Billy Ray Cyrus: ‘That’s Still My Miley’ Honestly, what did you expect him to say? During an interview with Piers Morgan (who's apparently a huge Miley fan, btw), Billy Ray Cyrus did his best to put a positive spin on his daughter and her twerking, naked ways. "She's an artist. She's real. I think that what's happened over the years, Miley has been reinventing her sound. She's evolving as an artist herself. I think that it's all of what everyone is calling controversy now