Overview

• Cyrus spoke on the June 10 episode of Monica Lewinsky’s Reclaiming podcast, offering fresh insights into how the controversy shaped her career trajectory.
• She said she was originally cast at 18 as Mavis Dracula in Sony Pictures’ 2012 Hotel Transylvania before a photo of her with a penis-shaped cake led to her dismissal.
• The singer explained the image surfaced only after her backpack and camera were stolen at a private event, and she never shared it herself.
• A Sony source told The Hollywood Reporter that executives deemed her adult humor at odds with the franchise’s family-friendly audience and enlisted Selena Gomez in her place.
• Cyrus also recounted losing a Walmart endorsement as a teen over a bong video and said she sought therapy to manage the public backlash.