It was the year that Glee first hit our screens, Kanye West told Taylor Swift "Imma let you finish", and, of course, the year that Miley Cyrus shed her Disney kid image once and for all when she took to the stage at the Teen Choice Awards and performed a pole dance atop an ice cream truck while singing her single "Party in the U.

The routine sparked backlash from critics who felt it was a poor choice for the then-16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star.

Miley Cyrus recently addressed her controversial 2009 Teen Choice Awards, in which she danced around a pole, calling out her mom Tish Cyrus for having the idea.

Miley Cyrus’ mom was the brains behind the pop star’s controversial pole-dance routine when she was just 16 at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards. The Grammy-winning “Flowers” singer, now 32, shared the questionable piece of trivia during Spotify’s “Billions Club” series this month.

Grammy Award-winning singer Miley Cyrus says her mom Tish insisted she wore no less than 250 hair extensions while filming the 2006 Disney show Hannah Montana.

Miley Cyrus says that her teenage pole dancing performance at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards was all her mom Tish Cyrus‘ idea. RELATED: Miley Cyrus Reveals She ‘Didn’t Make A Dime’ From Her ‘Outlandish’ & Controversial ‘Bangerz’ Tour Despite Grossing $63 Million The incident — that became one of Miley Cyrus’ first controversial onstage moments

Miley Cyrus has revealed that her 2009 “Party In The U.S.A.” pole dancing was actually her mom Tish’s idea, and she was just fine letting her daughter take the blame when the underage singer took some heat.