Cody Simpson says Miley Cyrus relationship was 'one of those phases'

Cody Simpson talked about his relationship with Miley Cyrus on 60 Minutes. Photo / news.com.au

Cody Simpson has discussed his past romance with Miley Cyrus, saying the 10-month relationship was "just one of those phases".

The 24-year-old Australian singer turned Olympic swimming hopeful began dating the 28-year-old US pop star in October 2019, before they split in August the following year.

Their union was hot tabloid fodder, given Cyrus had just broken up with her husband, Australian actor Liam Hemsworth, in August 2019.

Appearing on 60 Minutes last night, Simpson sat down with Karl Stefanovic who led the line of questioning about Cyrus by asking, "What were you thinking?"

Simpson said: "I'd known her for a long time at that point. She acted almost … Not like a mentor, but was always a hyper-creative person.

"We went from being good friends, to just having a lot of the same friends, to being together for a while.

"And everything ended fairly amicably.

"It was just one of those phases I guess. You go through it and you learn a lot from it."

At the time of their break-up, Cyrus addressed the reports during a fiery Instagram Live.

"Two halves can't make a whole and we're individually just working on ourselves to become the people that we wanna be, like everybody else at this age," Cyrus said at the time.

"We've been friends for 10 years and we're going to continue to be friends, so just don't make it something that it is not."

Simpson had previously been in high-profile relationships including with supermodel Gigi Hadid, billionaire Kylie Jenner and actress Bella Thorne.

The star's parents, Angie and Brad Simpson, also appeared on the programme, where Stefanovic asked them what they thought of his famous girlfriends.

"He's had a few very high-profile relationships. Along the way you would've been supportive of all those girls like any mum?" Stefanovic asked Angie before bursting into laughter.

"Some I were … You're a bugger [Stefanovic]," Angie said.

"He had some lovely girls. We've had some interesting rides and dinners at people's places where you're just like … [mind explodes].

"He's a romantic. A hopeless romantic. When he falls, he falls hard."

It's understood Simpson has since moved on with Dutch model Marloes Stevens.