Miley Cyrus' Dad Says Hannah Montana "Ruined Their Family"

Anytime Miley Cyrus has been in the press recently she seems to be up to no good. First she was wearing slutty outfits to big events, then she was spotted under-age drinking and most recently you will all remember that she was caught smoking a salvia bong. So who can we blame for her wild behavior? Daddy Billy Ray Cyrus says fame has "ruined their lives!".

Even thugh Billy Ray allowed his daughter Miley Cyrus to become the star of Hannah Montana at a really young age and even starred in the show right alongside her, he says the show damaged his family:

"Oh, it's huge—it destroyed my family. I'll tell you right now—the damn show destroyed my family. I hate to say it, but yes…I'd take it back in a second. For my family to be here and just be everybody OK, safe and sound and happy and normal, would have been fantastic. Heck, yeah. I'd erase it all in a second if I could."

As well as Miley going seriously off the track, Billy Ray also split with wife of 17 years Trish, just last year. It's clear that the pressure of trying to look out for Miley and deal with fame caught up on them both.


He goes on to say that everytime Miley had a scandal her reps made Bill Ray the person solely responsible for her, i.e he was forced to take the blame on things he wasn't aware of:

"Every time something happened in Miley's career, every time the train went off the track, if you will—Vanity Fair, pole-dancing, whatever scandal it was—her people, or as they say in today's news, her handlers, every time they'd put me…'Somebody's shooting at Miley! Put the old man up there!' Well, I took it, because I'm her daddy, and that's what daddies do. 'Okay, nail me to the cross, I'll take it…All those people around, they used me every time. It became so obvious that, man, no matter what happens, they're going to put you up there and let you take the bullet."

Miley filmed smoking a bong

However, Billy Ray put his foot down a few months ago when he didn't attend Miley's 18th birthday party because it was being held in a bar, something he very much disapproved of.

"It was wrong.It was for 21 years old and up. Once again all them people, they all wanted me to fly out so that then when all the bad press came they could say, 'Daddy endorsed this stuff…' I started realizing I'm being used. If I would have went out there I would have been right in the middle of all this stuff that's going on right now with the bong. They'd be hanging my ass. I had the common sense…I said, 'This whole thing's falling apart up there and they just want to blame all this stuff on you again.' I'm staying out of it."

Wow what an honest interview he gave. Do you think he's playing the blame game now too? Either way Miley needs to start changing her ways, it's clearly hurting her family.