These newish photos of Miley Cyrus remind me of how generous she usually is with the paps. If they chase her, she’ll get out of the car and give them some photos. Then she splits, and they leave her alone. Miley knows that the celeb-media relationship is often a symbiotic one. I’m not suggesting that all stars do this, but Miley does it to avoid drama.
Miley has launched a new charity called the Happy Hippie Foundation, which will “fight injustice facing homeless youth, LGBT youth, and other vulnerable populations.” She previously promoted one of these causes by asking a homeless man named Jesse to accept her Video of the Year VMA. Miley’s foundation will stick with that cause and add a few others on as well. In an interview with the AP, Miley talks about the new foundation and alludes to her own bisexuality. She talks about her newly pink armpit hair too:
Miley on her sexuality: She says not all her past relationships were “straight, heterosexual” ones but didn’t elaborate.
On homeless youth: “It’s something that everyone sees. It’s like the birds chirping. We’re consciously ignoring it at all times, but it’s always happening right in front of us.”
She calls Bruce Jenner “my hero”: “When you have all eyes on you, what are you saying? And that’s what I had to ask myself a lot. It’s like, I know you’re going to look at me more if my (breasts) are out, so look at me. And then I’m going to tell you about my foundation for an hour and totally hustle you.”
The pink armpit hair: “The pink pits are saying, ‘Don’t tell me what to do. It’s back to what I’m preaching in a way, you know, telling these kids. I’m not just saying you be yourself and I’m going to go be Miley Cyrus. I’m saying I’m going to be my (expletive) self, too.”
[From Associated Press]
Some people will inevitably think Miley’s looking for attention with a statement about her sexuality. I don’t think that’s the case here. She’s simply illustrating why the LGBT cause is important to her, and she’s speaking to youth who are struggling with their own identities. Miley emphasized that she feels comfy with her sexuality, but lots of teenagers don’t feel powerful enough in their struggles and could use some support.
Miley also released the first video from her new Backyard Sessions (the first one was arguably awesome). This series will benefit Happy Hippie Foundation. So far, Miley’s dropped a duet with Joan Jett for “Different.” I felt a little cringey watching Miley try to sound punk rock again, but her heart is in the right place.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet
This girl will do/say anything for attention, won’t she?
Pretty much. Who cares who she’s had sex with? I certainly don’t.
Also, didn’t Evan Rachel Woods call out Miley as bi or lesbian a good two years ago? Apparently she knew all about it. Maybe she was an ex.
Also, everyone wants to be Angelina. Remember Megan Fox and her stripper she fell in love with lie. Hahaha.
Remember using one’s massive fame for important works?
Poor Miley is going to get increasingly attention seek-y in the next year or two when her ‘act,’ begins to wane.
@ meme : ITA. I don’t feel my life was enriched one bit by knowing this information. I like some of her music but the personal public drama got boring along time ago.
I don’t really believe this either. I think that if it were true she would’ve flaunted it like she does everything else.
ETA: @ZOEM, I in no way said LGBT people flaunt it. I said Miley flaunts it, as in everything. Have you ever seen video or pictures from her tour? Have you been on her social media? She doesn’t hide anything, she has no problem showing everything to everyone.
So irritating when people talk about LGBT people “flaunting” it. This is 2015.
Also, she loves attention, there is no denying that. Her tour and antics have shown that over and over again.
She also said “I know you’re going to look at me more of my beasts are out, so look at me. And then I’m going to tell you about my foundation for an hour and totally huseless you.” So although her heart might be in the right place she obviously has no qualms about doing whatever she has to in order to get attention. If this is in fact genuine, than cool, but if not then I think it’s a very tacky way to go about getting attention.
This chick annoys me more than the kardashians. It’s truly sad, that girls like Miley gets a platform that can influence young girls. I am all for being true to yourself but I think these personas are all fake and just out there for money. Parents have to work extra hard to go against this nonsense that is becoming the norm in entertainment. We need a shift in focus especially for young women to aspire too.
I don’t understand all the outrage. She’s promoting a charity that she sponsors. Would everyone be losing their shit if she said she had boyfriends? There’s nothing really controversial here and she’s not telling girls to be gay or to have sexual relationships with anyone.
Hey more power to her. The more we normalize the entire spectrum of sexuality the better. But FYI to Mylie, drunken threesomes aren’t the same as having actual commited relationships. We speak from experience. Signed, pretty much the entire population of the planet.
What betty rose said. I’m sure miley has experiented like many collage aged girls but she hasn’t had a committed relationship like kstew
That said miley is ok in my book.
She’s try hard but I think her heart is in the right place. And, I co-sign, we’ve all kissed a girl Miley, get over pretending it makes you extra sensitive and special.
She’s generous with the paps? lol I seem to remember for a long time she couldn’t be around the paps without cussing them out or trying to fight them.
I don’t now, I still have a soft spot for Miley, even though she can be annoying at times. Her heart is in the right place here.
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I like the message about homeless youth. It needs more attention. Sadly, Miley is taking away attention for this worthy topic and bringing it on herself. Any topic like this barely gets a footnote in an article where her armpit hair’s latest dye job and how many girls she’s messed around with is paramount.
And I think she’s fully aware of how to play the press.
It’s like, I know you’re going to look at me more if my (breasts) are out, so look at me. And then I’m going to tell you about my foundation for an hour and totally hustle you.
Well, she’s not subtle or coy about it and she has some self awareness.
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I think there’s truth to both sides.
She knows how to get that attention and is self aware to a point.
She hasn’t yet realized she has to find that balance. She can’t promote a cause without making it more about her than the cause.
Like her date that was homeless. To bring him as a date and to tell his story on the red carpet was genius. An outrageous outfit would have overshadowed the message. We remember the message because Miley didn’t steal the spotlight.
I think her heart is in the right place, but her actions tend to be selfish. Self promotion/attention tend to overtake her like its the norm.
Another example. Her love of animal adoption. Great cause, but she adopted too many animals and wasn’t around to give them the proper attention and training.
To her credit she did figure out she had too many.
So, truth to both sides.
In the end she’s young. Like many of us were at that age.
Yeah, like I said, she can be annoying, but not the MOST annoying, and she has her moments of being decent.
I agree with you 100%. She comes across as a child star, who is trying to have a successful career as an adult. Away from the publicity machine & when she is promoting her product, she actually comes across as very down to earth & well meaning.
“Away from the publicity machine” .LOL.
Second album around the corner?
She’s not my taste at all but at least she has a worthwhile cause. She’s not 100% terrible.
i agree she is not a terrible person she is young and gaining experience if she is honest in her charity causes her actions will speak for her no matter what her detractors say.
I like her for the most part, she says a lot of good stuff, but that tongue thing was so off-putting, I’m glad she’s returned to being “off beat”.
What the fresh hell is that striped monstrosity? And Happy Hippie? I guess everything does come back. Can we expect a Woodstock 2024?
If she likes women, then how come she’s always publicly dated men and only men. You also forgot the part about being genderqueer, her teen fans will believe it of course.
You know she really doesn’t need to push so hard. She has such a chip on her shoulder and she thinks it makes her stronger to be so rebellious. Can’t wait until she wakes up from this.
Well, it seems I have something in common with her.
Of course, she could be saying that for attention… and ironically, that is such a common stigma about bisexuality: straight girls doing it for attention and/or to please their boyfriends. So tired of it, because that’s not what bisexuality is about.
I have nothing against Miley, and admire her efforts to help homeless youth. But watching her pose and trying to sound like Joan Jett was painful.
Oh my gosh! I really can’t believe people on here are slamming her. She is damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t. I admire her and she is an inspirational person who is putting her heart into a good cause. She hasn’t suddenly decided to do this, if you actually read up she has been doing this for a while so it’s not like she woke up yesterday and decided to do it. You may not like her but I don’t understand the ‘she’s doing it for attention’
Give the girl a break. She is doing something most of us won’t even bother doing, and if she’s talking about her sexuality so what?
If I had her money I most certainly would be doing what she’s doing. The problem is her ridiculous antics, which indeed are for attention, overwhelm whatever good intentions she may have. I’m not a fan of exhibitionists and no, I don’t need to know who you sleep with. I’m tired of everyone discussing their sexuality and their preferences and how much they come. It’s unnecessary.
Oh, Miley, yawwwwwwn. I’m so over the “I’m so edgy” routine. So what?
Wow you are all extremely bitter for saying she’s doing all this for attention. Like the poster above said, she has been doing this for a while, it’s nothing new. And if she really wanted attention wouldn’t she be flaunting her high profile relationships? Miley has always been crazy, starting with those weird shower underage selfies, smoking pot in her teens. She’s a wild child, she has money, she has a huge fanbase and she is using that platform to constantly promote this cause. Yes she likes to be expressive with her sexuality, but I believe she promotes being yourself (no makeup selfies, unflattering angles, not following trends) How many other young celebrities do that? They’re all extremely cautious of their public image and promote impossible standards for young girls.
Well, she annoys me much less when she’s trying to spotlight social issues rather than her own own thirst for attention. One very small brownie point to you, Cyrus. Keep it up and I might start liking you again.
I don’t buy any of this-Miley wants attention any way she can get it. she pretends to be deep and interested in issues and charities-all miley cares about is miley. she’s one of those people who sees no difference between positive attention and negative attention. I call BS
I really don’t understand this logic. If she wanted attention that bad then constantly talking about a charity is definitely not the way to get it. In fact, most people IGNORE when celebrities talk about causes like this.
I find her generally obnoxious, but have to give her credit for finding a cause she cares about and doing what she can to help.
I don’t care about her ridiculous antics at all. And believe me, the tongue thing and the twerking drove me absolutely nuts. But I just can’t hate on this girl. I always find myself impressed by her talent (girl can sing) and she seems to have a kind heart. Anyone who has grown up in the spotlight and has tons of money and fame is going to be a bit of an ass. But I can’t help it, I like her anyway.
All I can say is whatever