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. Continued on the next page
