Within the spirit of her new single “Used to Be Younger,” Miley Cyrus is strolling down reminiscence lane and reflecting on a number of the most pivotal and controversial moments of her practically two-decade profession. For Half 15 of her Used to Be Younger TikTok sequence, Cyrus tackled her controversial 2008 Self-importance Honest picture shoot.
Fifteen years in the past, Cyrus posed for the quilt of Self-importance Honest. The shoot was helmed by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, and featured a then-15-year-old Cyrus exposing her naked again to the digital camera as she wrapped her physique in what gave the impression to be a sheet. On the time, Cryus was nonetheless starring because the titular character on Disney’s blockbuster tv sequence Hannah Montana. The Self-importance Honest shoot was supposed to assist additional differentiate Cyrus from the character that shortly consumed her.
Upon launch, Miley disregarded the potential controversy of the picture saying on the time, “I imply I had an enormous blanket on. And I assumed, ‘This seems fairly and actually pure.’ I feel it’s actually artsy.” Nonetheless, controversy inevitably ensued, forcing Cyrus, Leibovitz and Disney to launch statements apologizing for the pictures. Within the years that adopted, the controversy continued to obfuscate the true story and intent behind the pictures, “which is at all times way more significant,” in line with Cyrus in her new TikTok put up.
She remembers, “My little sister Noah was sitting on Annie’s lap and really pushing the button of the digital camera, taking the photographs. My household was on set, and this was the primary time I ever wore purple lipstick as a result of Pati Dubroff, who did my make-up, thought that that might be one other aspect that might divide me from Hannah Montana.”
What the star calls “actually sensible selections” made in an effort to separate Miley Cyrus from Hannah Montana, the general public perceived because the inappropriate hypersexualization of America’s most beloved and recognizable youngster star.
Cyrus’ preliminary apology, which she retracted via Twitter (now generally known as X) a decade later, learn, “I took half in a photograph shoot that was presupposed to be ‘inventive’ and now, seeing the pictures and studying the story, I really feel so embarrassed.” For its assertion, Disney went for an offensive method, writing, “Sadly, because the article suggests, a scenario was created to intentionally manipulate a 15-year-old with a purpose to promote magazines.”
As for Leibovitz, she defended her work. “I’m sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted,” she stated. “Miley and I checked out style images collectively, and we mentioned the image in that context earlier than we shot it. The {photograph} is a straightforward, traditional portrait, shot with little or no make-up, and I feel it is extremely lovely.”
Try Half 15 of Miley Cyrus’ Used to Be Younger TikTok sequence:
