Miley Cyrus Defends Sexy Image 'I Don't Really Twerk On Robin Thicke'
Miley Cyrus is defending her recent provocative behavior and reflecting about how people's image of her has impacted her life.
Cyrus,21, has been the face of controversy lately as a singer who has seemingly prided herself on her provocative appearance more than her music. The singer caused a stir during her MTV Video Music Awards performance in the summer, when she stripped down to a bikini while gyrating on married R&B singer Robin Thicke, 36.
"I went from people just thinking I was, like, a baby to people thinking I'm this, like, sex freak that really just pops molly and does lines all day," Cyrus also told The New York Times recently. "It's like, 'Has anyone ever heard of rock 'n' roll?' There's a sex scene in pretty much every single movie, and they go, 'Well, that's a character.' Well, that's a character."
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Still, Cyrus insists that the image that she portrays is not necessarily who she is.
"I don't really dress as a teddy bear and, like, twerk on Robin Thicke, you know," she insisted to The Times.
After performing at the VMA's earlier this year, Cyrus said she has been stereotyped.
"So, I feel like now that I did the VMAs, that just kind of became a standard for me, and then anytime I do anything else, they're like, 'Miley kept it tame tonight,'" she told The Times.
While a number of people spoke out against the singer's performance and even called for prayer, Cyrus doesn't mind the negative attention. She decided to follow up the act with a recent performance at the MTV European Music Awards where she seemingly smoked marijuana onstage in a revealing outfit.
Although the singer has repeatedly said she does not mind the backlash she receives, she also admitted that she does her best to avoid reading it.
"I don't ever go online or look at what anyone says," she admitted to Newsbeat."I never worry about what I do on stage making me look bad because I know what kind of a person I am. In life you gotta look at anything that could be made negative into positive…I'm just happy to be here."
