After years of impersonating Hannah Montana, Lainey Wilson met her 'idol,' Miley Cyrus, while honoring her as a Disney Legend over the weekend.
Long before becoming a country music superstar, Lainey Wilson impersonated Miley Cyrus' iconic Disney character, Hannah Montana, for most of her teenage years. 'I was making bank in high school,' the singer told Taste of Country in a 2021 interview. 'One day I would be playing a 3-year-old's birthday party and later that day, I would be playing a nursing home, so I really had to figure out how to adjust to my crowd.' Lainey told People magazine of her experience.
Miley, you might not know this, but I am truly one of your biggest fans,' the 'Watermelon Moonshine' singer said at the event in a video obtained by Entertainment Tonight. 'My very first job was taking my portable sound system and a wig and 15 tracks I learned from back to back and… and impersonating Hannah Montana. I'm talking about birthday parties, fairs, festivals, you name it. It was me, Lainey Wilson, opening up for me, as Hannah Montana.
Before I get started, I'm going to let everybody in on a little Disney legend secret,' Cyrus said during her acceptance speech. 'I'm the one that tells you what you're not supposed to know. What I want to say is that legends get scared, too. I'm scared right now. But the difference is, we do it anyway. All of you can do that every single day. It's legendary to be afraid and do it anyway. There's no such thing as failure when you try.
It's just because we all want to feel something. And, I think, because of that rejection, I think people can relate to some of my stories.' CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash and Larry Fink contributed to this report.
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