Miley Cyrus' father says 'Hannah Montana' destroyed his family
Billy Ray Cyrus, father of Disney star Miley Cyrus, lashed out at the television series 'Hannah Montana', which brought her daughter to fame, blaming her for destroying her family, according to 'GQ' magazine. '.
"It destroyed my family... I assured you that the damn show destroyed my family. It's very sad," Cyrus said. The country music singer, who split from his wife Leticia 'Tish' Cyrus last year, says he no longer speaks to his 18-year-old daughter.
Billy, who was part of the cast of the series, assured that in January 2010, when the filming of the show's season finale began, he went to work knowing that his family was separating. "When I look back, I think: How did I go through that? I must be a better actor than I thought," he said.
The troubled father confesses that if he could go back in time and get his family back, he would have chosen the show never to happen. "I'd delete everything in a second if I could," he declared.
The singer-songwriter says that every time Miley went off the rails or starred in a scandal, like pole dancing, the show's managers always blamed him, but that throughout Miley's career she never got to give her opinion on anything. For the same reason she did not want to participate in her 18th birthday celebration, which took place in a bar.
"It wasn't right. It was (a bar) for people over 21. They wanted me to be around so that when all the 'bad' press came through, they could say that the father had promoted all of this. I could tell I was being used. ", he indicated.
During the interview with the publication, Cyrus also compared her daughter to tragically deceased artists such as the singer of the rock band Nirvana Kurt Cobain, the model Anna Nicole Smith and Michael Jackson. "The people in charge of Miley are more interested in her money than her safety and her career. She's surrounded by a lot of people who are putting her in a lot of danger," he concluded.
The interpreter of 'Achy Breaky Heart' assured that although he does not speak regularly with Miley, he always sends her messages so that she knows that she can count on him. Furthermore, he insisted that he had never benefited financially from her daughter's success.
