Miley Cyrus has had her share of ups and downs, and like all parents, father Billy Ray Cyrus said in a recent interview with E! News that he'll always support his daughter, come what may.
Billy Ray also revealed that he's currently very happy with the way things are between him and his daughter, and he likes being her father as well as her friend.
"I like right now just being her daddy and her friend. I like where our relationship is at right now," Billy Ray said. "I'm very proud of her." The "Achy Breaky Heart" singer was briefly estranged from Miley in 2011. "I'm scared for her," he said. "She's got a lot of people around her that's putting her in a great deal of danger."
After her stint in Disney's "Hanna Montana", Miley went through a drastic transformation, with her new pixie hairstyle, her Twitter activities and her engagement to Liam Hemsworth.
"There's two sides to the sword, and fame is a very dangerous thing," Billy Ray said. "So you handle it with respect and caution, step by step, day by day. Knowing that, for me, I had a friend to talk to-he was called my dad-and that's what I try to be for Miley."
In his new book "Hillbilly Heart", USA Today reports that the singer has left the topic of Miley's marriage to Hemsworth as an open-ended case, in case things between the two don't work out after the book is released.
"I didn't know the answer," Billy Ray recently told ABC News, of whether or not his daughter will make it down the aisle. "They're young. They're kids. The great news is, they're great friends. They're really, really good friends. If you end up getting married, that's your business too, you know?"
