- by Jason Gregory
- Thursday, May 01, 2008
- Photo by: WENN
- filed in: Indie
Madonna has come to the defence of teenage American actress Miley Cyrus – who recently appeared in a suggestive photo shoot for Vanity Fair.
Speaking to MTV News about the pictures, which show the 15-year-old wrapped in a sheet with her back exposed, Madonna said that “everyone should just leave her alone”.
Cyrus, who has shot a number of films for Disney, including Hannah Montana, has been widely criticised over the pictures and has confessed to feeling “embarrassed” by them.
However, Madonna said the pictures were “not a big deal”.
"People are just bored. Leave the poor girl alone,” the pop star explained.
“She's going to grow up soon, she's going to probably show her knees next — watch out."
Earlier this week, a spokesperson for Disney described the pictures as "a situation [that] was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines."
The picture was taken by photographer Annie Leibovitz, whose work has often provoked mixed reactions.
Madonna was joined by Justin Timberlake for a secret show in New York on Wednesday (April 30th).
You can view photos of their collaboration HERE.
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- I think Miley is a young girl who was taken advantage of and Annie Leibovitz should be ashamed of herself. Miley is a beautiful person. Annie Leibovitz could have communicated that with her camera without having Miley remove her clothes. I think any 15 year-old girl could have fallen into that trap. Shame on Vanity Fair. I no longer have an interest in their publications and I think we should let these magazines know that is it is wrong to exploit human beings just to make a buck.
- Oh my God ! When Mad kissed Spears that was the END of her career. Is that what Mad is trying to do to do to Miley ?
- It’s not the Victorian Era people give it a rest she 15 not 12 and it’s not like she is nude, the pictures are tastful not porn. The people who are making a big deal out of this should worry about controlling what their kids see anyways, I don’t really think Vanity Fare is or should be read by this girls core audience anyways.
- This coming from Madonna, who forbids her own daughter to watch TV, and introduces 14-year old Lourdes into the public eye with a unibrow, a moustash and men’s black horn-rim glasses...
- Madonna’s a slut, so of COURSE she sees nothing wrong with it!
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