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May-02-2008 06:07printcomments

Disney Yanks Miley Cyrus From Red Carpet

Disney Executives say the controversial photo is a far cry from the star’s usual squeaky-clean image

Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus photo taken by famed celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz for the June issue of Vanity Fair.

(ORLANDO, Fla.) - 15-year-old Miley Cyrus is a teen idol and star of the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana.

Amid a swirl of controversy, Miley has been photographed half-nude and topless, with only a satin sheet or blanket protecting her modesty for the June issue of Vanity Fair.

The posting of the risque photograph on the Internet has led to Miley being pulled from her first public appearance.

Disney confirmed to TMZ.com that Cyrus, who was set to walk the red carpet for the "Disney Channel Games" this coming Friday, will not be there.

Pop music superstar Madonna said in an interview with MTV.com that everyone should just leave the poor girl alone.

Cyrus said that she was happy with the shot, declaring it "really artsy". But she has had a change of heart now that the picture is in the public domain.

"I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed. I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about," she said in a statement.

Executives at the Disney Channel were furious about the photo, taken by famed celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.


It is a far cry from the star’s usual squeaky-clean image.

A spokesman for the network said: "Unfortunately, as the article suggests, a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines."

But Vanity Fair defended the photo in this statement:

"Miley’s parents and/or minders were on the set all day. Since the photo was taken digitally, they saw it on the shoot and everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley."

Miley's sister, 8-year-old Noah, was at the shoot, along with father multi-platinum recording artist Billy Ray Cyrus.




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tkai February 8, 2010 4:57 pm (Pacific time)

you are good in that wess becas you are good


dickson January 8, 2010 11:51 pm (Pacific time)

its very imbarassing miley u know that. .huh?! its very really


January 7, 2010 4:03 pm (Pacific time)

u noi honeslty dont mind dis pic i dont think ppl shood mak a big deal out of it itzzzz way out of date. let da girl have a gud career


Elizabeth December 27, 2009 6:18 pm (Pacific time)

Yall are right its not porn or shes not naked but shes a teen they do that so cut her slack


TwixX December 14, 2009 3:08 pm (Pacific time)

SLUT


Jon December 5, 2009 11:52 am (Pacific time)

Like in the statement Miley gave, this is supposed to be artistic, and it is if you look at it that way. If you think about it, Miley was showing herself in her naked form, not hiding anything, that is special, just take it at that, and leave it at that...


selena November 24, 2009 8:17 am (Pacific time)

i love mileyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy i'm italian sorry... i love you.


Michelle November 24, 2009 2:20 am (Pacific time)

Miley I'm really sick about that photo. Just don't do that again. Because, I now what you feel.


hannah November 22, 2009 5:44 pm (Pacific time)

oh my goodness!You knew this was SO SO SO SO SO SO SO wrong!Why did you do that you ediot!!!!!!!!!


JASMINE MCDONALD November 22, 2009 2:46 pm (Pacific time)

THE PIC IS CUTE BUT WHAT WEAR THEY THINKING LITTLE KIDS VEIW HER PIC,S TOO


Paul Newberry November 17, 2009 10:03 pm (Pacific time)

she's 15 yr. old,where are the authorities!!! Shame on everyone involved. This is sick.


gambler November 17, 2009 8:33 pm (Pacific time)

hi miley! will you marry me?


marisa November 8, 2009 6:37 pm (Pacific time)

i think that miley is very great. because she is so famos and i love her sons she shost the great pop star for me !!!!!!!!!!!!!


Family Member November 6, 2009 2:17 pm (Pacific time)

Miley has so moved on from this stage of her life. We all need to do as she has and move the HECK on!!!!!!!!!!! Leave her alone please... she was young and just trying to change her immage and she has!! Stop leaving all these lies in you comments O.K.?! That will be all..


marie November 6, 2009 11:58 am (Pacific time)

miley cyrus i am a big fan of your's girl keep on your singing voice


evangeline October 9, 2009 2:02 am (Pacific time)

nice back! you're still like a baby.......w/ an angelic face.. stay good and humble! :P


silver October 9, 2009 2:05 am (Pacific time)

nice and flawless back! nice face w/ angelic face...stay good and humble as always:P


rholianne October 8, 2009 7:03 pm (Pacific time)

i love miley so much...


karen October 7, 2009 11:41 pm (Pacific time)

i think thst this is too much say on her because she hah not done anythintg wrong she had only help others and nothing else if i was her i would have done the same dont judge someone that you dont know


zip October 2, 2009 12:06 am (Pacific time)

trash is trash,money does not give class, so trash should just be disposed of and forgotten


da_1_4_u_2_hate********** October 1, 2009 4:45 pm (Pacific time)

i think they should leave her alone hell she almost grown i think she should be free to do wateva she wants remember if her her and her parents are fine with it y bother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


bob joe October 1, 2009 6:02 pm (Pacific time)

she has gone over board.time to reel her back in pictures dont lie


bob joe October 1, 2009 5:56 pm (Pacific time)

she has to much loose slack now. plus pictures dont lie


bob joe October 1, 2009 8:16 am (Pacific time)

i am glad they caned her she is pushing her luck


RACHEL M September 27, 2009 4:27 pm (Pacific time)

I THINK IT IS NOT TRUE SHE IS SUTCH A GOOD PERSON SHE WOULD NEVER DU SOMEtHING LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so stop saying stuff like that cut her some slake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


zenia September 27, 2009 8:54 pm (Pacific time)

you'r so beutiful, miley....


ivy17 September 8, 2009 6:14 pm (Pacific time)

hi miley cyrus im ivy in philipines im happy to your career and you my huge huge fans love you muah and i have a request pls go on philipines and have a concert in here a lot of fans waiting in you.........love ivy


ivy17 September 8, 2009 6:09 pm (Pacific time)

im so happy with you i ;ove you hannah im your biggest fans


darius August 28, 2009 12:47 pm (Pacific time)

hey miley i think you look hott like a red peeper or just a hot girl i like


fjkdls;a August 28, 2009 1:45 pm (Pacific time)

Grow up


Megan August 21, 2009 9:09 am (Pacific time)

DearMileyCryus, do not do this a again.


kelsey August 19, 2009 10:28 am (Pacific time)

i think she is really stupid she thinks she is so pretty witch shes but not that away i have very little respect for her!!!!!! i love her singing but she is a terrible rolemodel


Joe August 11, 2009 8:15 pm (Pacific time)

Hey check out this site i made on Miley http://www.squidoo.com/mcrys


Ng Way Huck August 9, 2009 3:01 am (Pacific time)

There's nothing wrong with this photo. She is NOT naked, this is NOT a pornography as well. It is not at all wrong. What is wrong is the mind of the public. What people think is wrong is just their opinion. In fact, people who think this is wrong are pervert themselves, and are not considered human. What's wrong with this photo? What is wrong with the world? What is wrong with each and everyone of you giving negative comments? You think it's easy to be famous and then get bombard by people whose mind are so sick ! It doesn't matter who. Miley is not at fault here. It was the public views that are wrong here. This world, is totally a mess. And someone needs to clean up the world...


Gabriel August 6, 2009 8:45 pm (Pacific time)

Thank yov disney for understandin that there are sick people in this world and that they will take advantage of the matter at hand and this not ok. I'm disapointed in the parents for allowin this to happen in the first place. I hope that she learned something from this and wont do it again.


k August 6, 2009 12:40 pm (Pacific time)

miley is beauitful in all her pics stop being jealous


Rockstar! August 3, 2009 11:48 am (Pacific time)

the stupid thing is she knew that people in de media were gonnna take it wrong.i dont think its a beautiful portrait. its should be on the cover for a scary movie like the exorcist.lolz..anyways watevaa


Mihael January 5, 2009 10:29 pm (Pacific time)

Thats not her in the picture, there are a few similarities but its not her


Angry Web Surfer September 28, 2008 5:32 pm (Pacific time)

I find it really sick that someone could see this image as being controversial. You shouldn't be looking at this photo with that kind of mindset. There's nothing wrong with this photo, it is indeed very artistic and beautiful. She's a beautiful girl and we should be able to appreciate the beauty in this photo. If you have a problem with this photo, check out the photo book "Age of Innocence" by David Hamilton. That was a controversial book too, only because people looked at it with the wrong mindset. We need to learn to stop looking at things with perversion and learn to appreciate the art form.


SARA September 16, 2008 3:23 pm (Pacific time)

STUPID! SHE HAS ON JEANS!


katelyn August 1, 2008 8:56 pm (Pacific time)

people, you need to leave miley alone!! its just pictures, i support her, it was just a photo shoot and it wasnt supposed to turn out like this. so just leave her alone!!!


ashley July 28, 2008 6:53 pm (Pacific time)

i heard that she is takin more pictures of herself in white t-shirt that is wet.. and send it to the paparazzi...


sarah July 27, 2008 1:10 pm (Pacific time)

miley, if i were you, i would be embarassed too. just forget about it and move on with your life.


Nicole July 21, 2008 5:05 pm (Pacific time)

shame on her and her parents Disney should take her of the air


brianna June 30, 2008 7:25 pm (Pacific time)

why can`t you people just give her a break?i know you paparazzi need your money but, why not get it on something thats true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Ray May 2, 2008 2:03 pm (Pacific time)

Miley had plenty of time while posing to reflect on what she was doing. She exploited herself and her parents did as well. Good for you Disney for upholding values and caring about your image that is protrayed to children.


June May 2, 2008 1:45 pm (Pacific time)

As I see it, she has been exploited by her parents as well as the Media, but with her permission as well. She seems to get a conscious about what she did only after receiving negative feedback. I commend Disney for having morals and sticking to them.


jimmy May 2, 2008 4:13 pm (Pacific time)

Will all you whyners grow up please? With our culture being so adverse to anything sexual, it's not suprising at all that so many people have a problem with this. What is so offensive about this photo? People need to worry about the real problems of our time - the war, the economy, everything else that is wrong, not some 15 year old celeb's bad choice of photographer.


Sharon May 2, 2008 2:09 pm (Pacific time)

Child porn and she is a willing victim. She knew what she was doing and so did her parents. Shame on them. She had to know what she was doing was wrong. I'm sure Disney versed her in proper image protrayal. Disney has a right to pull her.


Ray May 2, 2008 2:00 pm (Pacific time)

Miley had plenty of time while posing to reflect on what she was doing. She exploited herself and her parents did as well. Good for you Disney for upholding values and caring about your image that is protrayed to children.


me May 2, 2008 12:53 pm (Pacific time)

and yet they didn't cancel the high school musical star who was completely naked in pictures on the web


Henry Clay Ruark May 2, 2008 7:45 am (Pacific time)

To all: Given easily-accessed other channels on TV and in print, the Disney reaction tells more about them than it does about either this young lady OR the photographer Leibovitz --with whom I happen to have had kind of contact reassuring of her intent, upheld by her solid worldwide reputation.

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