Miley Cyrus revealed Friday, April 1 on Twitter that she had COVID-19, but she has no regrets: “It was totally worth it.”
The pop star has been touring Latin America for a week, with a concert in Bogota, Colombia, and a performance at Lollapalooza Brazil in Sao Paolo.
“Travelling the world, playing for 100,000 people a night and meeting hundreds of fans a day, the odds of catching Covid are pretty high,” Cyrus tweeted. “I have Covid now but it was totally worth it.”
Traveling the world, playing for 100,000 people a night and meeting hundreds of fans a day, the chances of catching Covid are pretty high. I have Covid now but it was so worth it.
— Miley Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) April 1, 2022
Cyrus was also scheduled to perform at Paraguay’s Asunciónico festival on March 23, but the second day of the event was canceled due to bad weather. The singer had a front row seat to the treacherous weather when her plane was struck by lightning en route to the festival. “To my fans and anyone who is worried after hearing about my flight to Asunción. Our plane was caught in a major and unexpected storm and struck by lightning,” she wrote along with a video of scary flashes flashing outside the plane window. ‘My crew, my party, my friends and my family who were all traveling with me are safe after an emergency landing.’
It’s been an emotional week for Cyrus, who is also mourning the unexpected death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins at 50. The drummer was found dead in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia ahead of the band’s scheduled performance alongside Cyrus at Lollapalooza Brazil.
On stage at Lolla, Cyrus tearfully remembered her late friend. “We had to make this emergency landing, and the first person I called was Taylor because he was already at the festival,” she recalled. “That would have been the moment I could have seen my friend, and I didn’t, so that makes me really sad. I would have done anything to hang out with him one more time.
She then dedicated “Angels Like You”, a rock ballad of her plastic hearts album, in Hawkins, as a photo of the drummer was displayed behind her.
