Miley Cyrus Emotionally Opens Up About Strained Relationship with Father Billy Ray

Pop super­star Miley Cyrus got vis­i­bly emo­tion­al dis­cussing the rocky rela­tion­ship with her father Bil­ly Ray dur­ing a raw new inter­view. The singer turned heads as a Dis­ney star along­side Bil­ly Ray on Han­nah Mon­tana, but their bond has been tested.

While pro­mot­ing her new sin­gle “Used To Be Young,” Miley reflect­ed on how their vast­ly dif­fer­ent child­hoods and expe­ri­ences with fame affect­ed them. Grow­ing up in the spot­light, Miley says she always felt emo­tion­al­ly sup­port­ed and finan­cial­ly sta­ble at home — lux­u­ries Bil­ly Ray lacked as a young person.

Miley expressed how the rush of suc­cess and ado­ra­tion from fans emo­tion­al­ly impact­ed her father more deeply. “When he feels spe­cial or impor­tant, it’s like heal­ing a child­hood wound,” she said tearfully.

For Bil­ly Ray, the val­i­da­tion from audi­ences filled a void, where­as Miley was con­di­tioned to han­dle star­dom from a young age. The war vet­er­an turned artist con­tin­ues to face per­son­al strug­gles as his career sky­rock­et­ed thanks to his daugh­ter’s fame.

As rumors have swirled about a grow­ing fam­i­ly rift since Bil­ly Ray’s quick engage­ment after his divorce, Miley vis­i­bly fought back tears speak­ing so can­did­ly about their dif­fer­ing rela­tion­ships with fame. It’s clear unre­solved issues still linger between the one-time TV dad-daugh­ter duo.

By vul­ner­a­bly open­ing up about their chal­leng­ing dynam­ic, Miley offered rare insight into how star­dom strained even the clos­est of celebri­ty fam­i­ly bonds behind the scenes.