Turns out Billy Ray Cyrus isn't a fan anymore of "Hannah Montana," his daughter Miley's wildly popular Disney Channel show.
"I'll tell you right now -- that damn show destroyed my family," the country singer says in the March issue of GQ magazine. "I hate to say it, but yes, I [wish the show never happened]. For my family to be here and just everybody OK, safe and sound and happy and normal, would have been fantastic. I'd erase it all in a second if I could."
Cyrus accuses Miley's handlers of damaging their relationship and said he was tired of being used by them.
"Every time something happened in Miley's career, every time the train went off the track -- Vanity Fair, pole dancing, whatever scandal it was -- her people [would] put me [out there]. ‘Somebody's shooting at Miley! Put the old man up there!' Well, I took it, because I'm her daddy and that's what daddies do. ‘OK, nail me to the cross.'"
Cyrus said he hasn't spoken to his 18-year-old daughter since her bong video surfaced last December. He also claims he did not profit from his daughter's success.
"For the record, to set it straight, I want to tell you: I've never made a dime off of Miley," he told GQ. "You got a lot of people have made percentages off of her. I'm proud to say to this day I've never made one commissioned dollar, or dime, off of my daughter."
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