It's been nearly eight years since the final episode of Hannah Montana graced our televisions, and in a new interview with Elle, Miley Cyrus shared the moment she knew she wanted to leave the Disney Channel show. Since the series wrapped in , Miley has talked extensively about her time on the show ; although she's now "proud" of the work she accomplished, she knew at age 18 that her time as Hannah Montana was coming to an end. Speaking with Elle for their August cover story, the singer said "the minute" she had sex, she realized she had grown beyond the series. It got weird. It just felt like I was grown up. The Black Mirror star said that she now believes she's earned respect in the music industry for her work outside of Hannah Montana, but she admitted that she's still trying to figure out who she is as a person and a performer.

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Cyrus said she took a break from the show once she turned 18 because it "felt ridiculous. The singer and actress can credit the show for launching her superstar career, but playing a child star didn't feel the same by the time she hit her late teens. I grew up.
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There was a time when Miley Cyrus knew she didn't want to be Hannah Montana anymore. The year-old singer is getting candid about her child star past, revealing in a new interview with ELLE magazine that she felt "ridiculous" playing the blond-haired superstar after losing her virginity. It got weird. It just felt like I was grown up. And I was like, 'That's me.
The singer and actress can credit the show for launching her superstar career, but playing a child star didn't feel the same by the time she hit her late teens. I grew up. Cyrus likened her transformation to an image of an actor playing Peter Pan smoking backstage at Disneyland which she actually did see. In , Cyrus made headlines when footage surfaced showing her taking a bong hit of salvia at a party. The "scandal" broke in the middle of Hannah Montana 's final season, and Cyrus had not yet fully shed her innocent Disney image. Naturally, fans and parents weren't shocked. The actress later apologized , saying, "I made a mistake I'm disappointed in myself for disappointing my fans. There would be even more shocking moments from Cyrus in the following years, from her naked "Wrecking Ball" video to twerking on Robin Thicke at the VMAs.