Finally!! Miley Cyrus has posted a new blogpost on her official fan club website MileyWorld.com wherein she finally apologizes for the harm caused by that controversial photo that came out last week. Here is the full text of Miley‘s apology, all spelling and grammatical errors are her own:
Something I Want You To Know
Posted on Feb 08, 2009
I want to thank all of my fans for their support not only this week, but always! I really wanted to stress how sorry I am if the photo of me with my friends offended anyone. I have learned a valuable lesson from this and know that sometime my actions can be unintentionally hurtful. I know everything is a part of GODs ultimate plan, and mistakes happen so that eventually I will become the woman he aspires me to be. Peace and love, Miles.
Now this is an apology that I can live with. Not only does she offer remorse for her wrongdoing but she claims to have learned a valuable lesson from this incident. As long as she learns that what she did was hurtful to others, she can actually grow and mature from this experience. This apology does not make me a Miley Cyrus fan per se but I can absolutely respect that she finally owned up to her actions and publicly expressed her apologies for having offended people (which might, in turn, inform her young fans that her offensive actions should NOT be emulated). On this matter, I think we’re square. But, I gotta say, I’m not sure what God’s plan has to do with any of this … I’m just glad that she seems to have learned her lesson.
@ jayne
who is being racist now? because Miley Cyrus was making slanty eyes, all white people are racist against asians and all white people do the same thing in their spare time? How can you bitch about racism and be racist at the same time?
Why do you get to generalise the actions of white people because of their skin colour (’m sick of white people thinking that as long as they don’t (overtly) make fun of black people–or so long as they ’support Obama’–they are not racist.) while chastising people for doing the same thing. Stop being such a hypocrite.
What??? Since when is “I’m sorry if you were offended” a sincere apology?
@Truepenny- it’s not so much that I am turning a blind eye, it is that I have better things to do then concern myself with what Miley Cyrus is doing with her life and I find it amazing that so many people feel the need to make a comment about what is wrong and right about what Miley does in her life. She did not ask to be a role model and I think it is unfair that she is attacked because she is a celebrity. People take even the smallest things way too seriously, and I think you are one of those people. Kay thanks have a great day.
@ Lana, I’m pretty sure when you sign up to be a Disney star you know you’re going to end up being a role model… like she’d have had to literally sign something along those lines. So she *did* sign up to be a role model.. and if you don’t want to waste your time talking about Miley Cyrus, why are you?
I actually am a Miley fan, but I am not concerned with what she is doing. Obviously many other people are concerned and I feel as a fan it is my duty to defend her and point out how people who have no interest in her feel the need to attack her. Go eat a donut now :]]
OMG get over it!!!
i’m really disgusted by her attitude towards this issue. her apology sounds so fake and reluctant. its like getting a four year old to say sorry when they truly aren’t.
i don’t get it with people taking this ‘its not a big deal, she’s only sixteen’ attitude. in asia, if you do something offensive, it will come right back and sock you in the face. maybe its okay in america to go around calling dark-skin people black or to make fun of Chinese/Korean/Japanese having small eyes but in Asia, people respect each other. if they did offend someone, it is a heartfelt, sincere apology.
How can people hate someone they don’t know? What the hell has this kid done to anyone here personally? I don’t understand it. I’m not a Miley fan by any stretch, but my 9yo daughter idolises her…I “hear” the show everyday (but don’t watch it) and hear her CD’s constantly. Because I’m not a fan should I rubbish her to my daughter?
Seriously, all this hate is as ignorant as the racism you claim to abhor. Miley did the wrong thing and has been blasted for it. She’s apologised. Whether it’s heartfelt or not is beside the point…she said she was sorry and has learned a lesson, so isn’t forgiveness in order? Be grown ups and leave the kid alone now.
Also @ niechse, some of us don’t agree. Get a brain and have some forethought. Knocking religion isn’t very smart.
I see this as a pretty simple situation. If you agree to be a star, get the millions, you have to know your in the spotlight.
What she did wasn’t the same as a hate crime, or being openly racist, its racial profiling. It may not be stab-you-in-the-gut offensive, but it was still rude. Imagine if she came out doing Blackface.
And hey, if the Asian kid really is “making his eyes wide like white people”, then he’s doing it to! Two wrongs don’t make it right
God’s plan????????????!!!!!!!!!!
oh my god! americans stars must always apologize about everything ,what they do or say but they aren’t true it’s just for the fans and the medias everybody know , this apaologize seem fake once and again
wow.yes,yes..how lovely…NOT..
wow I don’t really think her photos were offensive… people in America should be more relaxed
Hey Trent,
Hope all is well in the new house! As for Miley, I think she is talentless. But alas perhaps memories of her father’s only hit cloud my mind. :)
When Eddie Murphy plays an asian character in ‘Norbit’ its all laughs. Hes joked about them since his stand-up comedy Delirious. Yet no one *itches at him. Its all because shes young & is supposed to be a role model for the youngins.
@Luz — for the record, I hated that movie as well as The Klumps. Humor like that is not funny to me.
Wow. I can’t believe people have brought up the Asian American guy in the photo. It is by far the most ignorant, ridiculous “excuse” for why this picture is “Not a big deal” I have ever heard. If the photo isn’t a big deal to you, than you don’t need to defend it. I have a friend named Seung and his eyes looked like that kid’s and he doesn’t spend his time making faces.
I am astounded by most of the comments made since this story came out. The people who are not offended are trying so hard to convince others not to be offended using the lame excuse above or Miley’s age. She’s 16, but what on earth is your excuse?
What I don’t think people understand is this isn’t about bashing Miley. The girl is barely even on my radar to begin with and as I don’t have a 12 year old daughter I don’t ever have to suffer her music or show. Separate the person from the action and the action alone is offensive IF you understand or want to understand the world from someone else’s view.
Asian Americans in this country have suffered racism. White people have not. The feelings of a offense that a minority group(black, latino, native American) may have when faced with a racist stereotype are not simply about looking for something to be offended about or being too PC, but rest in their own history in this country.
White people do not have that type of history here.
But no one wants to understand why some people might be offended. No one wants to hear it.
I’m glad Miley apologized, no matter how late or lame the apology was. If you step on someone’s foot by accident you don’t make excuses. You say sorry. Hopefully Miley will try to learn from this experience.
It’s the response to it all that really bums me out.
I think I’m still shocked that a week later there are still people arguing that the Asian guy in the photo was trying to “look” white by widening his eyes.
That level of ignorance amazes me.
Wow. Just wow.
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I just don’t know about that Miley Cyrus. Why doesn’t she understand anything? She’s worse at being in the public eye than ANYONE! It should just be common sense what you shouldn’t do on camera when you’re a 16-yo celeb. At least she makes a pretty cute Asian girl.
Here’s my take: http://squareeyes.blinkx.com/?p=329
@Lana – The people who acted like it wasn’t a mistake were the ones that bothered me. It’s okay to make a mistake and I don’t really take her actions that seriously but she (and everyone else) needs to admit that it was a mistake. I take everyone’s nonchalant response to it seriously though. It’s the apathy that bothers me and it’s apathy that allows offensive behaviour like this to happen; because people think it’s “too small” to deal with. Even if it offends one person in the entire world, it deserves an apology.
I don’t think Miley’s racist, and I don’t think she’s evil. Like I said, I’m glad she’s apologized.