While Miley Cyrus is on the cover of the latest issue of TV Guide Magazine promoting her new album and new movie--as well as virginity and the fact that God is one of the seven things she can't do without--I can't say it's been a great week for Miley in the press.
Though the Vanity Fair photo shoot scandal has died down somewhat, photos of Miley in a wet t-shirt and in some other strange poses found their way to the Internet recently. This was followed by an announcement by Katy "I Kissed a Girl" Perry that Miley is the one girl celeb she wants to smooch. And then there was the crude gesture that a tabloid report alleges she made with her finger to the paparazzi while at an amusement park.
Yes, the Disney Darling has had a very busy week, indeed, which signals to me the Miley Marketing Machine needs to take a break.
As often as Miley proclaims her well-intended desire to be a role model, I continue to feel like she is headed for a huge fall, as it seems like the number of people in Hollywood conspiring to help knock the pedestal out from under her is growing. No human being can live up to this kind of ever-increasing scrutiny-- especially at 15-years-old. She will continue to make mistakes that are normal for a teenager to make and yet suffer slings and arrows as the media blows them all out of proportion.
What I am wondering is why no one in her camp has thought of the wisdom that less could be more in this case. If Miley was maybe doing fewer appearances, fewer photo shoots, and disappeared off of the red carpet for just a bit, it would actually create a healthier buzz. Before you know, we would all have had a chance to miss Miley for a change and she would have a chance to mature with a little privacy, and possibly come back into the limelight with something more substantial to share with America's youth. I really do believe she is a strong young woman with something important to say, but I just can't hear it over the cash registers selling Hannah Montana bed sheets and hand bags.
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Okay, I appreciate the loyalty of Miley fans , but let me make a couple of things clear.
One, the peace sign is not the photo that i am referencing. I agree that the questionable photo is down now and not on the internet. However, it ( the photo) was fuzzzy enough as to be unclear as to what was going on. The intent of the post was simply to point out the level of scrutiny she is going through .
Secondly, regardless of the truth of the situation, there are rules of conduct for this thread and I have had to delete some poats already. So if you are going to rant, please do so civilly. :-)
Here comes the usual, "Why do we care?". comment. If a celebrity either acts stupidly or badly, why do we care? Is it schaenfraude, or are our own lives so empty and pointless that we need to be voyeurs? And yes, I read the article and am responding, so I am not totally immune to the phenomena. And in the case of people like Paris Hilton, who are pure marketing phenomena, we should feel really embarrassed at being taken in.
Oh well, that is the nature of the spin-machine, selling us their warez.
For a 15 yr old promoting purity, she shouldn't be taking pics in a shower with only a tshirt on. These pics were supposedly taken by her boyfriend. Well, I can tell you that if my 15 yr old were posing in the shower for her boyfriend with nothing on but a tshirt, she would be punished and the boy wouldn't be at my house. Normal teenager behavior, I don't think so. Not a teenager promoting purtity. That is what is wrong with today's society. Leave her alone because she is 15 and doesn't know any better. Bull crap....My 15 yr old teenage daughter used to idolize Miley Cyrus...now she just thinks she is cheap and wants nothing to do with her. Billy Ray needs to step in and put the reigns on his child before she ends up another Lindsey, Britney etc. I don't believe the woe is me attempt she is making any more than I believe the purity ring is for real or the fact that she actually carries a bible with her everywhere she goes.
I've seen the shower picture. It looks like it was taken at a gym or some such. The soap dispenser on the wall was pretty much a giveaway that this wasn't your typical shower in your typical bathroom.
And while I agree that Miley is talented, she's still only 15 years old. Unfortunately, the "Disney" treatment will chew a person up and spit them out.
I love u mily and ur songs I some day u could come to Calgary where I live I miss u byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
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