Miley, right, apologizes
For those of you who aren’t aware, Billy Ray’s little ray of sunshine decided it’d be funny to pull the chinky eye maneuver with some friends. The picture spread across the interwebs like wildfire, even prompting the OCA to release an official statement. Then, like clockwork, we got the obligatory celebrity apology. Y’know, sometimes (rarely) these things are pretty genuine and heartfelt. They generally don’t serve to excuse the behavior, but at least you get the idea that the offender feels bad.
Then there are “apologies” like this one that Miley “Bigot” Cyrus made on her fansite:
“I’ve also been told there are some people upset about some pictures taken of me with friends making goofy faces! Well, I’m sorry if those people looked at those pics and took them wrong and out of context! In NO way was I making fun of any ethnicity! I was simply making a goofy face. When did that become newsworthy? It seems someone is trying to make something out of nothing to me. If that would of [sic] been anyone else, it would of been overlooked! I definitely feel like the press is trying to make me out as the new ‘BAD GIRL’!”
You have GOT to be kidding me. This is clearly not an apology, but was worded to kind of / sort of / almost sound like one. This is the kind of crap little children do when they get caught fucking around. They get defensive and they make excuses. She “apologizes” for the people who looked at the pictures and “took them wrong.” (wait, so did they take the picture wrong? How many people actually took the picture? I’m confused, Miley!) Normally you’d apologize for your actions, not other people’s actions. This statement essentially amounts to a big FUCK YOU to everyone that got pissed about her actions.
The sad thing (well, one of the sad things) is that she doesn’t even realize (or admit) that she was being offensive: “I was simply making a goofy face.” I see, Miley, you were simply making a goofy face. Brilliant defense. Look, even if this was some sort of inside joke THAT DOESN’T MAKE IT OKAY. Perhaps she meant to say “I was simply making a gooky face”? Hmm…
And yes, of course… Someone is trying to make something out of nothing. Right. It’s nothing to offend shit tons of Asian (and non-Asian) people everywhere. Good work.
Stop giving southern folks a bad name, Miley.
Oh, also, Adriel Luis of iLL-Literacy put his two-cents in via youtube. Pretty hilarious and well worth the view.
UPDATE: Saw Miley perform on the Grammys last night… She looked/sounded like a 12-year old trying to win a karaoke contest at a local dive bar. Seriously, Miley… Grimacing and waving your hand around does not make you sound any better. Nor does your awful intonation and timbre. Poor Taylor Swift did her best to carry the duet, but man, there is just no excuse for that level of shitty singing… Certainly not at the Grammys.
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