Billy Ray Cyrus Blames 'Hannah Montana' for Family Problems

It's been a tough, scandal-filled year for
Billy Ray Cyrus. The singer recently opened up to
GQ magazine about his relationship with daughter
Miley and revealed some regrets about the show that made her famous.
In a lengthy profile, Cyrus told reporter Chris Heath that he blames the Disney show 'Hannah Montana' for the current trouble in his family, which includes his
divorce from wife Tish.
"I hate to say it, but yes, I do. I'd take it back in a second," he said of the show, which shot Miley to stardom.
He also claims he's been made the "fall guy" for whenever negative news surrounds his family, referencing his daughter's Vanity Fair cover shoot controversy, in which the teenage star was photographed with just a sheet covering her.
"Every time the train went off the track ... her people, or as they say in today's news, her handlers, every time they'd put [the blame on] me ... I took it because I'm her daddy ... OK, nail me to the cross," he told GQ.
Cyrus said he worries about the people surrounding his daughter and helping her make career decisions.
"I'm scared for her," he said. "She's got a lot of people around her that's putting her in a great deal of danger. I want to get her sheltered from the storm."
His revelations come in light of Miley's recent drug scandal. A video was released last December showing the 18-year-old
smoking salvia from a bong.
Cyrus
tweeted about the incident shortly after the video hit the web.
"Sorry guys. I had no idea," the concerned father wrote. "Just saw this stuff for the first time myself. I'm so sad. There is much beyond my control right now."
When Cyrus approached his daughter's handlers about the incident, he was told it was "none of his business."
The singer has reportedly been estranged from Miley since the incident, describing their communication as "good enough to know it could be a lot better."
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Good lord, Can't these people take responsibility for anything? Hannah Montana didn't make the problems, Billy. YOU did. And you'll never get out of them if you keep looking for somebody else to blame for your idiocy.
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Didn't the Lohans teach anyone anything? To bad Billy just shaking my head now what did fame bring to you?
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Agreed. A real dad would have punched the handlers and got to his daughter.
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Oh Boy!. If these morons think they can control everything their child does at any age, they need their head examined. I dont care how good a parent you THINK you are, someone will always criticize something your child does. Miley being in the spotlight has affected her whole life and while Billy Ray was present, had SOME say about what when on with her, he wasn't with her 24/7 110% of the time. He made bad choices, but face it people, Miley is growing up, Hannah Montana or not, and she will test her boundaries and spread her wings regardless of her Daddy or "handlers".
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You are wrong Miley is a joke
There is no doubt that he should be held partially responsible because until she was 18 he was reponsible for her BUT since she turned 18 and can and has made her own decisions it's all on her. I have no doubt that there will be a porn tape to surface here shortly or more provacative and revealing pictures. She is in such a hurry to be grown up and to break out of that "Hannah Montana" image. She will be the next Linsay Lohan.
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Just another pig in the pen , join LiLo , and the rest of the ho's. Another screwed up family going to rehab.
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WOW, your screen name says it all!!!
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LaDiva, your right. Billy Ray needs to stop the blame game, take responsibility to what has led to Miley's out of control behavior, and get her some help, before she ends up the next Lilo.
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I thought only children didnt know how to take responsibility for their own actions? Billy is not a very good father, or man for that matter. He has sit back for years, riding on Miley's singing. Now he blames everyone else, about his own daughters mistakes. Billy sure did love the ride though, he was more than proud to pimp out his daughter in almost every way possible.
I do recall Billy laying with Miley a few years back in a photo shoot, he looked like he thought, he was the king of the world.
Then when Miley was wearing a sheet only in another photo shoot, Billy should have said something. But he didnt, now he regrets it all? Its clear to me, that Billy would sell out his mother if it meant, he didnt have to work.
A real adult should take responsibility for their own actions.
A real father would not have allowed Miley to do half of the things Miley has already done, because Billy wanted her too.
Shame on you Billy, your meal ticket is old enough now to block you out. I know I would.
Billy get a real hair cut, and stfu.
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bad parenting is a more probable cause.
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What an idiot - who is the PARENT here? Just goes to show that some people should not be allowed to procreate. Just sayin'.....
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"Billy Ray Cyrus Blames 'Hannah Montana' for Family Problems"
I thought it was Brett Michael's fault, you wimp.
Next time someone tells you that your daughters welfare is none of your business, try being a man.
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Yes Billy Ray, it is all the SHOWS fault she is drinking, smoking whatever, exposing herself in all sorts of tweet photos and grinding on OLD MEN in bars!! Yep, YOU are all clear! I am sure you did the best you can! Seems to be like Billy Ray is nothing more than a male equivalent of a Dina Lohan! Whatever your kid does is FINE as long as the cash is ROLLING IN! looser!
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If not for Miley's fame and being a co-star on Hannah Montana, Billy Ray's career would have tanked years ago.
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Everyone keeps saying "cash cow" etc., but from what I heard Billy has never cashed in on any of Miley's money- ever. That said, he should have thought about what kind of life he was letting her into. Now she is as rotten and troubled as all the other Hollywood progeny.
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Billy Ray should have been more like his character on Hannah Montana....I have a feeling that he wanted to be "friends" with his daughter and that usually leads to disaster.
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watch your mouth!!
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Let's see: he looks like the poster boy for Better Mobile Homes and Trailers, he's posed with his daughter in racy photos. Yeah, not to blame.
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Miley is owned by the business that makes money off her...pure and simple. She will not last long at this pace.
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