Bill O'Reilly: Dad Turned Miley Cyrus Into a "Sex Symbol" at Age of 15
US Magazine - 29th Apr 2008
Miley Cyrus:
Bill O'Reilly blames
Billy Ray Cyrus for daughter Mile's Vanity Fair topless photo scandal.
On Monday's
O'Reilly Factor, he said the country singer had been "canny" about keeping his 15-year-old daughter (who earned $18.2 million last year) out of scandal.
"Then they go into Vanity Fair — which is not her audience at all," he said. "He puts her into a situation where she becomes, at 15, a sex symbol.
"Middle America,"
O'Reilly added, "they don't like this."
Though
O'Reilly said he thinks "Miley is a nice girl," she made "a bad decision."
His suggestion? "She should do
Oprah and say, 'We made a mistake, here's why and it won't happen again,'"
O'Reilly advised.
O'Reilly had previously called for a conference to discuss photos of a lingerie-clad
Miley that had recently hit the Internet.
On Monday, Michele Combs, a spokesperson for the Christian Coalition of America, told Usmagazine.com that Disney should reprimand the Hannah Montana singer.
"If she's gonna go out there and represent wholesome values, she needs to be more accountable for her actions," Combs said.
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Video: Miley Cyrus - Vanity Fair shoot
Miley Cyrus and her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, are photographed by Annie Leibovitz.
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Item! Have you ever noticed that you never see Miley Cyrus and Hanna Montana in the same room at the same time? (She's kind of like Superman and Peter Parker in that way.)
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These are actually pretty tame compared to the last ones, but I’m sure dad Billy Ray Cyrus won’t be too pleased to see these Miley Cyrus pictures making the rounds.
Miley Cyrus seems determined to show some skin, and she has to know by now that pictures like these are going to get out. Could be a calculated move? Every Disney star has to eventually shift their image, or risk being irrelevant when they get older. Might be a smart move. Or maybe she’s just a skank, I don’t know.
More pics at the
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"Leave Miley Cyrus alone," O'Donnell says in a video posted Monday night. "Disney [is] making her apologize. Ay yi yi."
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Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus on the Cover of "Cowboys and Indians" magazine
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Nice pic, but what could possibly be covered in "Cowboys and Indians" magazine? Looks like the top stories in the April issue, at least, covers collecting antique spurs, Arizona's Hidden Meadow Ranch and the "cowboy artist" E. W. Gollings.
Sounds like a must-read issue!
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On Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Tuesday morning, the Idol host brought up reports claiming that the two young stars met Grammy weekend and traded numbers, but that Billy Ray went through Miley's phone and erased Lindsay's digits.
Billy Ray's response: Not true. "We love Lindsay," he said.
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When Annie Leibovitz's picture of child star Miley Cyrus appeared in Vanity Fair her tween fans - and their parents - went ballistic. The naked back, the satin sheet, the damp hair ... how dare the innocent heroine of the hit series Hannah Montana look so provocative?
Germaine Greer dissects the image itself, and we look at the people behind it: the photographer, Annie Leibovitz, and Disney, which markets the billion-dollar actor.
Follow the link for the in-depth analysis.
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Jennifer Aniston will make a special appearance on the season finale of Oprah Winfrey's ABC reality hit Big Give.
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Miley Cyrus performing on American Idol Gives Back with "See You Again".
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Video: Kathie Lee discusses Miley's latest sexy pics
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