Country music singer and actor, Billy Ray Cyrus, slammed the "Hannah Montana" show, which brought his family fame and fortune. Cyrus, a successful country singer from the 1990s, had a major hit with the song "Achy Breaky Heart." 

One of his five children with wife, Tish Cyrus, got the fame bug as well and went into show business in her dad's footsteps. Their daughter, 18-year-old singer/actress, Miley Cyrus, became the star of Disney's "Hannah Montana" show with dad playing a role on the sitcom as well. Cyrus insists he did not make any money off his daughter, which may be true, as he was a best selling country music artist. 

However, fame led to his daughter flying off the rails in well publicized drug, alcohol and semi-nude photo scandals. Her career also took a dive, when Cyrus' new, raunchy image proved too much for her impressionable fans and their parents. Cyrus' record sales plummeted. 

Miley Cyrus

Billy Ray Cyrus also filed for divorce from his wife of 18-years, under a swirl of rumors she had an affair with rock singer and Poison frontman, Brett Michaels, who flatly denied the story.  

In a revealing interview with GQ magazine, Cyrus bemoans the fact "Hannah Montana" wrecked his family. Cyrus says he was used by her handlers to take the fall, whenever something went wrong in his daughter's career. He repeatedly took the blame to protect her. 

However, the last straw came via the bong scandal, when Cyrus tried to enquire about his daughter's latest troubles and one of her managers told him, "It is none of your business." You feel bad for Cyrus when you read the article. Here's hoping he calls off the divorce and the family reconnects with each other.  

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Mr. Hannah Montana's Achy Broken Heart

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