has praised for paving the way for future female artists like her in an awkwardly timed interview just days after it was claimed her security team made 's 11-year-old daughter Ada cry.
The Hot To Go hitmaker made a guest appearance on the Hannah 20th Anniversary Special which aired on Tuesday as she opened up about the impact Hannah Montana had on her life.
Chappell has made a name for herself over they years for her controversial red carpet appearances, including at the MTV Awards in 2024 where she infamously told a photographer to 'shut the f**k up'.
And speaking to Miley in the Disney+ special she confessed: 'You literally walked so I can run. What I do on stage, like when I can go on a red carpet and just be.'
'Oh I was gagged for that,' Miley interrupted.
Chappell continued: 'But that's because you took a lot of heat for that in 2012, 2013. Like I don't have to deal with that as much because the world really took it out on you.
Chappell Roan has credited Miley Cyrus for giving her the courage to stand up for herself in an awkwardly timed interview on the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special on Tuesday
Chappell has made a name for herself over they years for her controversial red carpet incidents, and her appearance on the show with Miley came just days after recent hotel drama
'To see you be the artist you are, to be able to do this it just shows your heart and your appreciation for your younger self and what got you here.'
'That means a lot to me,' added Miley.
In 2024 Chappell clashed with a photographer who shouted 'shut the f**k up' by snapping back, 'You shut the f**k up - not me, b**ch.'
Then, at the premiere of Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour, the star confronted the photographer and accused him of being 'disrespectful' toward her at the Grammys.
'You were so rude to me,' she told him. 'And I deserve an apology for that. You need to apologise to me.'
Miley publicly defended Chappell at the time, when the singer revealed she had reached out to the rising star to offer support, and explained: 'I wish people would not give her a hard time.
'It's probably really hard coming into this business with phones and Instagram. That wasn't always a part of my life, and I'm not a part of it now.'
Later in April 2025, Chappell appeared at the centre of backlash once again when she was accused of pushing her assistant on the Fashion Los Angeles Awards red carpet.
Speaking to Miley in the Disney+ special she confessed: 'You literally walked so I can run. What I do on stage, like when I can go on a red carpet and just be'
This week the star hit headlines once again after footballer Jorginho took to Instagram to claim his stepdaughter Ada, who wife Catherine Harding shares with actor Jude, was threatened by the singer's bodyguard after the child spotted the star in the same hotel in Brazil
Catherine added that Chappell was right to say she 'didn't notice anything' because nothing happened and claimed all her daughter did was walk silently past the hitmaker's table.
