So the current controversies are:
Miley Cyrus Refuses Career Advice from '70-Year-Old Jewish Man' When talking about her new image and the new direction of her music, Cyrus told the site, "With magazines, with movies, it's always weird when things are targeted for young people yet they're driven by people that are like 40 years too old."
Cyrus was referring to the cautious response from record executives to the idea of "We Can't Stop."
Next, she added, "It can't be like this 70 year old Jewish man that doesn't leave his desk all day, telling me what the clubs want to hear. I'm going out, I know what they want to hear."
Cyrus' rep has not returned a request for comment, but the singer has been outspoken her focus on selling records, so causing controversy is nothing new.
http://abcnews.go.com/m/blogEntry?id=20567796 One Of Miley Cyrus’ Little-Person Backup Dancers Calls Her Out One of the backup dancers in Miley Cyrus' VMAs performance wrote about being a little person and how the gig made her "feel less than human." Her whole essay is worth a read, but here's a taste:
I had never been in a performance where I was purely meant to be gawked or laughed at. I will never forget that performance because it is what forced me to draw my personal line in the sand. After our first dress rehearsal in the costumes with the crew, publicists, performers etc watching us, I walked out of the Barclay Center shaking and crying. Thankfully, my best friends, Kelly and Kerri, happened to be NYC to visit me. They were waiting for me and I walked up to them and broke down. I love being the center of attention, but that was something different. I was being stared and laughed at for all of the wrong reasons. I was being looked at as a prop…as something less than human."
http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/one-of-miley-cyrus-little-person-backup-dancers-calls-her-ou?s=mobile
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter