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    Hollywood Breakdown

    Miley Cyrus's Father's Controversial GQ Interview

    John and Kim discuss the GQ article in which Billy Ray Cyrus says the Hannah Montana show ruined his family and laments his relationship with his daughter, Miley Cyrus.

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    By Kim Masters • Feb 18, 2011 • 2m Listen

    John and Kim discuss the GQ article in which Billy Ray Cyrus says the Hannah Montana show ruined his family and laments his relationship with his daughter, Miley Cyrus. It's a look at the stage parent run amok turning on the Hollywood system that kept his own fame alive.

    Link: Mr. Hannah Montana's Achy Broken Heart (gq.com, March 2011)

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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