. AND I’M GLAD BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEONE WILL PICK ON ME AT HIGH SCHOOL. AND I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE.
On July 18th 2009, Megan wrote:

Omgosh Miley Cyrus was bullied!!! That is almost unbelievable because she seems like such a nice person and she is soo pretty. The bullies were obviously jelous of her and i bet they work in McDonalds or something like that now.
On August 7th 2009, taylor wrote:

omg miley was bullied i totally believe that i can imagine her skool day “Hey guys my dad is Billy ray.Im going to hawaii tonite cuz im rich.” Then they punched her in the face!!!
On September 13th 2009, Celeste wrote:

Firstly, the writers of this article have it all wrong. She was locked in the bathroom, not a locker. Says in the book.

Secondly, this is the kind of comments I’m reading. “shez just exagarating she wantz pepol to feel sorrie 4 her LOL shez a fake LOL”. How can you judge if you don’t know her? Are you just saying this stuff based off the rumours on the internet? Well, since this article has the mistake of writing locker instead of bathroom, then surely other articles with rumours about Miley Cyrus will have something that is not true.

I bet if Selena Gomez wrote a book about herself and said this, then you would all be like, “OMG I hope your ok you rock i cant beleve they bullied you im so sorry im gonna go sob non-stop now”

And last, Miley is a normal person. The people who are saying that she is exaggerating probably have never been bullied before. I have been bullied before and it can get that bad.

Well, Miley definitely showed the bullies by becoming famous. The bullies now probably have been kicked out of their homes regretting every single mistake they have made when Miley wasn’t famous.
On November 8th 2009, .. wrote:

i dont think this is true at all..! it sounds fake.. i think she was bullied but shoved into the locker i dont think so!