It comes after Trace's pop star sister Miley opened up about healing the family rift, admitting she felt "a lot of loyalty" to mom Tish after her parents divorced leaving her relationship with Billy Ray in a "mess" - but she's been trying to fix things

"Half of us [the family] weren't speaking to each other at one point and we cleaned all that up. ...

"In that situation [when her parents divorced], I watched what happens when you don't clean things up as they're happening.

"They really do stack, and then all of a sudden you go, 'Oh my god, it's been 10 years, and this is a mess that I barely even know how to start.' This is emotional hoarding."

The 31-year-old star felt it was important to have a "good time" with her dad before they began to explore their issues together.

She said: "I just kind of bust through the pile that's stacked, and just go, 'I'm here. You're here. Let's start by having a good time together.

"And then as we start bringing some happiness and joy into each other's life, then we'll just be in a better place to have these conversations. 'Cause I'd rather get it balanced first."

As a result, Miley spent a part of this year personally "putting those lines of communication back together."

The Flowers hitmaker admitted it hadn't been easy because the whole family wasn't cut out for group therapy.

She joked: "We're so messy we didn't even do any of that. To get each other in a room to even get to counseling would have been a war. So, it was easier to just go, 'White flag.'

"I always wanted my family to feel like I was the safe place that I always had the white flag when they came to talk to me."