Mom to Daughter: ‘Let Miley Cyrus Be A Lesson To You’

Miley Cyrus arrives at the  MTV VMA Awards red carpet

A mother’s open letter to her daughter begging her not to turn out like Miley Cyrus went viral this week, with 2.5 million views in its first 36 hours, according to a follow-up blog post.
Kim Keller, of Frisco, Texas, wrote in the letter posted on her blog Monday, “Yes, this is what happens when you constantly hear everything you do is awesome. This is what happens when people fawn over your every Tweet and Instagram photo. This is what happens when no responsible adult has ever said the word ‘no,’ made you change your clothes before leaving the house, or never spanked your butt for deliberate defiance.”
Keller, who told ABC that her daughter had grown up watching Cyrus on Hannah Montana, voiced the concerns that many parents shared about Cyrus’s controversial performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards. “If you ever even consider doing something like that, I promise you that I will run up and twerk so you will see how ridiculous twerking looks,” she wrote, “I will duct tape your mouth shut so your tongue doesn’t hang out like an overheated hound dog.”
But not all parents are as appalled as Keller. On Wednesday, Cyrus tweeted a quote from her own father, Billy Ray Cyrus: “‘Mile, if twerkin woulda been invented…. And I had a foam finger…. I woulda done the same thang you did.’”

Source: http://entertainment.time.com/2013/08/30/mom-to-daughter-let-miley-cyrus-be-a-lesson-to-you/

Foam finger inventor says Miley Cyrus 'degraded an honorable icon'

Singer Miley Cyrus performs "Blurred Lines"

The man credited with inventing the foam finger - like the one Miley Cyrus brought to the forefront of national attention at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards - is not her No. 1 fan.

 Iowa native Steve Chmelar, who created the foam finger prototype in 1971 (which Geral Fauss would later go on to mass produce in 1978), said he didn't like his invention's newfound infamy.

 "She took an honorable icon that is seen in sporting venues everywhere and degraded it," Chmelar told FoxSports. "Fortunately, the foam finger has been around long enough that it will survive this incident."

"For people who like that kind of entertainment, I'm sure that it met their needs," Chmelar said.

 But it's not his entertainment cup of tea: "If I had a choice between Julie Andrews singing 'The Sound of Music' and Miley Cyrus doing 'Can't Stop,' I'd go the Julie Andrews route."

 Lisa Katnic, who designed Cyrus' particular spongy digit, was much happier with how everything turned out. She told Yahoo! Music that the prop was designed for an editorial shoot about a year ago, but it never saw the light of day until a brief appearance in Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" video, which Katnic styled.

Katnic said she created the exaggerated appendage with several options - French manicured or gold glitter nails, for example - but Cyrus chose the red ones. And, according to Katnic's comments on her Instagram account, Cyrus was such a fan of the finger that she took it home with her.
And Katnic defends Cyrus' controversial antics, saying: "Honestly, of any person I've worked with, she's the nicest, most genuine celebrity I've met ... She's 20 years old, hot and having fun. What college-age person wouldn't?"
Chmelar was less effusive: "As for Miley Cyrus, let's hope she can outlive this event and also survive."

Source: http://music.yahoo.com/news/foam-finger-inventor-says-miley-cyrus-degraded-honorable-223255596.html