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Billy Ray Cyrus has no problem with the fact that his daughter dances around and dresses like a stripper.

After all, it’s all in the name of entertainment!

“You know what? I just think that Miley loves entertaining people,” Billy Ray told Access Hollywood when asked this week about his daughter’s pole dance at the Teen Choice Awards. “She loves singing [and] songwriting.”

Hmmm, we guess this means other young artists that actually dress appropriately for their age – such as Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato – must hate entertaining, singing and songwriting.

Overall, Billy Ray said he teaches his kids to dance to the beat of their own drummer; or to strip in the name of their own ego, as the case may be here.

“I always tell her to love what you’re doing and stay focused for the love of the art and not worry so much about opinion,” he said.

Ah yes. Because that’s exactly what Miley Cyrus is all about: art.

Do you think her pole dance – which can be seen in its entirety HERE – was inappropriate?