“I just wanted to have a special guest that would be something that no one saw coming, especially with it being ‘Unplugged.’ I really wanted my [godmother] Dolly [Parton] to be there,” Miley revealed to Liz.
When the country legend couldn’t make the show, Miley looked to a different legendary performer.
“[Dolly] had a show on the day of ‘Unplugged,’ so she wasn’t able to be there, so I was like, who can I bring besides Dolly that would be something like that? And I [thought] Madonna… I don’t think people would expect her to go on ‘Unplugged’ like that,” she continued.