Mitchel Musso reveals the real reason why he did not participate in the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special despite being a main character on the hit Disney show.
During his appearance in Joe Vulpis Podcast On Wednesday, June 24, the actor spoke about his time in hanna montana as Oliver Oken, the best friend of Miley Cyrus’ character Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana, and Emily Osment’s Lilly Truscott. Much to fans’ disappointment, 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 new. hanna montana episode or a movie instead of interviews and a mini concert by Hannah.
“Of course they asked me. But like I said, it wasn’t presented properly,” Musso admitted. “It’s too long a wait to do it in a way that, in my opinion, is not even right.”
Musso was only 15 years old when the first episode of hanna montana issued. Now 34 years old, the Phineas and Ferb The voice actor says he would do another episode in a heartbeat.
“I wanted it to be like that for the 20th anniversary too, the kid in me was banking on it like, ‘I can’t wait for everyone to be on set again,’ 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 it is what it is.”
That being 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 awesome people…she’s my sister, you know what I mean? I’d do anything for Miles.”
