Miley Cyrus Details Touring With Ex Nick Jonas for Hannah Montana Tour

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Miley Cyrus Confirms She Dated Dylan Sprouse During Disney Days

Miley Cyrus got the best of both worlds on her Hannah Montana tour. 

After all, the former Disney star recently revealed plenty of secrets about her former TV series, including how she managed to get former boyfriend Nick Jonas and the Jonas Brothers to join the show’s 2007 live tour. 

“The reason that the Jonas Brothers were on tour with me was because Nick was my boyfriend,” Miley, who dated Nick from 2006 to 2008, shared during the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special that hit Disney+ March 24, “and I wanted to not leave my boyfriend.”

And so Miley’s romance with Nick actually assisted in getting exposure for his band alongside brothers Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas

“I’d be like, ‘OK, well I’ll go on tour if my boyfriend can come,’” Miley recalled. “And they're like, ‘Cute, have your boyfriend open for the show.’ Boom.”

Indeed, the Jonas Brothers not only opened the show, but also performed their duet “We Got the Party,” alongside Miley—who performed as herself and her alter ego—during the show itself. 

As the 33-year-old—who got engaged to fiancé Maxx Morando last year—put it, “I was always just like, ‘Well, it’ll be more fun if Nick is there.’”

Although Miley later went on to have more high profile romances with exes Liam Hemsworth and Patrick Schwarzenegger before ultimately getting engaged to Maxx, she recently emphasized how iconic her romance with Nick—who shares daughter Malti, 4, with wife Priyanka Chopra—truly was, joking during an appearance on the Every Single Album podcast in June 2025, “Niley forever.”

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I like Nick, I’m into him,” Miley said at the time. “He’s married with children. We’re all moving on. Everything is good in the world.”

For his part, Nick has admitted that his relationship with Miley taught him what love was like. 

I started writing about love,” Nick recalled in the Jonas Brothers’ 2019 documentary Chasing Happiness, “and I actually knew what it felt like.”

Meanwhile, Nick’s brother Kevin was a bit more succinct on his younger sibling’s feelings at the time, joking, “When he met Miley, I think that kid's head exploded.”

For more bombshells from the Hannah Montana special, keep reading…

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Miley Cyrus Confesses Crush on Hannah Montana Costar Mitchel Musso

Miley Cyrus joked that she ditched her hometown crush Jeff in Nashville once she was cast on Hannah Montana and moved on to Mitchel Musso, who played Oliver.

"I thought Mitchel Musso was really cute," Miley divulged during the 20th anniversary special on Disney+ March 24. "So I was like, 'OK, bye, Jeff.' It's all about Mitchell now. I was like, 'Great! Crush. I'm good now. I'm set up.'"

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How Taylor Swift Was Cast in Hannah Montana: The Movie

"For that scene, get the tea kettle," Miley joked. "So the way that Taylor Swift ended up in the Hannah Montana movie was because this was kind of the beginning of her career, and they were looking for someone that would authentically—no shade, I guess—be performing in a barn. We both performed in the barn."

Plus, as Miley noted, Taylor wrote the finale song "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" for the 2009 flick, with Miley praising the track as a "banger, stands the test of time. She ate with that one."

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Miley Cyrus Confirms She Dated Dylan Sprouse

"Secretly, OK, Dylan Sprouse was my boyfriend. I think he was the cutest," the singer revealed to Alex Cooper. "Dylan was my crush."

Confirming the Suite Life star—twins with brother Cole Sprouse—was actually her boyfriend, Miley added, "Their dad would take us to sushi. I was into the whole culture, and it was a two-for-one. Like, bring the brother. Hello!"

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Miley Cyrus Gives Glimpse Into Maxx Morando Relationship

Though she didn't mention her fiancé by name, Miley alluded to her love for Maxx Morando.

"I’ve been extremely blessed to have so much love within my family and now finding love in a different way, finding love to where I feel like I’m taking next step into my womanhood of creating a life with someone," she shared. "Everybody has a fantasy of wanting to feel loved and I’ve always felt it from these different places."

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Why Selena Gomez Felt "Ugly" on Hannah Montana Set

"What do you remember about filming? Because there's so much of it that was a blur," Miley asked fellow Disney star Selena Gomez, who appeared in three episodes of Hannah Montana as Mikayla.

"I remember being in that blue, weird makeup," Selena responded in the special, referring to an alien costume she wore. "I remember feeling ugly in that. Because we’re, like, 15 and I want to feel pretty, and I'm like, 'Ugh.'"

"Oh, definitely," Miley agreed, noting that while they played rivals onscreen, "We can make amends now."

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Miley Cyrus Makes Rare Comment About Dating Nick Jonas

She said her relationship with Nick Jonas—which lasted from 2006 to 2007—was the reason the Jonas Brothers opened for her concerts.

"Literally, the reason that the Jonas Brothers were on tour with me was because Nick was my boyfriend, and I wanted to not leave my boyfriend," Miley explained. "So I'd be like, 'OK, well, I'll go on tour if my boyfriend can come.' And they're like, 'Cute, have your boyfriend open for the show.' Boom."

She added, "I was always just like, 'Well, it'll be more fun if Nick is there.'"

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Miley Cyrus Subtly Addresses Feud With Billy Ray Cyrus

The father-daughter pair shared a sweet moment reuniting on the set of Hannah Montana—with him stepping out "with a fresh hairdo thanks to moi," as Miley quipped.

"I'm really excited for him to be here, because I know how much our relationship means to everyone that watched this show," she told Alex. "I think when me and my dad are good, people, they feel better. It just feels good when the Cyruses are getting along."

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Miley Cyrus Details Friendship With Emily Osment

Emily Osment—who played Miley Stewart's BFF Lilly—had a special dynamic with Miley onset.

"With Emily, I had what felt like a teammate, because I didn't know exactly what I was doing," she shared. "I knew that we were going to have each other's backs when it came to our timing, to our scenes, to rehearsing."

One of her standout memories was going to Panda Express together—though Miley doesn't think she made such a good impression.

"That was my favorite. I did something really gnarly," she continued. "My favorite thing to get at Panda Express was the white rice and pour Diet Coke on top, instead of soy sauce. It's a whole thing. What I was like, Emily, no wonder she was like, 'Who is this bumpkin that they got?'"

As Miley quipped, "I am from the south in a way that it's really hard to describe."

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Miley Cyrus Reveals the Best Perk of Being a Disney Star

"The coolest perk—I'm a Disney Legend now, and I have Disney Legend parking, and it says Disney Legend when I park," she shared. "That is clutch."

In fact, Miley joked that she takes a pic of her parking spot and texts it to friends: "I send it to everyone I know. Like, 'Don't forget. Don't forget. Don't forget who you're talking to.' Like, anyone tries to tell me anything, it's just like, 'Disney Legend Parking.'"

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Miley Cyrus Settles the Team Jesse or Team Jake Debate

When asked once and for all if she wanted her character to be with Jake (Cody Linley) or Jesse (Drew Roy), Miley said, "I think I can't, because they're both, like, out there in the world," but then whispered "Jake." 

"Because you know what? He's always out there saying really nice things about me in the press, and I pay attention," she quipped. "And Jesse, I haven't heard a peep!"

But in all seriousness, the Grammy winner admitted, "I love the Jake Ryan fantasy" for her character.

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