Breaking News on Broken Hearts

There are a lot of marriage announcements that when they are spread around Hollywood, people are nothing less than shocked. However there was an engagement announcement on Thursday that I think shocked everyone. Ellen DeGeneres made the announcement from the stage of her own show this past week that she will be getting married to Portia de Rossi. From TMZ,

“Well, she’s gone and done it. Ellen’s gonna get hitched.

A spy in the audience of this afternoon’s taping of the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” tells us that after Ellen mentioned today’s California Supreme Court ruling striking down the state’s ban on gay marriage, she surprised everyone and announced that she was going to tie the knot with longtime girlfriend, actress Portia de Rossi.

Portia was in the crowd and after she made the announcement, the studio audience went wild, giving the two a huge standing O.”

I don’t think that it’s because this is a marriage for two women that makes it shocking. It’s just that it’s Ellen. She’s extremely funny and she just has never portrayed herself to ever be all that worried about things like marriage and family. I am very happy about these pending nuptials though. It’s great to see that laws are being changed to fit with today’s society and that people are welcoming all couples to share and enjoy the love they have for each other!

Anne Heche is flat broke and she’s made a plea to the court that she receive a temporary reprieve from making child support payments. From The Pop Crunch Show,

“The actress was requested and was granted a temporary reprieve in paying her child and spousal support obligations to her ex, Coley Laffoon, and her son, Homer. Anne claims she is on her last leg financially after ABC pulled the plug on her series Men In Trees last week. In a legal declaration to the court, Heche states that since January she has “been unemployed and had no income from employment except for one very short term contract for a movie role for which [she] received a total of $65,000.

And it gets worse. The actress also wrote in her court statement that she has $34,840.93 in “all of her accounts” and that if she continued her support payments of $14,798 per month, she would “have a deficit of more than $6,000 by May 31, 2008.

She also wrote that she has $364,000 of legal, accounting and other personal debt.”

Now, why Anne Heche would be having such trouble paying child supports payments is beyond me. I’m glad we’ve all had a peek into her finances but I think it’s missing the point. If she doesn’t have it, she doesn’t have it but why doesn’t she have it? Lord knows, she has made some money in the past and I don’t see how you can blow through that in six months and then expect not to have to help pay for child expenses.

And I admit, I don’t know many children that need one parent paying almost fifteen grand for monthly expenses but does that mean that Heche shouldn’t pay at all? Why not just take it down to a couple thousand? The final ruling of the court was that Heche would not be held responsible for payments up to July 1 and that on July 2, another hearing would be held to reassess the situation.

Yes it was just months ago when we were all being dragged through the financial settlement of Paul McCartney’s divorce to Heather Mills. The whole affair was meant to be top-secret but as all-things-celebrity, word got out and fans and bloggers alike knew a lot of things that were happening in the court room. Now, there’s one more step the two must take before they are officially divorcees of each other. From People,

“A London High Court judge granted Paul McCartney and Heather Mills a “decree nisi” Monday, bringing their marriage one step closer to a formal end, a court spokesman confirms to PEOPLE.

Under British divorce law, the decree nisi is essentially a preliminary divorce. The McCartneys now must wait six weeks and one day to receive a decree absolute, which ends the marriage completely.

Justice Hugh Bennett ended the couple’s marriage on grounds that they have been separated for two years. Neither McCartney, 65, nor Mills, 40, appeared in court.

The decree paves the way for Mills to receive her $48.6 million divorce settlement, which was granted in March. “

I’m sure that Heather Mills is happy about this. Not only because she will be arms-length at best to Sir Paul but also because she’s got her name into the media once again. That’s all this woman is about. Splashing herself across every page of the paper and soaking that man of his money is all she knows how to do. God bless this divorce! Please let it happen quickly!

So this is the reason why those seemingly “innocent” pictures of Miley Cyrus were such a big deal! Notorious pervert, Hugh Hefner has come out saying that when she’s of age, she can pose for his pervert magazine any time she wants. From People,

“Hefner, 82, told Extra that the 15-year-old Hannah Montana star is a “very pretty lady.”

Last week Cyrus said she was “embarrassed” by a racy semi-topless portrait shot by Annie Leibowitz for Vanity Fair.

“I think to make such a big to do over something as innocent as those photos, I think is a reflection on how schizophrenic America is about sexuality,” Hefner told Extra.”

But this is exactly the problem! Hugh Hefner is putting thoughts into a fifteen-year old’s head about posing naked in a photo. True, Miley Cyrus has grown up in Hollywood and those thoughts were bound to be there at some point. But does she need the adults of her world acting so inappropriately on top of all of it? What message does Hefner think Cyrus would walk away with after that? That she’s good at it? That if the acting thing doesn’t work out, she can always take off her clothes?

It’s disgusting and as grossed out as I normally am by Hefner, he was way too far over the line on this one.

Liv Tyler is officially talking “divorce” from her husband, Royston Langdon, of five years. The two are parents of Milo, who is 3. Rumors started two weeks ago that the couple were going to be separated but Tyler’s reps were keeping mum on the subject. From US,

“Liv is doing great,” Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler told Usmagazine.com of his daughter at the Fourth Annual Musicares Map Fund benefit in Hollywood on Friday.

A rep for the couple confirmed to Us they were separating on May 8. They have a son, Milo, 3.

“They remain good friends and devoted parents to their son Milo and are requesting that their family’s privacy be respected at this time,” the rep added.

The actress, 30, married the Arckid rocker, 36, in 2003.

Us had reported two weeks ago that the couple were talking divorce. Tyler’s rep had no comment at the time.

A source overheard the actress seeking advice from a lawyer on the phone.

“In the conversation, she complained about her husband being a ‘leech’ on her assets, and she said she got married too young,” the source told Us.

Tyler – who said in 2004, “I don’t believe in divorce” – told Us in February she had forgotten about Valentine’s Day.”

Well it seems there’s a lot happening there. I don’t think you can believe or not believe in divorce. I think you can hope not to have to go through it but as for “not believing?” That’s how people end up in unhappy marriages for fifty years or more. I’m glad she has done this if she hasn’t been happy and that she seems to have changed her beliefs.

Jenna Bush, who got married to Henry Hager on Saturday, kept her wedding just as it should be - with a quiet ceremony at the family’s Crawford Ranch in Texas and having no media coverage. It was a ceremony held outside with the Texas wildflowers as decorations. It was she who decided that she didn’t want to have her ceremony or reception at the White House, as that would only bring on a media circus. And she has never lived there so the place doesn’t hold any memories of growing up there and isn’t an extremely special place to her in that regard. From Chron.com,

“Still, some details have leaked out. About 200 guests will gather Saturday at a remote location for a security sweep and transport to the ranch.Jenna and Henry will be married at twilight in front of a limestone altar and cross near a man-made lake on the property.

Jenna’s dress is organza with embroidery, beading and a small train. Barbara, serving as maid of honor, will wear a moonstone-blue silk gown with an open back. Fourteen friends will serve in the house party, wearing custom gowns of cocktail length in shades of Texas wildflowers.

“It will be really beautiful,” Laura Bush said. “This is the time when the wildflowers are all blooming. And I think it will be a very, very lovely wedding, and it will be very like Jenna and Henry. And, of course, that’s what we want. We want what she wants.”

Getting married at the ranch was Jenna’s idea. It was a move that deprived the nation of a White House wedding. The last presidential daughter to get married at the White House was Tricia Nixon in 1971.

Even during their brief residencies in Washington, Jenna and Barbara never lived in the White House. It’s not home to them. And having the wedding at the White House probably would have meant more news media presence.

“Henry and I are far less glamorous than the White House,” Jenna told Vogue magazine. “We wanted something organic and low-key.”

Hopefully with her father leaving office this year, Jenna and Henry will be able to lead a somewhat quiet life but it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen before they get back from their honeymoon, which happens to be in Europe. Jenna, I’m sure has had enough of the press coverage, with her so-called drinking problems while she was in college - that in my opinion, wasn’t even all that bad probably and wasn’t any worse than what other college kids do. She seems to be trying to better her public image and part of the strategy seems to be to just keep things quiet. So far, it seems to be working for her as media coverage was not at all allowed during her wedding.

Everyone who’s sick of this whole Ashlee Simpson pregnancy business raise your hand! I’m so tired of hearing “Is she or isn’t she?” about the pop star that I really could vomit. And it seems that’s exactly what Ashlee has been busy doing lately. It seems Ashlee’s tour “Bittersweet World” could be brought to an abrupt halt as the little bun is just causing too much morning sickness for her. From The Pop Crunch Show,

“Ashlee Simpson has yet to confirm heavily rumored pregnancy, but the singer is reportedly struggling with violent bouts of morning sickness that are threatening the survival of her Bittersweet World promo tour.

“Ashlee’s having major morning sickness…it’s been a rough few weeks,” an insider close to the star tells Life & Style Weekly. “She has all these appearances scheduled to promote her new album. She may have to pull back.”

I wish she would just come out with it whether or not she was prego. Well okay, that she is prego. I’m just so tired of all the rumors and when they’re this rampant, it’s no longer that “personal issue” that Ashlee has claimed she wants it to be. She could also deny it until she can no longer hide the bump and then maybe we would be able to stop listening to it.

Minnie Driver has started dropping clues as to who her baby’s daddy is. Rumors started flying when she officially announced two months back that she was pregnant and all rumors were centered around one thing, “Who is this kid’s father?” A lot of people were coming to the conclusion that it was Craig Zolezzi, a musician in San Francisco but Minnie has quickly dispelled those myths. From People,

“Craig’s not the dad!” the 6-months-pregnant star told the U.K.’s Independent Thursday. “He’s my great friend and he’s been so cool about it.”

So who is it? The British-born Riches star – who is in the U.K. promoting her second album, Seastories – will only say that he’s English and “sort of in the same business.” (She also revealed that they have no plans to marry in the “near future.”)

The former Good Will Hunting Star (who previously credited the Easter Bunny for her ever-growing bump) also said she’s decided to keep the mystery going as long as possible.

“I want to shield the baby’s dad as much as I can because it wasn’t his choice to get roped into all this stuff,” she told the paper – adding that her first pregnancy was “unplanned” but “very happily received.”

“It’ll come out in time,” said Driver, who has a craving for a cheese sandwich every day at precisely 11:30 a.m. “There’ll be some other bump people will be interested in and I’ll have this baby and get on with my life.”

I have a feeling that this one is not going to die down anytime soon but I do think it’s super-cute how she gets a specific craving at a specific time every day. I love Minnie, whether she wants to talk about the dad or not!

It was a week of parties in Tinseltown this week with everything from babies to (appropriately) birthdays being celebrated. Stars dressed up in their very finest million dollar dresses, suits, and jewelry to attend some of the very classiest, and not so classy, affairs. And as always, the paparazzi were there to catch all of it! Here were the hot spots in Hollywood this week.

Of the two most popular baby showers this week, there was the shower for Jamie Lynn Spears. Sister Britney flew in for it and even though there were still those that were still trying to find something wrong with Britney, really the worse thing she did was smoke. It was nice that she was able to make it to celebrate the coming of her sister’s child. Jamie Lynn looked very happy too!

But that wasn’t the only baby shower this week. Tori Spelling also had a baby shower to prepare for welcoming her second little one. I’m sorry but aren’t you only supposed to have a baby shower for your first? Isn’t it considered a cash grab after that point?

And George Clooney was beaming with girlfriend Sarah Larson on his arm at the birthday party that Giorgio Armani threw for him. But they weren’t the only power couple there. Others included Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes as well as Victoria and David Beckham.

It wasn’t until Jennifer Lopez was well into her pregnancy that everyone heard that she was indeed pregnant. After that, it seemed to be all anyone could talk about, with Lopez’s and hubby’s Marc Anthony’s face seeming to be everywhere. We all knew how much they were getting for first picture rights, where she was giving birth, we even knew what the hospital was doing to prepare for it! But then Jen had those babies and we haven’t heard much since. That is until the happy couple attended the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala on Saturday. From Gossip Girls,

“Taking a night away from parenting their newborn twins (Max and Emme), Lopez and Marc Anthony showed up at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for the Costume Institute Gala last night.

Commenting on their absence from their babies, Anthony told press, “They’re missing us!” with Lopez adding that the new additions to their family are doing “fantastic!”

As for continuing her career in showbiz now that she’s a mommy, Jennifer told press, “I don’t know — and I like that, because my life has been so planned for so many years.”

Leave it to this diva couple to comment that their babies are missing them. Most parents actually talk about how they miss their kids, not the other way around. However it’s interesting that Jennifer has said that she doesn’t know if she’s going to go back to work.

Britney Spears went back to court today with her ex Kevin Federline to review her visitation situation and see if there was room for improvement. Turns out, there is. Britney has been doing a lot of work the past few months to restore her name and stop acting so freakin crazy! Love her or hate her, you gotta admit that she’s made a vast improvement! And today was further proof of that. From Contact Music,

“Britney Spears has won a boost in her child custody battle following a hearing in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning.
Sealed documents were reviewed in a closed court session, and though the existing custodial arrangement remains in place between the singer and her ex-husband Kevin Federline both parties insist there has been progress.
Spears‘ custody rights were suspended in January after police and emergency services were called to the singer’s home after she refused to hand over one of her sons to a Federline bodyguard following a visitation period.
Ever since then Spears has been fighting to regain visitation. The arrangement was modified a month ago when Federline agreed his troubled ex could spend time with their sons again as long as the visits were properly supervised.
And speaking outside court after Tuesday’s hearing, Federline’s attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan called the court meeting “a step going forward” for both his client and Spears.
He said, “The order that was in place has remained in place but there has been a graduated expansion of time.”

The exact length of time is unknown as all parties were fairly quiet on the subject but rumor has it that Britney will have three days a week with her sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James. Let’s hope she continues on this path. Whatever you think of her, it’s always better to let kids see a happy and healthy mom!

John Mayer is opening up about his new relationship to Jennifer Aniston. The two were photographed A LOT recently, especially hanging out in Miami with Jenn in a very teensy weensy bikini. Mayer put the rumors to rest telling Entertainment Tonight that yes, they are together and no, it’s not a big deal in the grand scheme of things.

“You know what I did?” said Mayer, when asked Monday night about the fun photos of the two who hit the town together during the last week of April. “I looked at it and I said, ‘That’s about right.’ What am I going to say, ‘That’s not me’?”

The singer has been mum about his romance with Aniston on his own blog. But at the Met’s Costume Institute Gala gala in New York on Monday, Mayer was happy to tell reporters, “You carry on and you enjoy yourself and you continue to live with dignity and everyone has fun.”

He also stressed that all the attention was just a blip in the grand scheme of things, telling Entertainment Tonight, “Listen, this is not a scandal, this is not an issue, this is not a problem, this needs no spin control. This is me living my life and a guy with a really powerful lens and I don’t fault him.”

Wow, a celebrity who comes clean about their personal life. That’s new. I think this is wonderful, I love them both as artists and I hope that they are very happy. Although I think we’re all waiting for a scandal…there always seems to be one when fame and love are involved!

Do I need to say one more time that Brad and Angelina make me sick? Now they have been claimed in Time Magazine as one of the “Most Influential People.” They ranked as Number 21. According to Times they are “Heroes and Pioneers” and have sitting above them, deservingly so, Oprah Winfrey. PUH-LEAZE! You’ve got to be kidding me. They are now heroes? And pioneers? For what, I ask.

Is it the fact that they are cheaters that make them such pillars of society? Or the fact that they don’t realize that there are children right in their own country that need help? Yes, Brad and Angelina fight for any cause. Except for the truly worthy ones it seems. They promote awareness in regards to the environmental effects that Huricane Katrina has had on New Orleans but while doing so, drive right past those trailers that people are STILL living in and don’t give them a second glance. And Angelina is the new face of the United Nations. Great.

What else have they done? Um…you tell me. It seems to me that we are always hearing about how wonderful this sick couple is but never really hearing about what changes they are making. Not surprisingly, their good friend George Clooney disagrees with me. He says in another article quoted by Daily Blabber,

“It is one thing to talk about the problems of the world and quite another to actually try to change things.”

“There are hundreds of people who could be honored for their good works,” he continues, “But I’ve seen Brad and Angelina firsthand, and their commitment together is truly impressive.”

To be quite honest, I don’t even care what these two have done to better our world. They make me sick and I truly believe that any good work they do is pure PR to try and make a better name for themselves after they have disgraced the lives of everyone around them in their personal worlds.

…Despite the fact that Ryan Reynolds wears what seem to be women’s jeans, and is a tad on the femme side. Also, the majority of the Internet population was unaware that the two were even dating. I was not one of the majority, however, being the celebrity omniscient type. Go me. From The Evil Beet:

“It’s official!

Scarlett’s rep has confirmed the engagement, saying that “they’re both thrilled.”

Scarlett’s expected to debut her ring tonight, at the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Gala in New York. We’ll have the pics as soon as they exist, of course.

Ryan was, you’ll recall, previously engaged to Alanis Morissette, who I certainly hope will be writing some sort of angsty ditty about this bullshit. I hope it’s called “I’ve Released Seven Goddamn Albums and Not a Single One of Them Has Contained a Fucking Tom Waits Cover, You Pretentious Little Bitch.”

You know what’s really weird? Even though they’ve been dating for a year, there are no pictures of the two of them together. I checked three photo services, and couldn’t find a single one. Strange indeed.”

There actually are a few photos floating around of Scarlett and Ryan, though they’re not very good ones. And I think I could probably agree with the opinion of ScarJo’s talent for song being somewhere around the bottom end of a scale from one to ten. Tom Waits should also never be covered; not by anyone, ever, ever, ever. This couple is destined for divorce, I’m afraid. Scarlett is cute and all, but ditsy, and there’s no way Ryan can possibly be straight.

People are calling Megan Fox after she talked in a recent interview about how much she liked sex. Apparently, all the people of Tinseltown are running around whispering about how much of a tramp the Transformers star is. From Digital Spy,

“I’m young and have a lot of hormones - I’m always in the mood. I’ve been typecast by some already - as a slut,” Megan told the Daily Star Sunday. “The instant you are open and honest and say you enjoy great sex you are labelled a tramp.

It’s weird in Hollywood, where people try to control every aspect of you, from the colour of your hair to every word you utter. It’s different in Britain. Women are expected to be conformist automatons in LA but in Britain you can be more yourself and people will take you on face value.”

I wonder how the Britains feel about people moving into their country and talking crap about it? Probably not so good, I’m thinking. And the folks in LA are all conformists now? Has she picked up a paper lately?!? I don’t know, I always thought that LA was where the freaks of the world gathered…at least if you’re a celebrity, that is. No, Meg sweetie, I don’t think it’s because LA is a conformist community, and I think it may not even be because you said you like sex. I think it’s simply pictures like this that seem to be EVERYWHERE where you are posing very seductively, wearing very little clothes. Maybe, just maybe, that’s why you’ve been deemed a slut.

I recently caught this little tidbit from The Evil Beet; although I think the post was primarily concerned of whether or not Bai Ling’s pubes were visible. (By the way, Beet Girls, that’s a mixture of Bai Ling’s snatch-hat tattoo, and pubes.) From The Evil Beet:

“…So much to talk about in this photo.

First, the basics: Bai Ling totally wiped out in the ocean after kayaking at Pink’s house.

Mystery #1: What was Bai Ling doing at Pink’s house? And kayaking?

Then, she was pulled from the water by her boyfriend, music producer Damon Elliott (this is Dionne Warwick’s son).

Mystery #2: So she’s back with Damon Elliott? She blamed her February shoplifting arrest at LAX on her break-up from him, saying that it had her all stressed out. When I get dumped, I usually shoplift, too. But I shoplift from the guy, not the airport. …

And the biggest mystery of all: are those pubes or a tattoo sticking out from her suit? I zoomed this picture in as close as I could, and I still wasn’t sure. …”

Bai Ling did get totally smashed for shoplifting earlier this year, and when she got caught, she went on this big emo tirade, about how she was emotionally wonky because of her break-up with Damon Elliot. Who, looks like a big dork. Why do celebrities shoplift? I know, they aren’t as loaded as everyone seems to think, this is a fact. The IRS takes a huge bite out of everything. But there is no possible way any celebrity should ever need to shoplift, unless it’s a) a tampon and they are a long way from their purse, so the need to sprint through a grocery store and steal a Tampax is dire; or b) trying to discreetly take a pregnancy test.

This is why I watch interviews with celebrities that I’m not so fond of. Tom Cruise appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday. Oprah interviewed him in his home in Telluride, Colorado which Oprah said was,

“just so normal!”

Well, not exactly. I don’t believe a typical home includes a kitchen the size of a penthouse and leather-bound scripts just lying around. Normal, no. Well deserved? Probably.

Oprah launched right in, starting with Tom’s crazy couch jump three years ago. I’ve never understood the huge debacle over this myself but Tom says,

“I just felt that way, and I feel that way about her (Katie.). I can’t even articulate it, to be honest,” he adds. “That feeling, that connection. Just who she is and what she means to me.”

Oprah then moved in to the more serious issues, which have been burning for three years. His interview with Matt Lauer, his stance on Brooke Shields taking antidepressants for postpartum, and whether or not the rumors about his marriage ending are true. On conventional medicine and therapy Tom said,

“I was feeling pressed in the interview with Matt Lauer,” Cruise says. “For me, my issue was really about child drugging. It’s not like it is today, like people are really kind of openly talking about this. Of course I could have handled it better. Even the day of that interview, I knew I could have handled it better. It’s really the parent’s decision and parent’s should make that decision.”

When asked about the rumors surrounding his marriage, Tom said,

“It’s ridiculous. I mean, it’s laughable to me.”

Tom seemed to be at peace and want to clear a few things up. Whether it was his PR rep talking or whether Tom has really seen that he hasn’t always presented himself properly, I don’t know. But I don’t hate him like I once did and it will be good to watch Part 2 of the interview on Monday.

In the generation of sex tapes, here comes a story that is very disturbing. They are all disturbing in some way but I think when Paris Hilton’s story came out, most of us found it to be quite humorous and a true tribute to how stupid she really is.

But now a tape has come out that seems to show Jimi Hendrix having sex with two different girls. This is disturbing to me for many reasons. The first being that the man is dead. Can stars not even stay away from the press once they have been deceased for over 30 years? The second is that Hendrix is a legend who’s influence on music can still be felt today. There are some stars that just shouldn’t be touched in my opinion. But is it really Hendrix on the tapes? This is what the debate is all about. From Digital Spy,

“Jimi Hendrix’s estate has challenged the authenticity of a sex tape allegedly featuring the late guitarist.

It was reported earlier this week that a 40-year-old clip of a man resembling Hendrix having sex with two girls is being sold on the internet.

Seattle-based firm Experience Hendrix, which controls the rights to the star’s music and likeness, said in a statement: “We strongly dispute the claimed authenticity of the tape.

“We view the release as nothing more than a callous attempt to trade on the image and reputation of a deceased artist who is unable to defend himself against such an outrageous and baseless assertion.”

LA adult video company Vivid Entertainment, which has packaged the footage into a 45-minute DVD, said it consulted several experts to ensure that the clip was genuine.

Co-chairman Steven Hirsch said Experience Hendrix’s comments were “not in any way a refutation of the authenticity” of the tape, adding: “We are very comfortable this is the real thing.”

I can’t see the tape as being real since it is 40 years old and one has to wonder why it’s just coming out now? Who decided to break their silence about it after 40 years? And if it is true, who cares? Is it going to have a serious impact on his career? Is someone just trying to drag his name through the dirt? Again, the man is no longer with us. Let him be!

The idea of marriage is sometimes quite laughable in Hollywood and here’s one that will have us rolling on the floor. Apparently, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have gotten married after rumors were spreading for a whole five days that the two were engaged. From Gossip Girls,

“In the latest installment of celebrities rushing to the altar, there are confirmed reports that Mariah Carey has wed her short-lived boyfriend Nick Cannon.

According to Latina magazine, the newlyweds got hitched in a small ceremony on an island yesterday in a move that insiders are calling “very impulsive.”

I’m sure this marriage has every chance of survival. I mean, the two have been dating for a whole two months and Cannon directed the video for Carey’s lastest song “Bye Bye.” Not only that but Mariah took him with her to the premiere of her new movie Tennessee on Saturday. What else do you need as the foundation for a good movie? Give me a break, people! I predict this marriage will last no longer than sixty days. And even that might be a stretch.

The really sick thing about this to me, is that the photographer taking shots of Miley that day, was a female. All these magazines and celebrity statements, etc., try to claim that they support female empowerment, and are all about women moving forward in the future. And then you get some creepy old bitch trying to manipulate a fifteen year old girl into taking her clothes off for magazine photos? I’m glad that Miley has seen the “error of her ways” but what about the adults in the room at the time? Billy Ray Cyrus, according to recent statements, along with Miley’s mother, were not actually in the studio at the time. Would Billy Ray have allowed some money hungry old bat take naked pictures of his daughter had he been there? From InTouch:

“The photographer behind the now-infamous “topless” shot of Miley Cyrus released a statement yesterday defending the picture. “I’m sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted,” says Vanity Fair lenswoman Annie Leibovitz. “Miley and I looked at fashion photographs together and we discussed the picture in that context before we shot it. The photograph is a simple, classic portrait, shot with very little makeup, and I think it is very beautiful.” While both of Miley’s parents, including dad Billy Ray Cyrus, were at the photo shoot, they left before the controversial picture was taken. However, Miley’s grandmother and teacher were present, which Vanity Fair was quick to point out. “Miley’s parents and/or minders were on the set all day,” said a magazine spokeswoman. “Since the photo was taken digitally, they saw it on the shoot and everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley.” The 15-year-old issued an apology for the revealing picture on Sunday.”

She’s a f*cking minor people! It doesn’t matter! If she isn’t old enough to legally smoke, or drink, then the plain and simple truth of the matter is that she should not be having pictures like that taken of her and distributed for public view. I’m all for love, peace, and all that great shit. But children should be allowed to be children. And a child’s right to be a child, should be protected. And if the people standing in the room that day, while they watched a CHILD stripping down and be exploited by the camera, cannot appreciate that, then they all should be slapped. Whatever she lets leak out on her own time is her business. And where are the parents, when Miley’s posing in a bra on top of a boyfriend for a picture? Miley’s parents need to step forward, and take some responsibility.