Mitchel Musso reveals the real reason he didn’t attend Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special despite being a main character in the popular Disney show.
During his performance at Joe Vulpi’s podcast on Wednesday, June 24, the actor opened up about his time on Hannah Montana as Oliver Oken, best friend of Miley Cyrus’ character Miley Stewart/ Hannah Montana and Emily Osment’s Lilly Truscott. Much to the disappointment of fans, Muso and Osment did not appear in the 20th anniversary special in March 2026 – and not for lack of invitation.
According to Musso, he would have been on board if the anniversary special was a new one Hannah Montana episode or a movie instead of interviews and a mini-Hannah concert.
“Of course they asked me. But like I said, it wasn’t presented correctly,” admitted Musso. “It’s too long a wait to do it in a way that’s not even close, in my opinion, correct.”
Musso was only 15 years old when the first episode of Hannah Montana aired. Now 34, the Phineas and Ferb voice actor says he would do another episode in a heartbeat.
“I wanted it to be like that for the 20th anniversary as well, the kid in me was betting on it like, ‘I can’t wait for everyone to be back on set,’ and it just didn’t work out that way,” he explained. “Make an episode. Make the show. The set is still there… they did it differently and that’s what it is,”
That said, Musso had nothing but praise for his former co-star, Miley Cyrus.
“She’s one of the coolest people,” he said of the Grammy winner. “One of the most impressive people… she’s my sister, you know what I mean? I’d do anything for Miles.”
