Washington
(ANI):
Hannah
Montana
star
Miley
Cyrus
almost
came
close
to
calling
it
quits
from
show
biz
because
of
the
hue
and
cry
caused
by
her
provocative
Vanity
Fair
photos.
Anna
Maria
Perez
De
Tagle,
a
pal
and
Hannah
Montana
co-star
of
Cyrus,
revealed
the
news.
De
Tagle,
who
plays
as
Cyrus'
sidekick
Ashley
on
the
hit
kids
TV
show,
admitted
that
she
has
had
to
boost
her
friend"s
morale
during
several
phone
calls,
as
she
has
been
feeling
a
little
down
of
late.
There
was
such
a
big
fuss
about
the
picture,
which
appeared
in
Vanity
Fair,
showing
a
topless
Cyrus,
wrapped
only
in
a
bed
sheet
on,
that
the
15-year-old
actress
was
forced
to
apologize
for
upsetting
family
groups
and
parents
across
America.
According
to
Perez
de
Tagle,
the
whole
controversy
has
been
tough
on
her
friend.
"Sometimes
I'll
talk
to
her
on
the
phone
and
she'll
be
like,
'It's
really
hard'
or
'I'm
really
tired.
I
can't
do
this'," Contactmusic
quoted
her
as
saying.
"I'll
always
say,
'You
do
want
to
do
this.
You
love
your
job.
It
(photo
scandal)
really
hurt
her.
She
didn't
know
that
people
would
look
at
it
like
that,"
she
added.