The Race for The Worst Dad of 2010 Has A New Frontrunner - Billy Ray Cyrus

I see your Stephen Baldwin, Whit, and I raise you one former mulleted pop-country one-hit wonder turned juvenile flesh peddler.

 

You probably know more than you want to know about Billy Ray's daughter Miley, she of the Teen Choice Awards Pole Dance  and the Vanity Fair photo shoot that would have made John Phillips green with envy. But did you know that Miley has a younger sister? She does! And her name is Noah. And being a nine-year-old girl named after a Biblical zookeeper will, I think, be way down on the list of issues she'll eventually be discussing with her psychotherapist. At the top of that list: she's launching what critics are calling a line of lingerie for pre-tweens. Mull that over for a second while I vomit into this trash can.

So what kind of dad encourages - sorry, actively participates in a photo shoot of his half-naked daughter and preps his younger daughter to be Travis Bickle's next object of affection? A God-fearin' one, apparently. In this interview, Billy Ray reflects on what it takes to raise kids in decadent Hollywood:

“I think as long as she looks for the light, she will find the light—she will be the light,” he says. “This town has a keen way of surrounding you with darkness, but you can be a light. You only have to try. If you reach out and try, God will help you.”

UPDATE: As this post went to press, we received word that Billy Ray Cyrus was struck and burned to ashes by a seemingly random bolt of lightning.