Miley Cyrus Filmed Traumatic ‘Black Mirror’ Scene as Her Malibu Home Burned Down, Which Led to Anxiety Attacks ‘Two or Three Years Later’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Miley Cyrus revealed on her “Used to Be Young” TikTok video series that she was filming a traumatic scene for “Black Mirror” in South Africa at the same time the Woolsey Fire ripped through Malibu, Calif.
and burned her home to the ground. The two incidents happening in tandem with each other resulted in anxiety attacks years later, which kicked in every time Cyrus had to perform.
The singer was haunted by a vision of herself being tied down to a gurney, which is the exact scene she shot for “Black Mirror” at the time of the fires. “I was filming ‘Black Mirror’ and while I was there the fires happened in Malibu,” Cyrus said. “I was in South Africa but [the episode] was taking place in Malibu, so it was just a real trip.
Two or three years later after this happened, I didn’t understand, but I had this anxiety attack with a vision attached where I was strapped down to a gurney.” “I would have these dreams any time I would go to perform, and I thought that was just an anxious vision that made no sense,” she added. “But actually as my house was burning I was strapped to a gurney with my hands locked in handcuffs strapped to a bed [filming ‘Black Mirror’].
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