In a rambling, revealing interview with GQ, Billy Ray Cyrus says that Hannah Montana, the Disney TV show that made his daughter Miley famous, "destroyed my family. . . . [T]he damn show destroyed my family." He adds, "I'd erase it all in a second if I could." Cyrus and wife Tish are in the process of getting a divorce after 17 years of marriage.

The Cyrus family, including Miley, have been outspoken about their Christian faith in recent years, but Billy Ray says that recent incidents have shaken his – and Miley's – faith, and that his family has been under spiritual attack.

"Somewhere along this journey," Billy Ray told GQ, "both mine and Miley's faith has been shaken. That saddens me the most." GQ noted that the entire Cyrus family had been baptized together before moving from Franklin, Tenn., to Los Angeles. Billy Ray says the baptism "was Tish's idea. She said, 'We're going to be under attack, and we have to be strong in our faith and we're all going to be baptized...'" He says he has ...

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