Pop star Miley Cyrus addresses rumours of a feud between her and Billy Ray Cyrus and sheds light on her relationship with her famous father. Miley Cyrus insisted she has “a lot of love” for her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, and they are not estranged. The Flowers hitmaker and her siblings have appeared to have divided loyalties with their parents since they divorced two years ago, but the 31-year-old singer has dismissed suggestions of a rift and explained she simply has different relationships with the country crooner and her mum, Tish.
During an appearance on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, Miley was asked about her relationship with her parents, with the host pondering: “Is it unlikely that both parents would share an equal role going through your life — where it’s always going to be one or the other is closer as things evolve?” She replied: “It’s really just not the closeness. I think it’s the capacity in which my mom was raised by a completely intact, beautiful family. Actually, my mom was adopted so my mom was chosen.
“Her parents couldn’t have children so they wanted her more than anything in the world. So my mom came into this world being wanted and being loved and being given the most beautiful life. My grandmother spoiled not only her, but me completely rotten.
My dad didn’t have that. “The way my dad was raised, he grew up very poor in a very small town. His parents were divorced when he was very young.
“My dad had a.