Scandalous, vulgar, raunchy, over-board and definitely NOT suitable for children — these are just some of the simple words that embody former Disney child star Miley Cyrus’s R-Rated performance at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) over the weekend.
What was she thinking? Weren’t her parents watching? Well, even if they were, her father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus seems to be totally oblivious. Or maybe because it was daddy’s 52nd birthday that day, he wasn’t ready to ground her.
“Thanking God for so many blessings tonight,” he tweeted in the hours after the VMAs, according to the Guardian. “Continue to pray for world peace. More love…less hate.” But the 52-year-old later explained that he wasn’t referring to Miley’s performance — he was talking about Syrian war crimes. “FYI … late last night, I was watching devastating news out of Syria. Chemical weapons used on innocent children is unacceptable!”
However, an organisation backed by Billy Ray has criticised Miley’s tongue-waggling performance, but chose to not mention Billy Ray anywhere. The Parents Television Council has accused MTV of “falsely manipulating the content rating” for their programme, encouraging children to watch “adults-only material” such as Cyrus’s twerking routine with singer Robin Thicke.
“MTV continues to sexually exploit young women by promoting acts that incorporate ‘twerking’ in a nude-coloured bikini. How is this image of former child star Miley Cyrus appropriate for 14-year-olds?,” it said in a statement.
Miley, a little overboard?
Taylor Swift for one, definitely was not ready for all of Miley’s jelly. During the entire over-sexualised show, cameras caught her in states of disbelief, at one point even snatching a friend’s drink to wash down her befuddlement, according to hollywoodlife.com. Drake kept his head down, perhaps unable to watch the insanity that was happening in front of him. And when the camera panned over to Rihanna and Harry Styles, both singers’ faces were glazed over as if to say, “Um, what?”
Real World: San Diego star Ashley Marie tweeted, “The faces of everyone during this Miley Cyrus performance are epic. I think people are actually frightened.”
But Miley had her fair share of critics. “Just saw a couple performances from the VMAs last night. Two words…. #pitchystrippers,” Kelly Clarkson tweeted. One Direction’s Liam Payne chimed in too, “My thought was that it was very nice. It was a nice performance. It was cute… timid.”
“Say what you want about Miley Cyrus, but she is very disgusting,” comedian Josh Malina tweeted.
Some viewers took to Twitter to express their disgust after watching the performance on television.
One person, according to mirror.co.uk, wrote, “Miley Cyrus completely embarrassing herself at the #VMA awards. Jesus have some self respect, there’s [something] called being sexy, than just darn ugly.”
Another tweeter added, “I really want to go to sleep but I’m really worried Miley Cyrus might be hiding in my closet.” And another person simply wrote, “Miley Cyrus that was disturbing.”
However, Miley still hasn’t said a word about the controversy she seems to have clearly sparked!
Published in The Express Tribune, August 29th, 2013.
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