In her latest video “Wrecking Ball” Miley Cyrus says that the video was an homage to 90’s pop singer, Sinead O’ Connor [who was one of her music idols]. However, Cyrus has now transferred that title from ‘idol‘ to ‘enemy‘ following O’Connor recent open letter to Miley Cyrus warning her of the “danger signs ” of the music industry and how her “wrecking ” behavior can lead her into the danger zone. Here’s an excerpt from the O’Connor’s letter.
” Nothing but HARM will come in the long run, from allowing yourself to be exploited. And it is absolutely NOT in ANY way an empowerment of yourself or any other young women, for you to send across the message that you are to be valued [even by you] more than your sexual appeal than your obvious talent. “
” The music business doesn’t give a S–T about you, or any of us . They will ‘PROSTITUTE‘ you for all you are worth, and cleverly make you think its what you wanted. And when you end up in REHAB as a result of being prostituted, ‘They‘ will be sunning themselves on their yachts to Antigua, which they bought by selling your body and YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF VERY ALONE. “
And its sending dangerous signals to other young women. Please in the future say no when you are asked to prostitute yourself. Your body is for you and your boyfriend. It isn’t for every spunk dirt bag on the net, or every greedy record company executive to buy his mistresses diamonds with.
Miley Cyrus responded and went for the jugular when she upload older tweets of Sinead in which she speaks of being depressed and contemplating suicide saying: “Before there was Amanda Bynes, there was O’ Connor”[ referring to O’Connor’s 2011 tweets where which she speaks of being depressed and contemplating suicide.
Then Cyrus offered the following:
“Sinead, I don’t have to write you an open letter cause I’m hosting & performing SNL this week” So if you’d like to meet up and talk lemme know in your next letter.
And Ms. O’Connor fired back with yet another open letter and this time she announces that she will pursue legal action if Cyrus does not issue a public APOLOGY for mocking her prior mental illness [which she’s since recovered from] and using it to defame her character. Here’s an excerpt of the second letter below?
” Who the F–k is advising you? Because taking me on is even more F–kin stupid than behaving like a PROSTITUTE and calling it feminism. You have posted today tweets of min which are two years old., which were posted by me when I was unwell and seeking help so as to make them look like they are recent. In doing so you mock myself, and Amanda Bynes for having suffered with mental health issues and for having sought help.”
” It is most unbecoming of you to respond in such a fashion to someone who expressed care for you. And worse that you are such an anti-female tool of the anti-female music industry. I hope that you will apologize to Amanda Bynes and to any person who has been wounded by your mockery of those who have suffered.”
” You can take five minutes today between g- string fuckin’ changes to publicly apologise and remove your abusive tweets. If you do not then you don’t give a shit who you mock and what damage you do by being so ignorant. When you publicly apologize to Amanda and myself and all mental health sufferers as well as all who were abused by priests that will end the matter as far as I am concerned. “
” What you did yesterday was designed to damage me and my career and has caused me enormous distress and harassment and has potential to damage my career, since you deliberately gave the impression those tweets of mine were not two years old but reflect my current condition. If you cannot apologise I will have no choice but to bring legal proceedings against you since it is extremely hard to be given work when people think one is suffering from mental illness. “
“I have no interest in or desire to cause you trouble but if you do not apologise for having deliberately tried to cause me hurt and trouble personally and professionally I will have to bring pressure upon you.”
Not sure what the outcome will be between these two but hopefully they two can sit, talk, agree to disagrees and move because this is getting UGLY for sure.
In related news, Cyrus unveiled her latest photos from her shoot with famed photographer Terry Richardson, and it surely has many people question whether O’Connor’s advice was spot on