Why did Miley Cyrus quit Hannah Montana?

MILEY Cyrus rose to fame in the mid-2000s after debuting on the Disney Channel original series, Hannah Montana.

For four seasons, Cyrus starred on the show alongside Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Mitchel Musso, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Moises Arias, and now fans want to know why it ended.

Why did Miley Cyrus quit Hannah Montana?

Hannah Montana was a popular series that followed the life of Miley Stewart, a typical teenager who had a big secret.

She was Miley by day but famous pop singer Hannah Montana by night, and her identity was only known to her family and closest friends.

When the show first premiered in 2006, Cyrus was 13 years old, but as she got older, playing a child star just didn't feel right anymore so she decided to hang up her famous blonde wig and put her Disney days behind her.

"The minute I had sex, I was kind of like, I can’t put the f***ing wig on again," Cyrus explained during a 2019 interview with .

"It got weird. It just felt like...I was grown up.

"...I’m not a Disney mascot. I’m a person," she added.

After Hannah Montana ended in 2011, she focused on music, releasing the albums Bangerz, Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz, Younger Now, SHE IS COMING, Plastic Hearts, and Endless Summer Vacation.

What happened in the last episode of Hannah Montana?

In the last episode of Hannah Montana, Miley received an offer from Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise to shoot a movie in Paris for a year, meaning she would be unable to go to college with her best friend Lily (Emily Osment).

She decides to not tell Lilly and instead tries to persuade her to come to the decision of not wanting to go to college with Miley, but Miley does reveal the truth in the end, which of course makes Lilly very upset.

Miley then asks for Lilly to come with her to Paris, and the latter agrees.

Things took another turn as before they were due to board the plane, Lilly told Miley that she had decided to go to college without her.

But the pair did get their happy ending as Lilly received a knock on her dorm room door and in came Miley, who said: "I'm Miley, I'm your new roommate." 

Is Hannah Montana ever coming back?

In 2021, to mark 15 years since her hit series first aired, Cyrus shared a letter to Hannah on social media, revealing her alter-ego finally has her own Twitter account.

Cyrus has herself admitted in the past she would love to revive Hannah and she sounded pretty positive the show would return, but this time she would be the director.

In a chat during Carolina With Greg T In The Morning she said: “You know what honestly, I try to put that wig on all the time. She's just in storage collecting dust and I'm ready to whip her out.

“The opportunity will present itself. I definitely would like to resurrect her at some point.

"She needs a big makeover because she's kinda stuck in 2008, so we'll need to go shopping with Miss Montana.”

She added: “And also yeah I'd love to do a series again.

"I think it would be hard for me to get locked into a soundstage for a couple years, but that's sometime in the future and hopefully I'm directing it.”

While Cyrus might've admitted to wanting a reboot, Disney has not revealed any plans for doing one anytime soon.