RSSMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: The Trouble With Miley
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Miley Cyrus is taking issue with a photo of herself that’s going around, and it’s not another amateur, truth-or-dare Internet snapshot — it’s the handiwork of Annie Leibovitz. “I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be ‘artistic’ and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed,” Cyrus said Sunday in a statement through her publicist. “I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about.”
The photos, appearing in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, were taken by Leibovitz, a renowned celebrity photographer whose edgy, silver-toned portraits have included subjects such as Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson and a naked, pregnant Demi Moore. The Cyrus pictures accompany an
interview with the 15-year-old pop star and her father, singer Billy Ray Cyrus. They include shots of the teen wrapped in what appears to be a satin bedsheet, looking over her shoulder with her back exposed.
The Disney Channel, which airs Cyrus’ TV show “Hannah Montana,” was also critical of Vanity Fair. “Unfortunately, as the article suggests, a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines,” a network statement said. A phone message left for a Vanity Fair representative was not immediately returned Sunday night. But in a statement to the TV show “Entertainment Tonight,” Vanity Fair defended its position. “Miley’s parents and/or minders were on the set all day,” the magazine said. “Since the photo was taken digitally, they saw it on the shoot and everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley.”
In a caption released by Vanity Fair with the photo last week, Cyrus expressed her comfort with how the apparently topless picture turned out.”I think it’s really artsy,” she told the magazine at the time. “It wasn’t in a skanky way. Annie took, like, a beautiful shot, and I thought that was really cool. That’s what she wanted me to do, and you can’t say no to Annie.” MORE
February 26th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
what did you do miley? you wanna be a slut? i thought you wouldn’t do those kind of things. i am your number #1 fan. but now that you’ve done this you’ve lost millions of fans. if you see my face you’ll remember me because i had a backstage pass to one of your concerts and we meet. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CHANGE!!!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
jerry who cares what she does the picyures are not that bad if they were I would hate her so I think you should just leae her alone
August 31st, 2009 at 1:23 pm
her…it’s her life…she can do whatever she wants?…or is she obligated to do what people.so what if she did some photos?..u can see she is very sexy…what is your problem,…it is her personal life…..and if u didn’t understood IS HER PERSONAL LIFE WTF PEOPLE?
August 31st, 2009 at 1:23 pm
she looks really fine for 15 years……so just leave her alone….
January 5th, 2010 at 3:12 am
you know, who is looking out for kids now a days…every guy drools over women and there used be some agreement about over 18, but now, guys atr drooling over a 15 year old… people, are we that sad of a society where we are telling our kids its ok to be slutty? watch and compare the opening to LETHAL WEAPON, 1987, to today’s society and you will see how perverted of a society today we became…
hot is not everything…you guys better start doing the math on how drugs and pervertedness has taken control…it has been FULLY documented and is FACT that during Bill Clinton’s tenure, our culture has changed into a swinger perverted culture…and most Americans have “overhauled” their need for morality, confining it to “personal life”
and thus we killed the “role model”. take some sociology and mathematics, then sit back and see what i see…
January 12th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
you know many little girl love him it’s a great example !
February 15th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Miley Cyrus use to be my role model but now I cant stand her. I dont think she is a good person, think about all the children (like me) that saw these pictures. All I have to say about this is: MILEY CYRUS GET A LIFE!!!!!