A father’s achy breaky heart
And no, I’m not ridiculing the man. I bet lots of Hollyweird parents feel this way, in spite of the extent to which they helped create the situation.
I am afraid that Mylie Cyrus will end up dead of an overdose in a hotel room.
He allowed it to destroy his family.
He was right there every day to take control but he didn’t.
I’d have more sympathy if he had not rented her out for a nekkid photo shoot when she was 15.
We deal with Nickelodeon here on Sunset every day. You should witness the parents of these child actors who act like children themselves. I won’t tell you which specific show but Teen Nick’s lineup, the managers of these kids are certified a-holes. I heard worse stories on the set about Hannah M from the set guys.
This article is garbage. The 'psychedelic herb salvia' is a misnomer, or, more likely, showing the author's ignorance (and/or helping sensationalise the story).
'Salvia' is nothing more or less than good old salvia officianalis, i.e. common sage, such as you use in stuffing a T-Day turkey.
Almost surely, the herb that the twit used was salvia divinorum, which has psychoactive properties for SOME individuals. To omit the descriptor of 'salvia' is either sheer ignorance or outright journalistic (and I use that term very loosely) malfeasance.
Bull, he liked the money and promoter her feverishly.
As I remeber it, Billy Rae was one of the people pushing hard for the show and the notiriety for his daughter.
IMHO, he is as much, if not much more, at fault than anyone.
And, in this time frame, he divorced his wife and put that much more adverse pressure on the young girl.
I suspect this "Outraged Father" routine is just part of the publicity campaign. Part of rebranding effort to transform Miley Cyrus from a Teen Pop Idol into an Adult Sex Symbol. I don't trust a word these Hollywood types say. Every word is a lie, including "and" and "the".
If you are getting too much publicity, fire your publicist!
The attacks on Cyrus on this thread are amazing. We’ve never seen kids of clergy, or military, or police, or politicians, or corporate execs who’ve totally messed up their lives at early ages?? Fortunately for most of those young folks and their parents, their egregious behavior is not in the public eye.
A couple of examples:
Is there any reason that modern celebs couldn't do the same?
They still do in Japan (for the most part). One of my contemporaries (Mamoe Yamaguchi) was a teenage heartthrob who dominated the music charts there in the 1970s and early 1980s. Then she decided to give up show biz for marriage and a family. When I lived there 1988-2002, she was in the news exactly once.
Some flack had scouted out a kindergarten entrance ceremony she was going to attend with her child. News leaked out and the place was besieged with her fans. When one of the reporters thrust a mike in her face, she made a statement to the effect that while she appreciated everybody's attention and admiration, her show business career was over and she was happy as a mother. Everybody please respect the privacy of the other people in attendance and go home. And they did. More than a few even applauded.
He’s as much a media whore as his daughter...
You know what they say, there is no such thing as “bad” publicity.
Every time your face is on the tube or your name is mentioned in People magazine, that’s bucks in your pocket...
Face it, if Manson wasn’t locked up, he’d be a multi-millionaire.
I’ve been thinking that’s the problem. “Hannah Montana” with the money and media exposure and the elevated parental responsibilities and iron-tight necessary oversight would ruin his family. Yep, that’s it. It wouldn’t be Billy Ray’s lack of effort or, by the way, who is her mother? It’s that doggone successful show when his daughter was a pre-teen / teen. It would never be a lack of guidance or oversight or him allowing his child to be exposed to the off-camera filth and parties that are the entertainment industry. Sounds like Billy Ray is a frownin’ on the situation.