Tish Cyrus Says Not Smoking Weed for 7 Months Has Made Her Anxiety 'So Bad'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Tish Cyrusspent more than 10 years as aself-described stoner— but she may be turning over a new leaf.

The podcast host, 57, revealed in October that sheno longer smokes weed, and on a new episode of herSorry We’re Cyruspodcast with daughterBrandi, explained the circumstances that led her to quit cold turkey.

Tish said that it’d been seven months since the fateful trip, and that while she still struggles with “so much anxiety,” she now finds weed, which used to help quell her anxiety, “makes it even worse.”

Brandi Cyrus and Tish Cyrus attend the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4, 2024 in Los Angeles.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

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“I smoked pretty hardcore for like, 10 years. The last seven months has been so bad for me. Like, major anxiety,” she said. “It really did just help me in so many ways. And lately I just have not been OK.”

Tish and Brandi, 37, launched their podcast in 2020 under the titleSorry We’re Stoned, a nod to Tish’s passion for marijuana (Brandi does not smoke). In October, though, they announced that in the wake of Tish quitting, they’d rebranded the podcastSorry We’re Cyrus.

“Everybody knows that I love smoking weed. Weed was my brand,” Tish said in an Instagram video at the time. “But I have now not smoked for five months. So we are back with a new name, ‘Sorry We’re Cyrus.'”

Tish previously revealed that shetook up smoking in her 40s, after a traumatic experience involving daughterMiley Cyrus’ tour bus.

“I was on tour with Miley and she had gone on — we were going from like, Houston to New Orleans — and I stayed behind to meet up with friends and on the way to New Orleans our bus caught on fire,” she told E!’sDaily Popin 2021.

The experience made it hard for her to sleep — and when Ambien didn’t do the trick, she turned to weed.

In February, she opened up to PEOPLE about herlove of the drug, explaining that she’s had anxiety since she was in her 20s, and that she finds joy in weed.

That same month, she joked on her podcast that shewould have been a better parentto kids Brandi, Miley, 32,Trace, 35,Braison, 30, andNoah, 24, had she smoked when they were younger.

“I actually feel like I would’ve been… I didn’t smoke pot when I had kids. I didn’t start smoking until I was like, 46,” she said on the podcast. “And so I think I would’ve been a better parent if I would’ve smoked then. I think I would’ve been… like, I don’t know, school projects, I would’ve felt more fun.”

source: people.com