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"Billy Ray Cyrus defends his daughter Miley, then 16, for giving director Adam Shankman, 44, a sexy lap dance at the wrap party for The Last Song.&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s what people her age do,&amp;quot; Billy, 48, told TMZ.com. He says his daughter was just &amp;quot;having fun&amp;quot; when she was grinding against Shankman.\r\nPHOTOS: Child stars who grew up fastIt&amp;apos;s not the first time Billy has blown off his daughter&amp;apos;s questionable behavior. On Monday, Miley told MTV News that her dad &amp;quot;loves&amp;quot; her racy new music video for &amp;quot;Can&amp;apos;t Be Tamed,&amp;quot; in which she wears skimpy corsets and dances sexily with guys and girls.\r\nPHOTOS: Miley and her siblings&amp;quot;They were so proud of the treatment that I came up for it,&amp;quot; Miley added.After Miley pole danced at the Teen Choice Awards in 2009, Billy Ray said, &amp;quot;I just think that Miley loves entertaining people... I give my kids a lot of freedom to make the art they wanna make, and make it in their own voice. I think it&amp;apos;s important.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Relive Miley&amp;apos;s biggest scandalsBilly Ray and Miley&amp;apos;s mom, Tish, were also on the set of a 2008 Vanity Fair shoot in which the then 15-year-old posed topless with just a satin sheet wrapped around her."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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