What would Hannah Montana say?
Yes, it’s that time again for the Video Music Awards. Yes, from MTV. Yes, that MTV, the one that played music videos in the ’80s and ’90s. Already, the VMA’s have brought us Kanye West barging in on Taylor Swift, the lesbian Madonna kiss, and, of course, Miley Cyrus’s Twerk Heard ‘Round The World.
And the former child star is back on the awards show tonight from Inglewood, Calif. She’s got big plans for her performance, the New York Post reports.
Diane Martel — who directed Cyrus’ new “Younger Now” video and is involved with the pop star’s VMA gig — was overheard at LA’s Four Seasons Cabana Restaurant loudly lamenting that Cyrus’ team can’t agree on how she should fill the minute or so of stage time she’s been allotted before singing “Younger Now.”
Referring to herself as “Miley’s creative director” during her rant on Thursday, Martel was overheard saying she envisions Cyrus doing a raunchy puppet show sketch to “show off her acting chops” and to jibe with the new single’s music video concept. There was talk of a “puppet orgy,” as well as an idea where one puppet “sniffs Miley’s privates” after she makes a joke about “keeping it clean down there.”
But Martel, appearing annoyed, claimed Cyrus’ manager, Adam Leber, wants Cyrus to use at least some of the time before she sings to talk about President Donald Trump in order to “make headlines.” Martel was then overheard calling Leber a “stupid a–hole manager,” while an assistant compared working with Leber to working with a “smart little kid.”
In other Miley news, one report says she has hired an 85-year-old drag queen to perform with her at the VMAs. James ‘Gypsy’ Haake was featured in Cyrus’ recently released “Younger Now” video, in which the singer dresses up as Elvis Presley and recreates a famous Elvis puppet show.
Cyrus ignited a firestorm when she appeared on the VMA show in 2013. She performed her song “We Can’t Stop,” entering the stage wearing a giant teddy bear. She stripped down to next to nothing (of course) and performed “Blurred Lines” with singer Robin Thicke. Wearing a flesh colored bikini, she did some graphic twerking and simulated sex with Thicke, groping his genitals with a giant foam finger.
So, if you were happy you missed that show, plan on giving this year’s a miss, too. Lots of others will. The show’s ratings have dropped each of the last three years. Hey, if no one’s watching music videos anymore, why on earth would you watch a music video awards show?