Miley Cyrus’ mother Tish Cyrus has shut down ex-husband Billy Ray Cyrus’ claims that the hit show “Hannah Montana” “destroyed” their family.
Miley, 31, and her father Billy Ray, 62, starred in the Disney Channel teen sitcom for four seasons from 2006 to 2011. The huge success of “Hannah Montana” made Miley a star, and also skyrocketed Billy Ray’s career. He has already established himself as a country singer.
However, in a 2011 GQ interview, Billy Ray lamented the impact “Hannah Montana” had on his family. On Wednesday, during an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast with her eldest daughter Brandi Cyrus, 36, the pair firmly refuted Billy Ray’s past comments.
When asked if she agreed with Billy Ray’s claim that the Cyrus family was “destroyed” by the show, Tish said: “Absolutely not.”
Tish Cyrus denied ex-husband Billy Ray Cyrus’ past claims that “Hannah Montana” “destroyed” their family. (Getty)
“That’s not true,” Brandi agreed. “First of all, the family is not falling apart. We are doing well.”
“No, I think he was having a little fun,” Tish said.
Billy Ray and Tish welcomed Miley in 1992, and the former couple married the following year. In addition to Miley, the couple have a son, Brazon, 29, and a daughter, Noah, 24. Billy Ray is also the father of Christopher Cody Cyrus with Kristen Lackey. Tish is the mother of Brandi and her son Trace from a previous relationship. After marrying Tish, Billy Ray adopted Brandi and Trace.
Tish and Billy Ray went through some ups and downs in their marriage and went their separate ways in 2023 after 30 years together. Billy Ray filed for divorce in 2010, but the two reconciled the following year. In June 2013, Tish filed for divorce, but the couple reunited a month later.
Her comments came amid rumors of a Cyrus family feud. (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan, via Getty Images)
Billy Ray spoke to GQ in 2011 about the impact “Hannah Montana” had on his family, shortly after the show ended and during his first breakup with Tish.
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Asked if he thought “Hannah Montana” played any role in his family troubles and then-impending divorce, Billy Ray said, “Oh, that’s huge. It destroyed my family.”
He continued, “I’ll tell you right now, this damn show destroyed my family. And I sit there and think, ‘Oh, you know what? The person I gave everything to too. That’s my motto, and guess what? I have to eat it. I managed to be okay. I managed to eat everything while everyone went to the bank. Everything is sad. ”
Afterwards, the singer was asked, “I wish ‘Hannah Montana’ had never happened.”
“I hate to say it, but yeah,” Billy Ray said. “Yeah, I’ll get it back to normal in a second. It would be great if my family was here and everyone was safe and secure and healthy and happy and normal. Well, yeah. I’m going to erase it all. Yo,” preferably second. ”
Miley and Billy Ray starred in Hannah Montana from 2006 to 2011. (Disney Channel/Ron Tom)
Appearing on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Tisch revealed that he was the one who first suggested Billy Ray audition for the role in Hannah Montana.
“I’m trying to be politically correct,” she said, before recalling that she believed at the time that the success of his 1992 hit “Achy Breaky Heart” stalled Billy Ray’s career. Ta.
“So he just did ‘Achy Breaky’ and nothing else worked,” Tisch said. “Then we took Miley to audition for ‘Hannah,’ and she got it, and one of the casting directors joked, ‘Unfortunately, we can’t afford to hire her real father.’ I don’t have one!” So I said, “Oh, maybe I can do it.” ”
Tisch explained that Billy Ray was filming another show in Toronto at the time, and the family was splitting their time between the Canadian city and their home in Tennessee.
“It was really hard on the kids because we all had to go back and forth,” she recalled.
“Miley already knew it was ‘Hannah’ and I was already stressed out like, ‘What are we going to do?'” Tish continued. “As a mother, I couldn’t leave half my kids in Tennessee and leave.” [in Los Angeles] Like I couldn’t do that with Miley.
So I thought, “I have to take all the kids.” So I said to Billy Ray, “You should come and audition for your dad.” Because they love you and are genuinely interested in you. Yes, your salary will be lower, but your family will be able to stay together. ”
Billy Ray and Tish share Noah, Miley, Brandi, Blazon, and Trace (LR). (Steve Granitz/WireImages/Getty Images)
Miley’s longtime manager, Tish, reflected on the challenges she faced in balancing overseeing Miley’s career and devoting enough time to her other children. She explained that she felt like she was a “single parent” at the time because Billy Ray and Miley’s filming schedule for “Hannah Montana” was so demanding.
“Looking back, I honestly don’t know how I did it,” Tisch said. “It wasn’t easy.”
she continued. “But I made it work and took the kids. So it was a sacrifice for everyone.”
Tish’s comments come amid rumors of a feud within the Cyrus family.Then the speculation began Noah Cyrus did not attend Tish Cyrus’ event Wedding with Dominic Purcell in August 2023. Noah and Blazon were conspicuously absent from their mother’s wedding at the end of the summer. The brothers reportedly spent their mother’s wedding day together, with Noah posting a now-expired Instagram story of himself wearing a Billy Ray shirt and going to Walmart.
Tish married actor Dominic Purcell in August 2023. (Tish Cyrus Instagram)
Meanwhile, Miley served as her mother’s maid of honor during the big moment and walked Tisch down the aisle at her wedding in Malibu. Brandi and Trace also attended Tish’s wedding.
Miley told Vogue: “My mom has been behind the scenes my whole life.” “She always got me ready for my big day, starting with the cheerleading competition and ending up on set and backstage before the performance. She never stopped celebrating with me. , who was very supportive of my decision, and I’m honored to be that person for her now that I’m older. ”
“It’s very emotional for me to see my mom so happy and in love,” she added. “Dom and my mom share the sweetest, purest love. It’s like it’s the first time and it’s so perfect for my mom, who is such a young soul. They’ve been together ever since they met. They both started aging in reverse.For some reason, my mother.”
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A few months later, Miley was absent. Billy Ray marries Australian singer Firerose34. The two announced their engagement in November 2022. At the time, Billy Ray revealed to People magazine that she first met Firerose 13 years ago on the set of Hannah Montana, when she auditioned for the role.
Although Firerose didn’t get the role, Billy Ray said he quickly recognized her “star” qualities and introduced her to several producers in the industry. The “Busy Man” hitmaker said she became friends with Firerose. Their friendship blossomed into romance after Firerose moved in with the two-time Grammy Award winner shortly after Billy Ray and Tish filed for divorce for the third time.
Singers Firerose and Billy Ray got married on October 10th. (Lisa Rhea)
A month after their engagement was announced, Miley and Billy Ray unfollowed each other on Instagram.
“Her parents’ divorce has put strain on her relationship with her father, and she has had difficulty communicating with him over the past year,” a source previously told E! Miley’s 2022 news. “She hopes that eventually she can repair her relationship.”
After Tish filed for divorce in 2022, Billy Ray tried to hide rumors of a feud, saying, “Everyone knew that relationship ended a long time ago. Everyone was turning the page. It’s tough. Everybody knew the time had come,” he said. change. “
When filing for divorce, the former couple revealed that they had been living apart for two years.
Miley has said little about her father since then, but in August 2023 she spoke out about how her father’s views on fame were “very” different.
Billy Ray and Miley unfollowed each other on Instagram last fall. (Photo courtesy of Vijat Mohindra)
“My father was brought up in the exact opposite way to me. My family was very close, we lived under the same roof, I grew up on a sound stage, and I grew up financially and emotionally stable. …That’s my father’s idea that he didn’t have one,” she said in the TikTok series “Used to be Young.”
“I have great memories of singing music with my dad and learning and watching him use his voice and instruments,” Miley said.
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“Let me be clear: I feel that my father was undervalued,” she added.
But rumors of a rift between Miley and Billy Ray were further fueled last Sunday when the ‘Party in the USA’ hitmaker won her first Grammy Award. Miley won two awards: Best Solo Pop Performance and Record of the Year.
It’s worth noting that Miley disparaged her father during her acceptance speech at the 2024 Grammy Awards. (Getty Images)
It’s worth noting that after winning the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for her hit song “Flowers,” Miley disparaged her father in her acceptance speech.
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Miley thanked her team, Columbia Records, her mom Brandi, and her boyfriend Max Morando, 25, but left out her dads Noah, Trace, and Brazon. Miley told the audience, “I want to especially thank my team, my team, Crush, Columbia, my mom, my sister, my loved ones, my ‘major gays,’ because… “Because I look great. Who else? Your wife, your fiancé.” , all the people we love. thanks so much. ”
“I don’t think anyone forgot,” she concluded, adding, “But I might have forgotten my underwear. Goodbye!”
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Billy Ray did not publicly congratulate his daughter on her Grammy win. But on Tuesday, he captioned an Instagram post that some fans interpreted as alluding to the rumored feud.
“Love is the answer,” Billy Ray wrote alongside a photo of himself relaxing with a firerose in a field.
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In addition to speculation of a feud between Billy Ray and Miley, there are also rumors of a rift between the Cyrus brothers. Fans have suggested that Noah and Brayson’s absence from Tish’s wedding may indicate that the brothers have taken sides regarding their parents’ divorce and Billy Ray’s remarriage.
Noah became a hot topic last October when he left a comment on Miley’s 2020 “Joe Rogan Experience” video.
There are also rumors of a rift between Miley and her sister Noah. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for the Recording Academy)
At the time, Miley described Noah as an “emo kid” and said she “loved” her sister’s song “The End of Everything,” released that year, but added, “It’s the best song I’ve ever heard. It’s the most depressing EP I’ve ever written.” To. “
Noah commented, “How disrespectful this video is…”
After the footage went viral online, fans pointed out that Noah’s comments came three years after Miley’s interview and amid rumors of a feud with the Cyrus family.
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Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.
