It's good to have that one person in my life who gets it
Both singers shot to fame at a young age – Miley as Disney’s teen idol Hannah Montana and Britney as a child star on the Mickey Mouse Club - and have since gone through radical image changes.
And although an age gap of 11 years seperates them, 20 year-old Miley claims 31 year-old mum-of-two Britney is the only person who understands the pressure of growing up in the spotlight.
it’s like she knows
She told a UK news website: 'Everyone goes through a time in their life where they don't want their picture taken every day. She just never had that time where she could say, "I'm going through something right now and need to shut down."
‘I also don't have that, so it's good to have that one person in my life who gets it.'
Asked whether Britney has been a role model to her, Miley revealed: ‘I just think it’s never blaming you or making you feel like ‘you’ve got all this going for you,’ it’s like she knows.
‘Sometimes life just steps in the middle of your career the way life always does for anyone - it’s just ours is a little more 24/7,’ she continued.
Miley's personal life has sometimes overshadowed her career - her engagement to Liam Hemsworth being the a constant source of speculation with continuing rumours of splits.
Having been married twice herself and ending her engagement to Jason Trawick earlier this year, Britney is all too familiar with the scenario.