On that fateful day that Miley twerked, foam-fingered and tongue-rolled her way into infamy, it seemed as if the whole world had turned on the once-innocent teen-pop sensation. Little girls ripped posters off the wall, parents banned children from saying the words “Miley” or “Cyrus”, and celebrity friends turned their back on her. That was until Paul McCartney came to the rescue.

The Beatles’ former bassist and singer/songwriter defended Miley’s performance at the VMAs, as well as her recently released “Wrecking Ball” video during an interview with Sky News in the UK. On the topic of her racy new video, he said:

I don’t think it was explicit at all. You couldn’t see anything. I watched it as an experiment to check, but you look at it and you say, ‘What’s everyone shouting about?’ She’s a young girl – she’s like only 20 or something – and she’s just having a go. Someone said to me that the world that people like Miley live in is all noise and they’ve got to get above the noise. So they’ve got to do something.

And as for her show at the VMAs,

I think it was only mildly shocking. She was dancing with Robin Thicke at the awards. So what? C’mon, we’ve all seen worse than that.

Here, here, Paul. We all know how much you used to love getting naked on construction equipment back in your day. Just you, Ringo, John and the boys eh?

[Source : Time Entertainment]