Tish Cyrus Pushed Billy Ray to Star in ‘Hannah Montana’ For Sake of Family

Tish Cyrus says she inspired her ex, Billy Ray Cyrus, to star in “Hannah Montana” ‘trigger she thought it could deliver them collectively — a hope we now know did not pan out in the long term.

The 56-year-old mirrored on how the Disney Channel collection impacted their household on a brand new “Call Her Daddy” episode, saying she noticed the present as a double whammy … an opportunity to transfer Billy’s profession ahead — it had hit a wall after his 1992 hit “Achy Breaky Heart” — and an opportunity to make them a powerful household unit.

Tish defined {that a} lightbulb went off in her head when ‘Hannah’ casting administrators joked they “couldn’t afford” Billy for the present throughout Miley’s audition … prompting her to bounce in and inform them the concept wasn’t too far-fetched.

She then turned to Billy, urging him to audition, and whereas she knew it could be a pay minimize for him, it meant their household could be collectively once more.

At that point, the entire Cyrus household, together with their 5 youngsters, had been residing in Toronto, the place Billy was filming one other present — and Tish was stressing over the thought of continually touring forwards and backwards between Canada and L.A. for Miley’s new starring function — so getting Billy on the collection was a golden alternative.

Tish’s reflection on “Hannah Montana” clearly seems to be extra on the “what could have been” scale, however Billy Ray remembers it a lot otherwise … telling GQ in 2011, the present “destroyed my family.”