Miley Cyrus’ mom was the brains behind the pop star’s controversial pole-dance routine when she was just 16 at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards. The Grammy-winning “Flowers” singer, now 32, shared the questionable piece of trivia during Spotify’s “Billions Club” series this month.

During a recent appearance on Spotify’s Billions Club series, the “ Flowers ” singer talked about one of her early onstage controversies. With her sister by her side, Brandi Cyrus, Miley reflected on her 2009 Teen Choice Awards performance, which featured an ice cream cart, a pole, and dancing.

Miley Cyrus is calling out her mother over her controversial 2009 Teen Choice Awards performance.The 32-year-old recalled her viral performance of "Party in the U.S.A." while speaking with her sister,

Miley Cyrus performs onstage during the Teen Choice Awards 2009 held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on August 9, 2009 in Universal City, California.

Miley Cyrus has revealed that her 2009 “Party In The U.S.A.” pole dancing was actually her mom Tish’s idea, and she was just fine letting her daughter take the blame when the underage singer took some heat.

It was the year that Glee first hit our screens, Kanye West told Taylor Swift "Imma let you finish", and, of course, the year that Miley Cyrus shed her Disney kid image once and for all when she took to the stage at the Teen Choice Awards and performed a pole dance atop an ice cream truck while singing her single "Party in the U.

Back in 2009, people were scandalized when then-17-year-old Miley Cyrus took to the stage at the Teen Choice Awards and performed with what was referred to as a “ stripper pole .” At the time, Miley was mostly known for being a squeaky clean child star who’d shot to fame on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana,