Billy Ray Cyrus blamed "Hannah Montana" to "destroy his family"
"I would bring him back in a second," said the singer about her daughter Miley's successful sitcom.
For five years in the 00 years, Miley Cyrus And his father Billy Ray Cyrus played on Hannah Montana , a Disney Channel series on a teenager who has a secret life as a pop star. Miley played Miley Stewart / Hannah Montana, while Billy Ray played the character's father, Robby Stewart. The successful show brought Miley to glory and launched his current career as an actor and singer. He also presented Billy Ray, who was best known for his 1992 hit "Aquy Breaky Heart", to a younger audience.
But despite the success of the show - and it made Miley a familiar name - when Hannah Montana Finished in 2011, Billy Ray said he wanted the show to never occur. In an interview Gq Published a month after the end of the series, the father of the child star said that The show had "destroyed" his family And that he would resume everything "in a second". Read the rest to find out why Billy Ray felt so unfortunate from the series and to see what Miley said about his Disney celebrity over the years.
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Billy Ray crossed a lot at the time.
As indicated in the Gq Profile, when the interview took place, Billy Ray had recently asked for divorce Tish Cyrus , his wife since 1993, with whom he welcomed three of his children. (He also adopted two of the children of Tish of a previous relationship. Tish and Billy Ray did not meet separate for good until 2022 .) At the same time, Miley, then aged 18, made the headlines for various so-called scandals, in particular by being recorded by smoking in a bong. (Her representatives said that she smoked Salvia, which was legal where Miley was. Miley confirmed this years later.) AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Billy Ray spoke for a long time in the interview to want to ensure the safety of Miley and be wary of his "managers".
The country star said about the filming of the fourth and last season of Hannah Montana In 2010, "I was going to work every day knowing that my family had collapsed, but yet I had to sit in front of this camera. I look back and I go, how did I already know how to cross this ? I have to be a best actor that I thought. "
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He said that the show "had made a corner" between him and Miley.
Billy Ray admitted that he had tried to be the friend of his children more than a parent, which he regretted. He said that after the first two seasons of the show, "the company led a gap between us." He continued: "How many interviews I gave and said:" You know what is important between me and Miley do I try to be a friend of my children "? I said it a lot. And sometimes I even read that other parents could say could say, "you don't need to be a friend, you have to be a parent." Well, I'm the first guy to say to them at the moment: You were right . ""
He also declared that the Christian faith and the Christian faith of Miley was in danger. "Somewhere throughout this trip, the faith of mine and Miley was shaken. It saddens me the most," he said. He also said that he thought his family was targeted by the devil. "There is no doubt about this ... You think:" It's a chance to make family entertainment, bringing families together ... "and looking at what it has become," added The singer / actor.
He said he wanted to be able to "resume".
Gq asked Billy Ray if he had seen Hannah Montana Like "a large part of what has made things work in [his] family".
He replied: "Oh, it's huge - he destroyed my family. I'm going to tell you right away - the [Expletive] show destroyed my family." When asked if he wanted the spectacle never to get out of the ground, he said: "I hate saying it, but yes, I do it. Yeah. I would bring it back in a second. For my family Either here and I'm just everyone agree, healthy and healthy and happy and normal, would have been fantastic. Heck, yeah. I would erase it in a second if I could. "
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He delivered his comments later.
In an interview Hello America A month after Gq Profile has been published, Billy Ray said he "hated" the accent put on him speaking of evil Hannah Montana in the article. "I like Hannah Montana . I love Disney, I love the show. I love ... the entertainment we were able to make, "he said.
He explained that he was fighting personally when he spoke to the magazine.
"I did this interview with Gq Two weeks before Christmas ... in the middle of a divorce, separated from my family, "he said GMA . "It was a mess. Surrounded in darkness. Gq , the writer, the photographer appeared. And in a way I learned that, what to do an interview when you are crazy, it's a lot like going to the grocery store when you are hungry. It is not a real good idea. ""
More recently, in 2020, Billy Ray told Hollywood Life that he would do a Hannah Montana prequel "In a heartbeat."
Miley is "proud" of her Hannah Montana days.
Miley was opened on part of the negative effects of being a star child , but she also said that she accept Hannah Montana As part of the past, which has made him that is today.
"Now, I can be proud of all the Mileys that I have never been instead of trying to flee the 11-year-old or that I do not feel like not to be Hannah Montana", -He declared to MTV in 2017. "I am played that it was part of my life."
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She also said that she and her father considered reputation differently.
In August 2023 Hulu Special Endless summer holidays: continuation (backyard sessions) ,, Miley opened the different ways in which she and her father experience celebrity.
"My father grew up opposite me. I grew up on a sound scene, as in a house with a family that was super close and who all lived under the same roof, and I grew up financially stable and emotionally Stable, I think, in my relationships too, "said Miley, as reported People . "This is something that my father did not have."
She continued: "I think this is where my father's relationship and me with fame and success is extremely different," said Miley in the special. "He felt liked an audience touched him emotionally more than I could never. When he feels special or important, it's like healing a childhood injury, and I have always been made to Feel like a star. It makes me emotional, so I think it's the difference. "
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