Miley Cyrus explains how her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, got the role in Hannah Montana.
Speaking to Variety for its latest edition, the 33-year-old star said that his father, who played Billy Ray Stewart on the show, was great at the audition.
“He goes out into the parking lot, grabs other dads, brings them to Disney and is like, ‘You should hire this guy! He’s a great actor!’ Miley remembered.
“And my mom was behind him, pressing his back, saying, ‘Shut up! We need you to get the role so we can all get out of here!’ “
“My dad always says, ‘When you beat ’em, you don’t need a judge.’ We threw them out,” he added.
“After all the other dads, it was so clear that you can’t pretend to have the kind of relationship that we have. The inside jokes, the nicknames, the handshakes, singing songs together. It was a TKO.”
“My parents didn’t need to be famous to survive or be stable,” she explained.
“What happens with a lot of these kids is that their parents want it more than them, or the kids become responsible for the entire income of the family. It was never my job. Any money I made went into my bank account because my parents were nice.”
