Robin Thicke's mother was disgusted by Miley Cyrus's antics at the VMA broadcast the other night. She thinks Miley Cyrus is "misbegotten" and wishes she could "unsee" the performance.
Don't we all?
And yet, for the last couple of days all I've heard are comments about Miley Cyrus. We've heard words like sexy, raunchy, embarrassing, and many more that I don't want on my blog. I learned the term twerking, thanks to that performance, and honestly, it's a word I could gladly have died not knowing.
Please don't get me wrong. I think the way Miley behaved is disgusting. I started watching it on Monday because it was literally EVERYWHERE, but couldn't finish the whole thing. It made me sad for these misused child stars who aren't taught values or self-respect or what they're worth as a daughter of God because those who should be teaching them those things are too busy teaching them how to make a spectacle of themselves so they can stay relevant and keep lining the pockets of the "adults" who should be protecting them.
But the parental failures that are Billy Ray and his wife aren't my point here. We all know that her "parents" and her handlers are more concerned about themselves than they are about Miley. She's another lost child who we can only hope finds herself before the damage is irreparable.
My question here is this:
WHY AREN'T PEOPLE DISGUSTED BY ROBIN THICKE?
Seriously. I want to know the answer.
Several years ago I saw Robin Thicke perform on Oprah. He may be talented and some might find him attractive, but all I saw was an older, less attractive, and much creepier version of Justin Timberlake.
And I was right.
This is the tame picture of their performance. Doesn't he look like an adult? Dark glasses, striped clown suit, gold chain. Doesn't he look mature? Like someone sixteen years older than Miley who should know better?
Why didn't he call off this inappropriate performance? Was there not a moment of lucidity during the numerous rehearsals where he thought, "Dang, this isn't cool. She's just a little girl. I should know better. This is degrading... to both of us. This is embarrassing. Do I really want a child licking me or rubbing up against me? Do I really want my wife or mother or anyone with any decency to see this?"
I guess not. He doesn't step away from the skinny little girl whose entourage is throwing her into the pit of vipers. They don't care about her or her reputation, so why should he?
Because if he were a decent man, he would have. He'd have realized that because she's young, she's a girl and she's nearly naked, she'll take enough of the heat to possibly destroy her, but he'll just get to bask in the warm glow of it all.
He's a loser, in my book. And his mom shouldn't be pointing fingers at Miley Cyrus. She should be putting her son in time out and hanging her head in shame that she didn't teach him to have any respect at all for women.
Don't we all?
And yet, for the last couple of days all I've heard are comments about Miley Cyrus. We've heard words like sexy, raunchy, embarrassing, and many more that I don't want on my blog. I learned the term twerking, thanks to that performance, and honestly, it's a word I could gladly have died not knowing.
Please don't get me wrong. I think the way Miley behaved is disgusting. I started watching it on Monday because it was literally EVERYWHERE, but couldn't finish the whole thing. It made me sad for these misused child stars who aren't taught values or self-respect or what they're worth as a daughter of God because those who should be teaching them those things are too busy teaching them how to make a spectacle of themselves so they can stay relevant and keep lining the pockets of the "adults" who should be protecting them.
But the parental failures that are Billy Ray and his wife aren't my point here. We all know that her "parents" and her handlers are more concerned about themselves than they are about Miley. She's another lost child who we can only hope finds herself before the damage is irreparable.
My question here is this:
WHY AREN'T PEOPLE DISGUSTED BY ROBIN THICKE?
Seriously. I want to know the answer.
Several years ago I saw Robin Thicke perform on Oprah. He may be talented and some might find him attractive, but all I saw was an older, less attractive, and much creepier version of Justin Timberlake.
And I was right.
Why didn't he call off this inappropriate performance? Was there not a moment of lucidity during the numerous rehearsals where he thought, "Dang, this isn't cool. She's just a little girl. I should know better. This is degrading... to both of us. This is embarrassing. Do I really want a child licking me or rubbing up against me? Do I really want my wife or mother or anyone with any decency to see this?"
I guess not. He doesn't step away from the skinny little girl whose entourage is throwing her into the pit of vipers. They don't care about her or her reputation, so why should he?
Because if he were a decent man, he would have. He'd have realized that because she's young, she's a girl and she's nearly naked, she'll take enough of the heat to possibly destroy her, but he'll just get to bask in the warm glow of it all.
He's a loser, in my book. And his mom shouldn't be pointing fingers at Miley Cyrus. She should be putting her son in time out and hanging her head in shame that she didn't teach him to have any respect at all for women.
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Our culture is broken and degenerate.
You and your blog came to my attention because Chics on the Right posted your commentary on the Miley Cyrus/Robin Thicke debacle to the Chics page and hence to Facebook. Excellent comments, Karey.
Heretofore I'd only known Cyrus was a cute Disney kid my granddaughters were once thoroughly enamored of, and noticed last week that she'd cut off all her lovely hair into a cute pixie. As for Thicke, I'd never heard of him and still know nothing except for what occurred between the two on stage on stage--a performance that would gag a maggot.
Anyway, good job; nice to meet you. I'll look in on your blog from time to time! :-)
The ceo of viacom thought the performance was amazing. A man running a company that exploits young women with not a 2 nd thought. Disgusting.
and to some of your anonymous comments, i have to say one thing...
even if it was not rehearsed, if he was a decent husband and father, he would have distanced himself from her on stage or walked right off the stage. no husband who has any respect for his wife would have 'put up' with that kind of bahavior from another woman.
i know your anonymous readers are just trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, but i bet he at least knew what to expect even if he didn't know exactly what moves she was going to make and when.
both are disgusting to me and i feel the most sorry for the wife and daughter of this idiot.
He always could have taken a step back from her if he didn't like what was happening instead of leering at her and staying close.
Self-respect knows no age. Neither does respect for others and that display showed neither respect for those involved or for their audience.
It made me glad I gave up MTV when they decided rap and teen pregnancy would be the bulk of their lineup.
There have been several people talk about how we should stop talking about this because there are so many other important things going on in the world--the economy, Syria, Benghazi, etc. I'd agree with that sentiment except for one thing.
IT'S BECAUSE TOO MANY OF US HAVE IGNORED THIS KIND OF EROSION OF VALUES IN OUR COUNTRY, THAT OUR CULTURE IS IN THE STATE IT IS.
All those other things are important, but if we don't speak up about our decaying culture, we have to accept part of the blame when America is no longer recognizable as America.
Everyone is in flames about this.
In my opinion, they're both desperate attention whores who need to be reined in.