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Billy Ray Cyrus Insists Miley Will Bounce Back

Billy Ray Cyrus has broken his silence about his daughter's magazine photo shoot scandal. Cyrus tells Starpulse that Miley's positive attitude will help her rise above it.

"The thing you got to look at in life, whether you're an entertainer or whether you're a farmer . . . whatever you do in life, there's going to be peaks and valleys," he said. "I think one of the things my dad taught me and hopefully I instilled in Miley, is that when you get knocked down, you've got to get back up because it's not going to do any good to lie on the ground and cry about it. I think she has a lot to be proud of. I think the positive far outweighs the negative."

In a move she says she now realizes was a mistake, Miley was featured on the cover of Vanity Fair wearing nothing but a sheet covering the front of her body, with her bare back facing the camera. The teen superstar faced more scandal last month when provocative pictures of her in her underwear were leaked online.

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JOANNE

CORRECT MILEY WILL BOUNCE BACK BUT SHE NEEDS TO DO IT WITHOUT HER DAD....CUT THE MAN LOOSE TO PERSUE HIS "OWN" STUFF. I DONOT THINK THE GIRL CAN SING BUT SHE SEEMS TO B A GOOD PERFORMER (THAT MEANS SHOWMAN SHIP) FOR ALL U 12 YR OLDS.THE PIC. WERE IN GOOD TASTE BUT SHE WAS JUST TOO YOUNG MAYB AT 18 ALL WOULD OF GONE DIFFERENT

June 15 2008 at 10:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DMLady

Billy Ray and his whole fmaily need to get their facts straight. To criticize an award-winning photographer like Annie Liebowitz and to have the nerve to even call her a "paparazzi" is absurd. So who was there at the shoot, Billy? Your evil twin? It's time to stand up - both you AND your daughter, and take some responsibility for your own actoins. Did anyone put a gun to Miley's head and FORCE her to take those photographs? If you need some help recalling the day and the events, why don't you look to his site:
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/06/miley_slideshow200806


June 12 2008 at 6:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JimOD856

You people who are negative toward Miley suck. Nobody is perfect and maybe you should take a look at your own kids before you judge Billy Ray's daughter. It's not easy being famous,so lighten up.

June 11 2008 at 4:52 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
amber bjonesz

owwwwwwwwwww....
why do they put all this stuff on the internet these days?

June 10 2008 at 5:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tobacco

I think the pops. need to go get a life and leave the celebs. alone for a bit. Give them a break; they don’t appreciate you taking bad pics. of them or when they are trying to be on vacation to get away from ya’ll. They need to go play with themselves then get a fresh start on life. Go get a better job you ppl. your pissing me off with all of this. If I was a celebrity I would hire someone to at least tell them to grab the pics. you took of me and break all of their cameras and burn everything they took of other celebrities. I have 18 girl cousins who love Miley Cyrus. STOP with all of this crap about Miley and the celebs. making out, break-ups, dogs, etc.. Prob. more than half the world hate you guys for doing something like this. I can go on and on with something like this until I run out of room and imagine this I'm only 17 1/2.

June 10 2008 at 3:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mclillian mcthornmouth

I am from out in the country like her! i feel that us hillbillys should defend eachother's butts. so il say that she is a good king of gall! yall shouldnt mess with her!

June 10 2008 at 1:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
orchid

Big deal! We have other things to worry about instead of the pictures she takes. We should just leave her alone and forget about this.

June 10 2008 at 12:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
whatknot

hmm it is quite sad that this isn't a big deal to show off your body as a teenager because 12 year olds are doing it on myspace. You must be young. Where are the parents? If I caught my 10 year old doing that her computer would be in the street broken. It's time for parents to step up and be parents rather than friends. Girls put your clothes on and keep them on. Last time I check Paris Hilton and Britney are not known for their minds. Is that how you want to be thought as of? A harlot? I hope not...if so go to a workshop to build up your self esteem or check out some women's rights topics. What happened to I am woman here me roar now it's I am woman I am such a whore.

June 10 2008 at 9:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brianna

I never really liked Miley, but honestly those pictures were ridiculous, first of all at least she WAS wearing at lease 1 piece of clothing, like her sheet, underwear, bra and all that. Vannessa didn't wear anything, it was complete nude and did they kick her out? uh no, and no 1 went berserk like right now. Everyone just dropped her topic, of being completely nude with absoultley nothing on, but they cant forget about a younger girl who HAD at least something on. We're humans, obviously we all do, or already make big mistakes that we cant turn back on, if you were her i think you'd want everyone to drop the topic and forget about it. Its embarrassing for her and the public is just making it worse. You dont need to ridicule her, her parents can punish her that way or whatever. So yea, mainly it's plain ridiculous of how everyone is OVERREACTING.

June 10 2008 at 8:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chelsea

Everybody needs to chill.. Miley keep ur head up cause ur beautiful and everyone is just jealous of your success! Everybody needs to stop hating! You are a very taalented young lady who will go far in life!

xoxo

June 09 2008 at 8:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply