Over the last few months, barely a day goes by without new, inappropriate candid photos of teen star Miley Cyrus leaking on the Internet. Miley making out with a boy. Miley in the shower posing in a wet T-shirt. Miley and a friend making a video making fun of two other Disney proteges. The big question is, why in the world would Disney’s darling act out so inappropriately when her entire career as America’s Sweetheart is at stake? Well, a recent story at E! Online may hold the answer. Miley herself told E! News’ Marc Malkin that she thought this was the final season of the top-rated Hannah Montana TV show. When Malkin reported this, Disney was quick to respond, saying that not only is Cyrus shooting a Hannah Montana movie at present, she’s also shooting the third season of the TV show and has signed on for a fourth.

Miley Cyrus may be getting ready to say goodbye to Hannah Montana. Or at least she’s thinking about it.

The 15-year-old superstar feels the time may be right for her hit Disney Channel series to come to an end.

“We’re thinking this is our last season,” Cyrus tells me.

Update: Just heard back from a Disney rep regarding Miley Cyrus and talk about the end of Hannah Montana.

“Miley said it best when she said she’s delighted to be part of the Disney family,” the rep wrote in an email. “We start production on the third season of Hannah Montana on August 4 and have an option for a fourth season beyond that. We look forward to the Hannah Montana feature film coming to a theatre near you in Spring 2009.”

[From E! Online]

Could it be that Miley wants out of her Disney contract, just like Hillary Duff before her? Of course, when Hillary Duff wanted out of her contract for the hit show Lizzie McGuire, she just smiled and played along, waiting patiently for it to run out, and then didn’t renew. Miley, 15, doesn’t seem to want to wait that long. Perhaps all these antics have a purpose- to piss off Disney enough that they’ll fire her. We’ll have to wait and see.

Miley Cyrus is shown with her mom on 7/26/08 in Beverly Hills after spending six hours at the salon getting new extensions put in. Credit: Fame. She is also shown on 7/27/08 getting frozen yogurt. Credit: Splash News