[Brookhaven]

I don’t understand jumping on the guy.

He made mistakes (some pretty big ones by his account).
He realizes now he made mistakes, and has learned a hard lesson.
He is admitting to the world he made mistakes.

I rarely pull out the “throw the first stone” line from the Bible, as it is almost always misused as an excuse to condone the continuation of bad behavior. But that isn’t the case here. He is saying he regrets what he has done, and want to change things.

To paraprahse: Let he who has displayed perfect parenting skills throw the first stone.

[Politicalmom]

Um. He was perfectly fine with his young daughter POLE DANCING on stage and shooting borderline-porn pics. You shouldn’t need ANY “parenting skills” to know those are BAD, BAD things.

[SaraJohnson]

I agree with you. At least he has seen the light and is speaking up and trying to protect his daughter now. Thank God for that!

[Sopater]

He is admitting to the world he made mistakes.

I misunderstood. I thought he was admitting to the world that her handlers made mistakes and that both he and his daughter are the victims.

[exhaustedmomma]

from the article:

Talking about Miley's 18th birthday party at LA bar Trousdale, Cyrus said: "You know why I didn't go? Because they were having it in a bar. It was wrong. It was for 21 years old and up ... all them people, they all wanted me to fly out so that then when all the bad press came they could say, 'Daddy endorsed this stuff.' I started realizing I'm being used."
Then photos surfaced of Miley smoking the legal herb salvia from a bong. Cyrus, who gave the interview to GQ's Chris Heath five days after the photos emerged, said he had not spoken to Miley since, but confronted one of her handlers: "They told me it was none of my business."

I agree, he seems to be taking a stand. So, in that I can and will pray for him and his family. In fact, that is my duty.

[packrat35]

I am jumping on him cause instead of admitting his own fault, he is blaming Disney. He was there on the show with her. Its not Disney’s fault.

[RitaOK]

He is saying he regrets what he has done, and want to change things.” ______________________________________

Note the self serving timeline he uses to address his profound “regret”. Miley turns 18. His ride on her dime now ends. He is a disaster trying to now redeem his credibility as a father, and resurrect his diminishing career. It’s all he has since blowing up his family.