Miley Cyrus Reveals Surprise at Maxx Morandos Engagement Proposal

What Miley Cyrus Has Said About Marriage After Divorce. It was a one in a million chance Maxx Morando would catch Miley Cyrus off guard—but he did it.

After all, the Hannah Montana alum admitted she was genuinely shocked by her recent engagement to the Liily drummer, gushing in a Dec. 3 appearance on Good Morning America that he popped the question during a recent trip to Japan.

“I am not easy to surprise,” Miley admitted. “I love to control every situation. I had completely surrendered. I’m telling you, I was so, so, so surprised.”

The location also felt extremely personal, as Miley had never been to Japan before her man got down on one knee. As she put it, “I wanted one place in the world that could be my special place that I saved for me.”

And in showing off the ring—a simple gold band allowing the large, dazzling diamond to take center stage—Miley emphasized, “He did good!”

With the engagement coming on the heels of the release of Avatar: Fire and Ash—for which Miley wrote the song “Dream as One”—the 33-year-old shared that it feels like her life “has been perfectly aligned,” by hitting such big milestone in her four-year romance.

“It’s very the obvious the amount of drastic growth I’ve had in those four years,” Miley explained. “You want to dream the biggest you can and you want to have someone by your side who always tells you you can do it.”

Indeed, Miley also admitted that she has been “astounded” by her ability to keep her engagement to the 27-year-old mostly under wraps until the couple was ready to share.

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“Our privacy and us kind of keeping it small has been something that I’ve been astounded that I’ve actually been able to have, and being able to kind of have more choice.” she explained to People Dec. 2. “It’s also being older, being more protective of what I’m open to sharing.”

Throughout her relationship with Maxx, which began back in 2021, Miley has emphasized that no one can love her better than he can.

“I ended up with a person who means a lot to me and treats me really well and respects me,” she told The Cut in September. “My man’s hot as hell too.”