Marie Osmond: Billy Ray to Blame for Miley Photos
May 9th, 2008 by admin in Celebrity, Miley Cyrus, Marie Osmond
Like most everyone else, Marie Osmond has an opinion of the Miley Cyrus photos for Vanity Fair. And it’s not positive.
What particularly upsets the entertainer (who is herself a mother), is that such an experienced showbiz parent as Miley’s dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, would leave his 15-year-old alone during a photo shoot.
“My parents never, never left us alone,” Osmond, 48, tells AOL Television. “We always had some form of a guardian or something with us, a guardian that would represent what they would have done.”
In Miley’s case, says Osmond, “her dad stepped out, and that’s when it happened. How do you say no to somebody like Annie [Leibovitz, the photographer] when you’re a little girl? It’s an interesting thing that happened with her.”
In actuality, Miley’s grandmother and teacher remained with the photo subject, as Billy Ray was called away to a business appointment, a source close to the family told PEOPLE – adding: “Billy Ray was not there for the shot. He would not have approved that shot if he was.”
Once the photos became public, Miley Cyrus apologized to fans, while Leibovitz said she was sorry the photos were misinterpreted.
