More Criticism for Miley

Kate Winslet and David Jason are the latest stars to comment on Miley Cyrus’ recent behaviour. Similar to Sinead O’Connor and Annie Lennox who have also voiced their opinions on the singer, Winslet has spoken out about the singer’s hyper-sexualised pop antics, the most recent of which has seen Cyrus imitate masturbation in her new music video for "Adore You".

 

In an interview with Psychologies magazine she said "You hear horror stories where you think, 'God, who’s looking after these people and why does it seem like they’re losing their way?'”

"I mean, you think about someone like Miley Cyrus, and I said to my daughter the other day, 'I’m this close to opening my mouth about what’s going on with that girl'. Who is actually saying, 'Stop for a second, what do you want, who are you?'"

Winslet was once a teen star herself when she started out, however she managed to maintain a sensible reputation.

"I’ve just been very lucky that I’ve always been quite comfortable with who I am. Sometimes people ask, 'What do you wish for your children?' and all I say is, 'I want them to be happy being them'."

The fact that Winslet’s height of fame came well before the rise of social media may possibly weigh a huge factor in how she has matured in the limelight.

"It’s really rough now," she continued. "I think, for young actors, actresses and pop stars, it’s a nightmare. They can’t do anything. I’m so not going near that whole world - I don’t need it. I do feel incredibly lucky."

 

'A symbol of declining moral standards'

 

David Jason has also commented calling the singer ‘a symbol of declining moral standards’ and saying ‘society was to blame for encouraging her attention-seeking antics’ according to the Independent.

In an interview with The Sun On Sunday he said "Miley Cyrus epitomises what we have allowed."

"She has done it to break the mould. I can understand why, but we have given her the oxygen of publicity and encouraged it, so young girls will think it is the right way to attract men. We've lost our standards.

"Once upon a time if you said this or did that, you'd be off the air. They wouldn't dare show it.

"It slowly drip feeds, erodes standards of politeness, manners and morality," he continued.

"It just drips and it takes us further and further down, and instead of inspiring us to look up, we are all going down."

 

"Bad role model"

 

Prime Minister David Cameron has also previously criticised Miley Cyrus, stating that her twerking at the VMAs in the summer has made her a 'bad role model'. 

According to an interview with The Sun, Cameron explained that he's yet to "discuss twerking" with his nine-year old daughter Nancy. "Luckily, she was interested in Hannah Montana, but then stopped."

"But I think we are all struggling our way through this. How do we, as parents, let our children watch the television, look at things on the internet, while protecting them from bad examples and bad role models?

"I don’t think there’s a simple answer. It is something Samantha [his wife] and I talk about all the time. What are the rules on usage of television? How often can they use the iPad? We try and have some rules, and try and check out what they’re watching."

What do you think about the comments that have been made recently about Miley Cyrus? Do you agree? Do you think she should be a better role model? Should she be forced into holding the responsibility of being a role model just because she is a celebrity? Or do you think Cyrus is entitled to live her life as and how she wants to?

Watch Miley's music video for 'Adore You' here.

Miley's music video 'Adore You' was due to be released 26th December 2013, however it was leaked online a day earlier. Although Cyrus was very frustrated with the early release, the stunt dramatically increased her Twitter following within hours of the leak:

Figures from Twittercounter.com