Miley Cyrus' performance as host of MTV's Video Music Awards didn't go down well with the Parents Television Council.
The watchdog that advocates for 'responsible entertainment' slammed Miley and the cable network for 'blatant sexualization' and glorifying illegal drugs during Sunday night's show.
The 22-year-old VMA host gave viewers a little more than they bargained for during the MTV Video Music Awards on August 30 when her nipple flashed across the screen but now Miley Cyrus and MTV are getting ripped to shreads for it.
The cameras didn’t seem to cut away fast enough and Miley’s nipple was front and center for millions of viewers to see across the globe and it’s still unclear if this was an accident.
Now, the Parents Television Council, who slammed her 2013 VMAs performance with Robin Thicke, is going after her again because children as young as 14 could have been watching.
"Are we surprised that Miley Cyrus exposed herself to millions of viewers, and to more people who will inevitably see the news in the mainstream media? About as surprised as we’ll be if the sun rises in the east tomorrow morning," PTC President Tim Winter said in a statement released Monday morning.
"We had hoped she would have proven us wrong and demonstrate her considerable talent as a performer, rather than rely on her own sexuality to entertain the audience."
Miley Cyrus spent the show that was broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles wearing a series of barely-there outfits, engaging in lewd behavior and talking about smoking and ingesting marijuana.
Winter also said in a statement that this was horrible and MTV most likely enjoyed the controversy surrounding Miley’s nipple gate. But he also heavily went after Miley and criticized her motives.
MTV had promoted the probability of outrageous goings on at the VMAs ahead of time by letting it be known there would be a delay and a dump button if necessary.
Despite that, much of the bad language managed to make it through and Miley was briefly exposed while changing backstage partially concealed behind a curtain.
The camera cut away, but not before she was heard saying, “Oh, what’s happening? Oh sorry, my tit’s out?”
Following the show, the singer went backstage where she lit up a joint as she talked to the media. She then offered to pass it around the press corps and according to TMZ, some of the reporters and photographers indulged.
However, MTV will not face a fine for showing Miley's nipple since, as a cable channel, it is not subject to the stricter rules regarding nudity and obscenity that govern the broadcast networks.
