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 will 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 sequence impacted their household on a brand new “Call Her Daddy” episode, saying she noticed the present as a double whammy … an opportunity to maneuver Billy’s profession ahead — it had hit a wall after his 1992 hit “Achy Breaky Heart” — and an opportunity to make them a robust 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 leap 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 will be a pay minimize for him, it meant their household can be collectively once more.

At the moment, the entire Cyrus household, together with their 5 kids, had been dwelling in Toronto, the place Billy was filming one other present — and Tish was stressing over the considered consistently touring backwards and forwards between Canada and L.A. for Miley’s new starring position — so getting Billy on the sequence 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 in another way … telling GQ in 2011, the present “destroyed my family.”