{"id":494169,"date":"2026-03-25T08:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494169\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T08:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:58:13","slug":"hannah-montana-fans-devastated-over-emily-osment-and-mitchel-musso-skipping-20th-anniversary-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494169\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Montana fans devastated over Emily Osment and Mitchel Musso skipping 20th anniversary special"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special<\/a> arrived on Disney+ Tuesday, but not everyone in the original cast was accounted for.<\/p>\n

Fans of the iconic Disney sitcom<\/a> were devastated to realize that Emily Osment and Mitchel Musso \u2014 who played Miley Cyrus\u2019s character Miley Stewart\u2019s best friends Lilly Truscott and Oliver Oken, respectively \u2014 were missing from the reunion.<\/a><\/p>\n

One person wrote on X: \u201cfeels so incomplete without lily & oliver.\u201d Another agreed, \u201cNo Emily. No Oliver. No thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s pretty sad that Emily and Mitchell didn’t go to this canonical event, being the protagonist trio, literally there’s nothing more important than this?????? please,\u201d another wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Another complained on X: \u201cIt really makes me sad that we didn\u2019t got a reunion between the three most important characters at Hannah Montana. Emily and Mitchel are really missing in these pictures and it doesn\u2019t feels complete.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"EmilyEmily Osment does not appear in the \u2018Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special\u2019 on Disney+ (Getty)\"OsmentOsment played Miley Cyrus\u2019s character Miley Stewart\u2019s best friend Lilly Truscott in \u2018Hannah Montana\u2019 (Disney)<\/p>\n

Osment<\/a>, 34, explained her absence in a video shared to Instagram on Monday, in which she thanked fans of the show for their support over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are at the Georgie & Mandy\u2019s First Marriage set, and that\u2019s why I was not able to be a part of the 20-year reunion, because we are here shooting our show,\u201d Osment said in the video, alongside her Georgie and Mandy co-star Montana Jordan. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut I wanted to say hello and thank you to everybody that has stuck by us for all these years. I\u2019m so grateful that you guys all still love the show. I\u2019m so proud to be a part of it\u2026 We appreciate you. Lots of love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osment plays the titular Mandy McAllister in the CBS series, which is a direct sequel to Young Sheldon in The Big Bang Theory franchise.<\/p>\n

In the caption of her post, Osment added: \u201cHannah Montana changed my life, it gave me a lifelong respect for this medium of comedy, it taught me discipline, patience, timing and respect working in an adult space so young.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t tell you what your sweet messages mean to me and how lucky I feel to have been apart of this once in a generation goliath of a television show,\u201d she continued. \u201cThank you for letting me into your living rooms and I hope to still be there many years from now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MitchelMitchel Musso and Miley Cyrus in 2008 (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Musso also shared a post in honor of Hannah Montana, complete with a series of throwback photos on Instagram. He wrote: \u201cHannah Montana wrapped around my heart and never really let go. We literally grew up with ya\u2019ll \u2014 long days, crazy schedules, learning lines, cracking up between takes, and figuring out life while the cameras rolled. It taught me so many wonderful values, but the most important \u2018to me\u2019 is that laughter can get you through the tough days. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat confidence still sticks with me every single day. To all of you who grew up right alongside us\u2026 your friends were our friends too. Like my Lillypop said on her post, so many of you building families of your own and sharing this wonderful story with your kids is a gift beyond words. It\u2019s been the coolest part of HM.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiley, Emily, Jason, Billy Ray, Moises, and the whole crew at Disney \u2014 you became my family through all the real, messy, beautiful moments. Thank you for believing in a goofy kid from Texas who wore some questionable outfits with a haircut like that. To all of you, thank you for welcoming me into your homes and hearts 20 years ago and still allowing me to be here today. I\u2019m honored we get to share all of this together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He did not clarify the reason for his absence from the special, though Musso\u2019s Disney career was cut short after a 2013 DUI arrest.<\/a><\/p>\n

Osment commented on Musso\u2019s post: \u201cLove you so so much [heart emoji].\u201d<\/p>\n

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