Lainey Wilson has it all. She's one of the biggest stars in country music, a talented songwriter and actress. Yet, that doesn't mean there aren't some embarrassing stories from her past. In fact, one of them is set to be discussed in her upcoming Netflix documentary Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool.
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In that documentary, you will see multiple clips of Lainey impersonating Hannah Montana back when she was a teenager. During a recent interview with PEOPLE, Lainey opened up on her cosplay years.
"It's crazy that we're putting this documentary out, and it shows a little bit of my Hannah Montana journey, and then Miley did her Hannah-versary," Wilson said. "It feels pretty serendipitous."
A cool turn of events is that Miley Cyrus, who rose to fame as Hannah Montana, is aware of Lainey's former cosplay. In fact, Lainey admitted that Miley "loves" that tidbit of information from her past.
"I told her impersonating Hannah really showed me, like, 'Okay, if you want this, if you want to do this not as Hannah Montana but as yourself, you're going to have to go get it,'" Lainey said. "I wasn't really even old enough to be driving, but I was going to Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana trying to play in front of whoever I possibly could."
Lainey Wilson Is Grateful for Her Career
As her interview with PEOPLE continued, Lainey got to talking about her career and the upward trajectory it's been on over the past decade.
"Even 15 years in Nashville could not prepare me for the way my career exploded," she said. "I mean, this is all I could have ever wanted and more. At the end of the day, I think little Lainey would be very proud of big Lainey."
In recent years, Lainey has landed her first Grammy award, reached nine number one hit singles, and is a staple of Yellowstone, which is among the hottest TV shows on the planet right now.
If cosplaying as Hannah Montana helped prepare Lainey for the life she had to come, then it was all worth it. Because right now, she's got the world at her feet, and is carving out an historic career along the way.
