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Billy Ray not amused by Foxx’s Miley jokes

‘If I said those things about his daughter he might not find it so comedic’

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Billy Ray Cyrus says Jamie Foxx's comments about his daughter, Miley, were "hurtful."
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April 15: Comedian Jamie Foxx has apologized to Miley Cyrus after making crude comments about her on his radio show, admitting he may have gone too far. MSNBC's Monica Novotny reports.

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updated 9:51 a.m. ET April 16, 2009

LOS ANGELES - Billy Ray Cyrus is responding to the harsh comments actor/comedian Jamie Foxx made about his daughter Miley Cyrus over the weekend.

“It was hurtful, there wasn’t nothing funny about it,” Billy Ray told Bonnie Hunt during an appearance on “The Bonnie Hunt Show,” which taped Wednesday and airs on Thursday.

“And quite frankly, I think if I said those things about his daughter he might not find it so comedic,” Bill Ray added.

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Over the weekend, Foxx said Miley should, “make a sex tape and grow up,” during his Sirius satellite radio show.

The actor was also reportedly heard saying: “Who is Miley Cyrus? The one with all the gums? She need to get a gum transplant!”

On Tuesday, “The Soloist” actor apologized to Miley during his appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” saying, “I so apologize to (Miley), and this is sincere. I am a comedian, and you guys know that whatever I say, I don’t mean any of it. And sometimes, as comedians, as we do, we go a little bit too far.”

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