Miley Cyrus revealed that she got a “brutal infection” after rolling around on the Hollywood Walk of Fame while shooting her upcoming film, accompanying her new album, Something Beautiful.
The Grammy-winning singer shared during a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that due to her budget for the project, she decided to go to the iconic landmark at night to film, as there would be fewer people around. However, she “caught something” in the process.
“I filmed this video in October, and by November, on Thanksgiving, I was put in ICU for a moment,” Cyrus said, clarifying that she was put in the intensive care unit, specifically, because the hospital was full due to the holiday.
“My leg began to disintegrate … around the kneecap area,” she told host Jimmy Kimmel. “And then the doctor goes, ‘Do you have any idea why you would have such a brutal infection on your kneecap?’”
The “Flowers” singers said that’s when the image of her dancing on the ground in Hollywood popped into her head.
“I had to tell him and to have a surgeon look at you and say, ‘Yuck,’” Cyrus recalled regarding the state of her knee. “They open up cadavers. They see inside the guts of humans, and they’re looking at me, telling me I’m disgusting. And they do brain operations!”
Cyrus’ visual album is set for a big-screen release on June 12, shortly after her ninth studio album, Something Beautiful, dropped on May 30. The new film is described as “a unique visual experience fueled by fantasy” and a “one of a kind pop opera.”
The “Wrecking Ball” singer also admitted to Kimmel that she had a “big dream” and actually a “pretty good budget” for the film, but “spent it all on my clothes.”
“So then when it came time to go to the Walk of Fame, they’re like, ‘So what are you going to do? Are you going to rent this thing or what, ’cause that’s really out of your price range.’ I’m like, ‘No, we’ll just go in the middle of the night.’ Have you been to the Walk of Fame in the middle of the night?” she asked the host in a concerned tone. “I thought it was my last day.”
Cyrus later felt bad because she “wanted this video to be so fabulous and now I’ve just told everyone such a filthy [story].” However, Kimmel quickly corrected her, adding, “No, what you’ve told everyone is that you sacrificed for this, you nearly gave your life for this.”
