Is Miley Cyrus Vegan? No, and the Reason She Quit Is Complicated

For most of the 2010s, Miley Cyrus was the loudest vegan in pop music. PETA literally crowned her “the veganest vegan to ever vegan.” She got a wrecking-ball tattoo’s worth of press for it. So it’s a genuine plot twist that the honest 2026 answer to “is Miley Cyrus vegan” is: no, and hasn’t been since 2019.

This is a story about how someone leaves veganism, what reason she gave, and whether that reason holds up. We’ll give you all three, because a straight answer beats the dozen stale “she’s vegan!” pages still floating around.

The dog, then the diet

Miley’s vegan era had a real origin story. She’d been moving plant-based for a while, but the full commitment came after 2014, when her dog Floyd was killed by a coyote. Grief turned into conviction. By her own description, she followed “the strictest [vegan diet] you’ve ever known from 2013 to 2019,” and became one of the most visible celebrity vegans on Earth. PETA gave her a “Best Voice for Animals” award and that unbeatable title.

Then, in September 2020, on the Joe Rogan podcast, she explained why it ended.

The quote that launched a thousand arguments

“I was vegan for a very long time and I’ve had to introduce fish and omegas into my life because my brain wasn’t functioning properly.”

She added that she’d felt “pretty malnutritioned” and was now “so much sharper.” She even described crying over eating fish again: “I cried, like, for a long time. I cried for the fish.”

It’s a very human account. It’s also the part where we owe you the counterpoint, because the vegan world pushed back hard, and they had a point.

The counterpoint she left out

Miley’s stated reason was omega-3s and brain function. Here’s the thing: omega-3 doesn’t require fish. The long-chain omega-3s your brain uses (EPA and DHA) are made by microalgae, and fish only have them because they eat the algae. Algae-based omega-3 supplements deliver the same EPA and DHA without a single fish involved. A vegan who felt foggy almost certainly had a fixable nutrition gap, not a fundamental flaw in the diet.

None of that means Miley lied about how she felt. Bodies are individual and she’s entitled to her choices. But for a magazine that checks these things: the “my brain needed fish” framing is the disputed part, and honesty means saying so.

The vegan timeline, tap to expand

She still loves animals, for the record

Worth saying plainly: Miley didn’t become anti-animal. She keeps a large menagerie of rescue animals across her Nashville farm and Calabasas home (she’s cited 20-plus at each), and she still talks about caring deeply about them. She left the diet, not the cause. That’s a different thing from someone who never cared, and it’s fair to hold both.

Fact or fiction?

Quiz: how well do you know Miley’s diet story?

Is Miley Cyrus still vegan in 2026?

No. She’s been pescatarian since 2019, confirmed as recently as 2024/2025 coverage, with no sign of a return. She’s the textbook “former vegan,” ethically sympathetic, health-motivated exit, still an animal lover. We’d gently note the omega-3 counterpoint and leave the door open. Brains are fixable; so are diets.

For pop stars who stayed the course, the contrast is right here:

• Is Billie Eilish vegan? Louder than ever in 2026
• Is Ariana Grande vegan? Plant-based since 2013
• Is Stevie Wonder vegan? Music’s smoothest yes

Photo: Raphael Pour-Hashemi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons