Miley Cyrus: Whaddya Gonna Do, Fire Me?
Things are far from rosy in Hannah Montanaland. In what seems to be the personification of the phrase, “biting the hand that feeds you,” rumor has it that Miley Cyrus and dad Billy Ray are doing everything they can to get Miley fired from her hit Disney show:
Our spies on the set tell us Miley has bragged that she will get fired, making it clear she wants to focus on singing and not the show. For his part, Billy Ray has also made it clear that there is more money in singing than a Disney cable show. As a result, the father-daughter team has been showing up to the set ridiculously late, stalling production and infuriating cast and crew. [...]
Sources tell us Billy Ray has told people on the set that he and Miley will do 12 more episodes and then they are out. Disney was so pissed they called his agent, railing that Billy Ray and Miley were ingrates. Disney insisted that Billy Ray and Miley not only finish the 24 episode season — but Disney was adding six more episodes.
Real mature. Looks like my local Wal-Mart will soon be full of crying prepubescents, weeping as the employees tear down the tired old Hannah Montana displays and put the merchandise in boxes to ship off to Big Lots. With any luck, that is. If they start playing Best Of Both Worlds on the televisions in there again this Christmas season, I may be forced to beat one to death with a curtain rod. I don’t know which is worse…her singing spots or the Fruit Of The Loom ads that are in constant rotation during the holidays. But I digress.
On this week’s very special episode of Hannah Montana, we see if pouting and a tantrum gets you what you want!
She issued a statement, which is your basic deny, deny, deny:
“I am fully committed to Hannah Montana. It’s what gave me this amazing opportunity to reach out to so many people,” Cyrus tells PEOPLE, adding, “I couldn’t do it alone. We have an amazing cast that is so supportive, including my dad who has been there for me every step of the way.”
Of course, Miley has indicated previous to this that she’s kind of over the whole Hannah Montana gig anyway, so I can totally understand she and her father acting like a couple of spoiled brats who want their own way:
To the dismay of her young fans, the 15-year-old star has signalled that the next season is probably the last.
Cyrus has been playing her pop star alter ego since the age of 11 and is keen to take her career in a more mature direction.
“We’re thinking this is our last season,” the teenager told E! News, explaining that working on the show has been tiring: “I just think we did a lot of episodes. We basically did two seasons in one season last year. Usually people would do one season that would be 16 episodes, and we did almost 30 episodes.”
Disney could not confirm or deny whether the show will end after this series. “We start production on the third series of Hannah Montana on August 4 and have an option for a fourth season beyond that. We look forward to the Hannah Montana feature film coming to a theatre near you in spring 2009,” a spokesman said.
A little side road here…in the same article, she tells of some rules her mother laid down for her concerning dating:
Her ideal man would be “a 16-year-old version of [Coldplay's Chris Martin]” – her mother does not allow her to date anyone over the age of 17.
“It’s seventeen, tops. Eighteen is just a little too old. It’s kind of illegal,” Cyrus conceded. [emphasis mine]
Reeeeeally now.
The date on this article was July 28, 2008, barely two months ago. Yet, just this month she was snapped coming out of church with a 20-year-old underwear model named Justin Gaston, who also happened to be on her daddy’s television show Nashville Star. Forget trying to win a competition…just ”make friends” [wink wink] with a famous guy’s daughter.
On Sunday, Justin Gaston, a model and aspiring country singer, attended church in Pasadena, Calif., with the Hannah Montana star and her family. Later that night, he hit Disney’s Concert for Hope where Cyrus performed with the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato.
According to Cyrus’s rep, Gaston, 20, is “a friend from Nashville.” He met Cyrus, 15, earlier this year when he was a contestant on Nashville Star, hosted by her father, Billy Ray. Adds Gaston’s rep, Allen Osborne, “He’s visiting L.A. for the week.”
A source close to Miley says, “They’ve been spending a lot of time together while he’s in town.”
Miley’s 16th birthday isn’t until November 23.
My guess is that little Miley is growing up now, and doesn’t want to be associated with a kiddie network any longer. It’s worked thus far for the stars of HSM, but not for Miley…she’s got bigger fish to fry!
To be non-snarky for a minute, I think Billy Ray and his wife Tish need to worry less about how much money Miley can bring in, and a lot more about what she does in her spare time with cameras, cell phones, and email accounts…not to mention what professional photographers can do to her. But then again, perhaps they can’t see the forest for the dollar signs.
Of course, it’s all just rumors and hearsay and I’m sure absolutely not one iota of it is true. Oh no. But I can dream, can’t I? In a world without Hannah Montana, how long will it be until the next teen poptart comes along? Everybody is replaceable.
I wonder if she knows Jamie Lynn Spears?
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I hope she won’t leave because i still enjoy watching Hannah Montana very much.
Comment by Favourite TV Program — September 23, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
Uh, you geniouses in the blogosphere do know that the company that produces the TV show she is supposedly trying to get fired from, also produces the music career she is trying to get fired from her show to pursue, right? If she were to piss the company off by doing that, she would be as dumb as some of you who believe this “story”.
Comment by jackleg — September 23, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
And, of course, Disney is the only recording company in the world. How could I forget that?
Comment by k — September 23, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
not to be rude or anything but if she does leave(p.s. i do love her show)i’ll take her spot i’m trying to become an actress on disney science i was 8 now im 15.
Comment by tasha — September 25, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
my bad haha(since) i cant spell today
Comment by tasha — September 25, 2008 @ 4:52 pm