love this one. the number one story popping this morning has just burst, the controversy surrounding miley cyrus performance at the mtv video music awards, people called it disturbing, lewd, weird, but it s the performance everyone s still talking about. former disney darling miley cyrus twerking her way into infamy with this outrageous performance on mtv s music video awards. all that twerking set a record with more than 306,000 tweets a minute, many by celebrities. billy ray sigh-rus. mia is worried, got to go, miley s at my door waving that giant finger and twerking my dog. miley weighed in, as well,
he s receiving death threats for the stunt. cnn s athena jones is live in washington with more. what s he saying? good morning, kate, this man faced threats of violence, one woman spit in his face and walked away and that s just some of the reaction he s gotten to this act that offended a lot of people. i didn t do this to do any hating on anyone, i did it to be funny. i did it to be a joke. reporter: an uproar. president obama, hey, i know i m a clown. he s just running around acting like one, doesn t know he is one. reporter: this is the rodeo clown whose act mocking president obama ignited controversy, abact some called racist. his bit got him banned from the missouri state fair for life. now he s talking to kctv about the controversy. i ve had somebody threaten to run me over, one of them wanted to burn the house down.
smilers. my vma performance had more than 306,000 tweets per minute. that s more than the blackout or the super bowl. #fact. how is this image of former child star miley cyrus appropriate for 14 year olds? ironically, miley s father, billy ray cyrus, is a member of that group s advisory board, but it s not clear he had anything to do with the statement. robin thicke s mom said she wasn t impressed by miley s dirty dancing to her son s hit blurred lines. i think she s misbegotten in this attempt of hers. i think it was not beneficial. but maybe all this controversy is what miley was looking for. this was a calculated business and p.r. decision. of course, to help her album, but to advance her second career, as well. i can guarantee you this, e! bravo, are all talking to her
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