Well this is anticlimactic. Miley Cyrus covers the October issue of Harper’s Bazaar just as the sh-t finally hits the fan in her personal life. Yesterday afternoon, People announced that Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth finally called it quits. Both of their reps confirmed the split. The engagement is off. They’re no longer together. No more ring watch. No more Liam mooching out of Miley’s fridge.

I don’t really have much to say about this breakup other than they seemed like they grew apart. He craves privacy. She loves the spotlight. He might have been banging January Jones. She twerked all over Robin Thicke’s crotch. Now Miley’s Twitter account is surprisingly quiet. Liam is already chatting up random brunettes in Vegas. I feel better now. Don’t you?

Hopefully Miley will be okay. I don’t think she’ll handle this breakup well even though it’s been a long time coming. Let’s move on, shall we? Miley’s Bazaar cover was shot by Terry Richardson. They’re BFFs now after he shot her “Wrecking Ball” video and had her pose in his studio. Uncle Terry also crafted Miley’s a try-hard couture spread for September’s Bazaar. She’s now a Harper’s cover star. The cover and preview are okay, but the interview is disastrous:

Miley brings her own accessories “kit” to shoots: “I never know when I’m going to be like, ‘Photo shoot!’ And need some weird stuff to whip out.” What if there’s a sudden swarm of paparazzi? Or worse: “What if I get to a photo shoot and the stylist just sucks? So I bring my own sh-t.”

Her long road to the top: It’s been a year since “I started trying to take over the world,” she says, unknowingly paraphrasing a comment that Madonna made on American Bandstand nearly three decades ago. (In 1984, asked by Dick Clark what her future plans were, Madonna responded, “To rule the world.”)

Her post-“Hannah Montana” years: “I took off and I just wanted to party. I worked so hard, and I wanted to buy a house and just chill. I was an adult when I was supposed to be a kid. So now I’m an adult and I’m acting like a kid,” she says. There are times when I’m sitting in my big ole house and I’m like, ‘I can’t believe I’m allowed to be here alone.’ I want my house to be the party house!”

A telltale remark about her relationship: “I definitely don’t have time to deal with a wedding right now. But I will at some point.”

More advice for Justin Bieber: “I’m not saying you need to take a break because you’re crazy. I’m saying you need to take a break so you can be crazy, and people aren’t going to judge you. You’re going to do dumb stuff from here on out. But do it in your own time. Do it safely. You can afford to protect yourself and still have fun.”

She’s a twerking country girl: “There is no girl out there speaking on behalf of the country girls who are turnt up.”

Her feet are on the ground: “My parents always had money, and I’ve always been around this industry, so I didn’t have my mind blown or become obsessed with being famous. When I was growing up, I didn’t even notice that I started making all this money. There’s something about new money that makes people change. But I never did not have [money]. So when I got it, I didn’t become obsessed with having it.”

On wearing white: “I feel like every girl is trying to have a beauty shot and prove that they’re ‘fashion.’ But I can be in white leggings and a white sports bra and I’m on a whole other level of sh-t that those girls don’t even get yet because they don’t know how to do it.”

She’s not into acting: “I don’t really care to do anything acting-wise. I want to make all of my music videos so epic that it feels like I’m still involved with acting.”

She hated her Walmart line: “I went in there and saw, like, a puppy on a T-shirt. I was like, ‘This is not what I wanted.’ I wanted skinny jeans, I wanted to bless Walmart with jeggings! Making real stuff with high quality. Not quantity. But not until I know I can give it 120 percent. I don’t want to just slap my name on something.”

The music is what matters: “I’m someone who cares about the real things in life. There are things that are personal that stress me out, but my career? That doesn’t affect me. I know I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing. I’m not scared of anything.”

[From Harper’s Bazaar]

Where to start? I find it hilarious that Miley thinks she’s on a whole new level because she likes to wear a white sports bra and leggings. She really acts like this outfit is hugely significant, which is the same attitude she holds about all of her actions. All I can think when I see her in that outfit is “period nightmare.”

Good for Miley for getting this Bazaar cover. She won’t be on Vogue’s cover anytime soon, but Bazaar adores her grills. I do have a feeling Elton John is correct — a meltdown is coming, but it might have more to do with her losing the Vogue cover than losing Liam.

Photos courtesy of Harper’s Bazaar