Then click here to check her out on Jimmy Kimmel this week talking about it now that she’s a superstar.

“It scares me, that’s why. It feels contrived on so many levels.  Unless you’re wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots and singing and whining about your girlfriend or boyfriend leaving you it’s not going to sell.”

Whoa.  Then there’s this:  “I think that’s why my dad finally got out of it.  You have to wear those cowboy boots and be sweet as pie.  It makes me nervous, the politics of it all.”

OK.  There’s lots to discuss here.  But mainly, I’m surprised to hear that Billy Ray Cyrus “finally got out of” country.  Last time I checked, Billy Ray was still making country music and releasing it to country radio.  The problem was that his more recent songs just weren’t clicking enough with fans to become hits.  Now don’t get me wrong, we love Billy Ray.  Super nice guy, and we wish him well.  But I’m just wondering why his daughter thinks he’s “gotten out” of country.

Yes. Kissing the same guy, that is.  The dude who starred in Miley Cyrus’ movie and in Taylor Swift’s video for “You Belong With Me.”  His name is Lucas Till, and a while back I reported that there was some speculation about him and Taylor.  Turns out it was true, if you believe Lucas himself.  He says they dated for a little bit but there was “no friction,” meaning they got along too well and were more like friends.  Since he also dated Miley while working on her movie, he was asked the inevitable question about who was the better kisser, and he voted for Taylor.  So that’s literally “kissing and telling.”  I wonder if Taylor will write a song about him to get even!